He wants to eliminate the wild variations in competence between different hospitals, even between some in similar neighbourhoods.
All of which helps explain why Bagehot holds such hopes for the current education secretary, Michael Gove (even as my faith in the competence of many other ministers in the coalition government is tested).
And the EU could in fact do that: import duties are a sole European Union competence in our system of governance.
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In the corporate setting when your competence is in question, rather than asking for help you turn to politics, thinking if you make the other guy look bad no one will notice your zits.
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In a somewhat cryptic footnote in A Theory of Justice, John Rawls suggested we may possess an analogous moral capacity that accounts for our competence in deploying moral rules.
You could argue that Medicare administrators have fallen down on the job in terms of putting downward pressure on the price charged by service providers, but private insurance have not shown any competence in this matter either.
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He highlighted in particular the important role played by UNESCO in its fields of competence to advance mutual understanding and in the building of peace.
We game for variety and to develop competence in a vast array of skills.
The company itself has no special competence in good-deed doing and should stay well clear of the game.
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Officials at Columbia's medical school, however, seemed to value his "competence in two cultures, " science and literature, he says.
Officials counter that the problem is the volume of new measures, and varying competence in departments, rather than intransigence.
It said all flight deck crews had since been assessed for competence in the UK, Germany and other EU states.
T.x will change all that by offering the full slate of courses one needs for demonstrated competence in a given subject.
Besides, a strong presidency presumes a competence in Mr Karzai, or another candidate, not to mention the Afghan civil service, that is far from proven.
Like Boy Scout merit badges for professionals, these marks of achievement would show competence in specific skills, and they could be granted by any number of institutions.
Iraqi security forces are growing, both in numbers and competence.
Lord Dykes said he was concerned that the Treasury, "hardly known for its huge competence in guiding the ever-faltering British economy in recent decades", did not know the true extent of the problem.
They regularly question someone's competence in front of others.
Particularly noteworthy in light of the present controversy surrounding the quality, reliability and need for reform of U.S. intelligence is the fact that Constantine was one of a relatively few individuals who served with great competence in both senior ranks of the intelligence community and as a top policy-maker.
And let it however be put on the record that most of the newspapers were very praiseworthy of Gordon Brown and his Cabinet as being a Cabinet of great competence in Gordon's handling and say Jacqui Smith's handling of the terrorist outrage that took place almost immediately after he'd become prime minister.
It also adopts international standard-setting instruments in the fields of competence of the Organization.
Unfortunately, in Indian politics, competence and popularity are no guarantee of longevity.
Through its various prgrammes and iniaitives UNESCO offers a wide range of opportunities to recognise and foster excellence in its areas of competence.
It also needs a good grasp of the firm's core competence: in this instance, knowing lots about yeast, a common factor in all of Kikkoman's activities.
Our core competence is in innovation, in innovating technology.
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Sinn Fein's Daithi McKay, who also chairs the Finance Committee, said there were "serious questions in relation to the competence of the bill and this is one of the many reasons we will not be supporting the bill".
During a meeting with Ministers working in the fields of competence of UNESCO, the Minister of Secondary Education and Chairman of the National Commission welcomed the efforts made by the Director-General to advance the global priorities of the Organization - Africa and gender equality.
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