1 He is widely regarded as Hungary's most skilful politician.

2 That is a skilful operation.

3 Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.

4 After a few years, he became very skilful at drawing.

5 She gave a characteristically skilful performance.

6 A skilful politician can always reverse any defeats.

7 Players as skilful as this are a rare breed.

8 I became skilful at drawing.

9 He is a skilful and effortless mechanic.

10 Soon they became very skilful in answering such questions.

11 Police officers have to be skilful drivers.

12 The film is a skilful, witty pastiche of 'Jaws'.

13 He's a skilful player with a good turn of pace.

14 The skilful operation of a computer is hard to learn.

15 She was a skilful speaker who knew how to work a crowd .

16 A skilful ball from John put out the opposing team's batsman.

17 Some very skilful negotiators will be needed to settle this dispute.

18 It was very skilful of you to repair my bicycle.

19 Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted.

20 Success in business depends on skilful management.

21 And even that was well camouflaged by skilful make-up.

22 Using colour Skilful use of colour compositions is the key to creating spectacular and subtle displays all year round.

23 Skilful individuals such as Gazza are very much also-rans, though they do have their uses.

24 Fred Winter was one of the most skilful and durable jump jockeys of the same period.

25 One can already see many examples where skilful use of information technology has given imaginative and creative business people enormous commercial advantages.

26 But the Schuberts are a skilful bunch - real grown-up musicians with a fantastic sense of performance.

27 Skilful questioning of the child can make him tap sources of knowledge he didn't know he had.

28 The strain she was under was well camouflaged by skilful make-up.

29 Environmental organisations are near to despair in the face of such skilful procrastination.

30 Just as only a caterpillar can become a butterfly, the formal stage seems a necessary developmental step to the skilful stage.

1 He is widely regarded as Hungary's most skilful politician.

2 That is a skilful operation.

3 Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.

4 After a few years, he became very skilful at drawing.

31 A non-chemical method is also possible, but requires skilful, expert handling.

32 In any case older animals may be socially more skilful.

33 We both employed local Arussi as trackers, some of whom were very skilful and all of whom were tireless.

34 The Soviet Union could affect the situation through skilful action with serious consequences for the whole strategic situation.

35 The skilful salesperson will ask for a concession in return - perhaps a less onerous delivery schedule.

36 Thanks to some very skilful hanging each of the four rooms used has a very distinctive flavour all its own.

37 A determined, skilful young actor can get an Equity card and a first job.

38 He spent long hours in the House of Commons and he was skilful at the quiet conduct of minor business.

39 Whatever some observers regarded as a blundering approach was a skilful way of navigating the dilemmas confronting him.

40 The doctor, whatever her politics and morals, had lovely skilful hands, which Phoebe could not but admire.

41 As the next section shows, the skilful use of mixed messages leads to a range of unintended and counter-productive consequences.

42 In fact it was papier-mache on which some one had done a skilful paint job.

43 With more skilful manoeuvring, Short surrounded Karpov's king's pawn and invaded with his rook.

44 Young drivers come to us for instruction in safe and skilful driving.

45 He established Swindon as one of the most skilful sides outside the top flight before a frustrating switch to Tyneside.

46 Rodin was a skilful salesman of his work, making careful use of photography in establishing and maintaining his good name.

47 Lewis Preston, its new president, must make it more skilful and more efficient.

48 Soon afterwards, the Tokugawa clan obtained supremacy under the patient and skilful Hideyori or Iyeyasu.

49 With one fierce and skilful kick of his aching foot he will mend a deep concavity in the refrigerator's flank.

50 The good restricted professional is sensitive to the development of individual pupils, an inventive teacher and a skilful class-manager.

51 All of a day to wait for the skilful of ecstasy ... she sighed.

52 Fanciful though this may sound, Blackburn is a skilful and subtle enough writer to pull it off.

53 A skilful negotiator will attempt to trade concession for concession so that ultimately an agreement which satisfies both parties is reached.

54 They also responded to the king's skilful use of propaganda to generate support for the war.

55 The most skilful players will learn to hold their score together despite the blustery conditions.

56 Sembene Ousmane is a story-teller and a skilful writer who can carry you along with the drama and the atmosphere regardless of subject.

57 In this sense they have become highly skilful at enacting such rules.

58 Above all(sentence dictionary), librarians will have to become ever more skilful managers of information resources.

59 The skilful use of a piece of interesting technology by a visually handicapped pupil can become a source of pride rather than embarrassment.

60 Finally we were told that a team had been formed but that it contained no skilful players, we remained sceptical!

61 Gardiner was a strange man: an old Harrovian, an immensely skilful and prosperous Silk and a dedicated socialist.

62 This unity enabled the Alliance to intervene into the discourse of municipal politics in a skilful and decisive manner.

63 In my opinion, the Dell 320SLi is a very skilful compromise machine, aimed firmly at travellers.

64 Brian, who went to New College the following year, lacked my knock-out punch but was a more skilful boxer.

65 Skilful horsemanship overcame those problems, but then just 24 hours before the Derby, Nijinsky suffered a crippling attack of colic.

66 The skilful dealer represents such rare gains as a regular occurrence.

67 Strong, dedicated, skilful, passionate, intelligent and as angry as hell.

68 A first-rate swimmer and skilful oarsman, he loved the river as another might love a turbulent and demanding woman.

69 Skilful and confident, Donaldson should become one of the game's best players.

70 I complimented her on her skilful performance.

71 He was so skilful at encouraging and motivating me.

72 Skilful has been the hand.

73 The more you practise, the more skilful you'll become.

74 I am in variously skilful hands.

75 I'm skilful in ink and wash.

76 My old brother is a skilful paddler.

77 They tired out the enemy by skilful manoeuvre.

78 You'll get more skilful at this job as you go along.

79 Skilful men, of the medical and chirurgical profession , were of rare occurrence in the colony.

80 I am a skilful fearless swimmer and I am not afraid of rough water.

81 He's not very skilful with his chopsticks [ at using chopsticks ] .

82 Sometimes the world's best player accolades go to the people who are the most eye-catching and skilful.

83 Once more Ralph dreamed, letting his skilful feet deal with the difficulties of the path.

84 Cool on the ball , skilful and a real battler.

85 So ended a successful and skilful campaign of thirty - eight days.

86 His speech writers are skilful and he delivers punch lines with a certain deadpan panache.

87 The girl had grown more skilful with the sewing - machine.

88 Using premium manufactured body add - on parts Abt Sportsline understands accentuating this skilful line management.

89 This painting is the work of a master hand,(/skilful.html) ie a superior and skilful artist.

90 These stubborn and skilful guard actions checked the impetuous advance at all points, inflicting severe losses.

91 With the help of skilful gerrymandering, the Party has never lost an election since.

92 According to Buddhist tradition there are two kinds of action - skilful (Sanskrit Kausalya, Pali kusala) and unskilful(Sanskrit akausalya, Pali akusala).

93 The skilful miller killedmillions of lions with his zo ki.

94 You are a skilful pilot, you will weather the storm.

95 This is significant, because the terms skilful and unskilful, unlike the terms good and bad, suggest that morality is very much a matter of intelligence.

96 How often have you been lucky or skilful enough to hole in one?