competent engineer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompetentandengineer
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competent
adjective
uk/ˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt/
able to do ...
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engineer
noun[C]
uk/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/us/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using ...
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We should say that that was not a particularlycompetentengineer.
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He is a verycompetentengineer, observer and journalist, and this is what he says.
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Just as it takes five or six years to train a competent young doctor, it will take more than three years to make a reallycompetentengineer.
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I do not think there would be the slightest difficulty in getting a thoroughlycompetentengineerto take charge of it or in getting an adequate staff.
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Borden was a highlycompetentengineerwhose ability was widely recognized.
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Anyone who has owned an old car will know how difficult it can be to get an insurance policy renewed without a competent engineer's certificate.
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Competent engineers of that time estimated that the whole outfit could have been replaced for about £25,000,000.
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And fourthly, science, student exchanges, exchanges of competent engineers and innovations have always been the basis of integration between peoples and countries.
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It is a subject which has been a great deal discussed, and the opinions of competent engineers vary.
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The advice has been unanimous and it has been given, by competent engineers with the most recent experience of the problem.
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Competent engineers will inform us that it is more costly to provide drainage schemes, with their complementary purification works, than it is to provide water.
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So the technical director asked the training staff to work out a minimum training scheme for competent engineers.
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I am assured by competent engineers that that weight is a dangerous one.
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The theatres come under licensing control, and unless there are competent engineers and others in charge they will not get their licences.
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That is a feature of all modern industrial economies, and we ought to do something to help competent engineers and technicians to enter in if they desire.
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I am very sorry to say that many of the most competent engineers, the people who built those submarines, are now, apparently, busily employed behind the iron curtain.
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It not only had competent engineers and physicists on its central staff, but also had a number of scientific research institutes.
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Eckstein put the infrastructure of the mines on a solid footing by using competent engineers, thus turning mere diggings into established industry.
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