ADJ
- great
- basic
- administrative, managerial, professional, social, technical
- communicative, language, linguistic, reading
VERB + COMPETENCE
- have
- demonstrate, display, prove, show
- She shows a high level of technical competence
- lack
- achieve, acquire, develop, gain
- He gradually developed the competence to deal with the more difficult cases
- challenge, question
PREP
- beyond sb's ~
- I'm afraid the work is beyond his competence
- within sb's ~
- This should be well within your competence
- ~ as
- Students had questioned her competence as a teacher
- ~ for
- He displayed great competence for the job
- ~ in
- competence in English
PHRASES
- a level/standard of competence
VERB + COMPETENCE
- have
- The commission has no formal competence in cultural matters
PREP
- outside sb/sth's ~
- matters that fall outside the court's competence
- within sb/sth's ~
- The decisions come within the competence of the council