He delegated his authority to his competent assistant.

I think he's competent.

He was obviously competent.

They are thought of as competent.

I think he's a competent person.

He is competent for the job.

He is competent and able to trust.

The office is full of competent people.

The university has turned out competent doctors.

Children became more competent, and less helpless.

He had two or three rather competent assistants.

I had to part with my competent secretary.

And shale is not quite completely competent rock.

This is a more competent version of it.

And he was very competent at military tactics.

He's a pretty competent guy. gt gt Probably.

And now I know I am completely competent.

This is a more competent version of it.

He was a famous poet and a competent diplomat.

(Laughter) And now I know I am completely competent.

On top of that, the most competent people leave.

He abuses his authority.

He succumbed to authority.

Robert Moog was a generous, kind person, extraordinarily competent engineer.

The thing, you see, is that Jeeves is so dashed competent.

The students revolted against authority.

and my authority has vanished.

Do you have clear authority?

My authority has left me.

Are you challenging my authority?

You are abusing your authority.

They have confronted the authority.

They say, Let's question authority.

You have no authority here.

To Allah is your return, and He is over all things competent.

Competent rock is rock that will hold itself up without any shoring.

Now he feels reasonably competent, and he still hasn't passed his test.

The child read beautifully, it turned out, and was really very competent.

Or have you a clear authority?

my authority is gone from me.'

Do you have a manifest authority?

and my authority has been destroyed'

Gone from me is my authority.

He is an authority on China.

He is an authority on physics.