adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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Above all, librarians will have to become ever more skilful managers of information resources.
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In any case older animals may be socially more skilful .
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Lewis Preston, its new president, must make it more skilful and more efficient.
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Brian, who went to New College the following year, lacked my knock-out punch but was a more skilful boxer.
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He established Swindon as one of the most skilful sides outside the top flight before a frustrating switch to Tyneside.
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The most skilful players will learn to hold their score together despite the blustery conditions.
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We both employed local Arussi as trackers, some of whom were very skilful and all of whom were tireless.
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In my opinion, the Dell 320SLi is a very skilful compromise machine, aimed firmly at travellers.
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Thanks to some very skilful hanging each of the four rooms used has a very distinctive flavour all its own.
■ NOUN
use
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As the next section shows, the skilful use of mixed messages leads to a range of unintended and counter-productive consequences.
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The skilful use of a piece of interesting technology by a visually handicapped pupil can become a source of pride rather than embarrassment.
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One can already see many examples where skilful use of information technology has given imaginative and creative business people enormous commercial advantages.
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They also responded to the king's skilful use of propaganda to generate support for the war.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Skilful and confident, Donaldson should become one of the game's best players.
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Success in business depends on skilful management.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the Schuberts are a skilful bunch - real grown-up musicians with a fantastic sense of performance.
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Fanciful though this may sound, Blackburn is a skilful and subtle enough writer to pull it off.
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Finally we were told that a team had been formed but that it contained no skilful players, we remained sceptical!
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He established Swindon as one of the most skilful sides outside the top flight before a frustrating switch to Tyneside.
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Just as only a caterpillar can become a butterfly, the formal stage seems a necessary developmental step to the skilful stage.
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Sembene Ousmane is a story-teller and a skilful writer who can carry you along with the drama and the atmosphere regardless of subject.
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We both employed local Arussi as trackers, some of whom were very skilful and all of whom were tireless.
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With one fierce and skilful kick of his aching foot he will mend a deep concavity in the refrigerator's flank.