Establishing that a contractor has basic competence is easy.

Someone can get behind the wheel of a potentially lethal automobile without having had his basic competence tested in decades.

Modules which provide for the development of basic competences in Sciences.

The course teaches students a basic competence in using personal computers for word processing, accounting and data-base handling.

"When Americans confront a catastrophe, natural or man-made, they have a right to expect basic competence from their government," he said.

Instead, some kind of problem is implied, though Mr. Jones possesses basic competence at his tasks.

Nevertheless it is possible to agree on certain basic clinical competences common to all member states of the European Union.

And the annex affected the basic competences of Parliament.

Lifelong learning is and must be based on some basic competences, and these include an entrepreneurial ability or mindset.

Rolfe took an interest in photography throughout his life, but never achieved any more than basic competence.