1 He is adept at computer.

2 She is adept at cooking.

3 He is adept at organization work.

4 Children are adept at delaying tactics.

5 She was adept at the fine art of irritating people.

6 The company has been adept at moving into high-margin businesses such as laboratory services, optical fibres and speciality materials.

7 Being adept at the set conversation piece he managed to extract the relevant data without ever putting his knife in it.

8 She is adept at eating every last morsel she is served.

9 Such people were adept at the manipulation of planning committees, the lobbying of local government officers.

10 They are adept at arranging huge loans, underwriting stock offerings and putting together multinational mergers.

11 These are skills which departments should be adept at developing.

12 John Denver was adept at metal work and could earn ￡2: 7s.: 6d. for making powder cans.

13 Hedge - fund managers can be adept at exploiting pricing anomalies as well as obscure market niches.

14 Technicians at pediatric sleep centers must be adept at getting even squirmy toddlers to tolerate wires on their heads.

15 They must be adept at rendering obsolete the products and services they have created.

16 You be adept at building trusting relationships with clients to enlist their participation and support.

17 New entrants in Europe's national markets are also proving to be adept at marketing and promotion.