competence

Example Sentences

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In its ruling on Tuesday, the ECJ said that while marriage rules fell within each member state's competence, "countries were required to comply with EU law in exercising that competence".

From BBC

But using my cleaver has taught me a little more patience and a bit more competence.

From The Wall Street Journal

This data point shows how the program is bringing contractors to the table whose shortcoming was their size, not their competence.

From Los Angeles Times

India has boycotted The Hague court proceedings and questioned the competence of the court.

From Reuters

No amount of DA talk about competence and meritocracy can mask the fact that South Africa is not a society that has left the trauma and systemic inequality of apartheid behind.

From BBC