(1) He found himself with an ample competence and no obligations

(2) Privatisation of municipal enterprises falls within the competence of the municipal councils.

(3) She had many friends and related openly and well to me, implying skills in social competence .

(4) The players displayed varying degrees of competence

(5) Communicative competence is a theory of the nature of such knowledge and proficiency.

(6) The Supreme Court considered whether a criminal defendant could be forcibly medicated to maintain his competence to stand trial.

(7) If this is so, then we must make some major changes in how to view his mental competence .

(8) The current interest in the development of communicative competence has led attention to the social uses of language in second language teaching and research.

(9) The Assembly is given competence to exercise legislative authority in respect of those matters falling under the responsibility of the six Northern Ireland Government Departments.

(10) Increasing job seekers' competence in basic skills and unskilled labor may have positive results for transitioning welfare recipients into the workforce.

(11) There is no doubt that the court, not the arbitral tribunal, has the competence to determine the court's own jurisdiction in respect of the action that is brought before it.

(12) In our experience, the competence and skills of traditional birth attendants may vary widely across settings.

(13) He claimed that the International Court of Justice in The Hague is the only body with the authority and competence to hear arguments concerning the war's legality.

(14) In my submission, the extraterritorial legislative competence does not depend on how another State has dealt with the subject matter.

(15) A further controversial point was the competence and skill available to the different types of audit organizations.

(16) But the courts have no competence to nullify, repeal or amend the legislation in question.

(17) Reports are also filed by specialized agencies with competence in relevant matters.

(18) A similar pattern of results was found across the measurement domains of child behavior, parenting skills and competence , and relationship adjustment.

(19) Appeal to a Court whose competence is extra-European does not contribute to the progressive formation of European unity.

(20) The court's competence has been accepted