All the good jobs were filled with people too competent to ever leave them.

"Some of the most competent people in the ministry today are women."

At the same time, being surrounded by so many competent people made me feel very safe.

The Agency isn't what it used to be, but there still are a few competent people left.

It also said competent people had a right to refuse medical treatment.

Our own party did not wait to see the work done, as it was in the hands of competent people.

There simply aren't enough competent people to do the job.

It would be nice to work with competent people again.

Perhaps they recruited competent people once, but that is well in the past.

"We have a lot to do, and too few competent people."