considerable skill

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableandskill

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk
/skɪl/us
/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconsiderable skill

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But these are very general values that need to be applied withconsiderableskilland sensitivity to specific rationing scenarios.
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I conducted an informal and unscientific poll of colleagues withconsiderableskilland experience in research and statistics.
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Both the quality and quantity of social resources are variable, and retired migrants showconsiderableskillin managing their individual situation.
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An open agenda and professional judgements do not require scientific validation, but they do needconsiderableskillto use and to explicate for organizational purposes.
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The generosity of these bequests and theconsiderableskillwith which they were administered ensured that poor rates could be kept to a minimum.
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Where performed properly, it requiresconsiderableskillin the management of the skin, bladder, bowels and assistance with mobility, cleanliness and feeding.
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It is not just that children are able to gainconsiderableskillin intersubjective reasoning, because this skill does remain limited.
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A child brings to the task of learning to readconsiderableskillin listening comprehension, which has developed along with the child's spoken language in the preschool years.
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Also, the constraints created by poverty lead to greater difficulties for the families concerned and call forconsiderableskilland sensitivity on the part of their health visitors.
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Mawer handles the technical details of terrestrial magnetism withconsiderableskill, not least in being able to make quite detailed and obscure theory clear to the reader.
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There are alsoconsiderableskillshortages in the industry.
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He showedconsiderableskilland great stamina during that time.
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A diagnosis of this type cannot be done by unskilled people; it requires people ofconsiderableskillto do it.
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There are other matters which plainly have to be dealt with, with veryconsiderableskilland concern.
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There would be no function for the expert team of civil servants who at present handle such matters withconsiderableskill.
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The vast majority of my constituents do that withconsiderableskill.
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