What had to be done to such indolent people to change them into efficient operators like Nathan and his 3 companions?

"What stays in are the very efficient operators," he said.

Now, China is banking on its immense size and efficient operators to grab an even larger share of the world's clothing orders.

He is a very efficient operator in coalitions.

By last year, that had risen to 16 piglets per year, and the most efficient operators got 22.

She must have been an efficient operator: apparently she knew the name of every staff member, even daily visitors, without having to think.

This is the annual level of trade that could be achieved by a reasonably efficient operator of the business.

Only the efficient operators were still in business, because prices, and margins, had been falling steadily the whole time.

"Precisely because you are our most efficient operator."

(We'd never put up with this, if she weren't such an efficient operator, and cute as a whirlbug too.)