Example sentences of "abilities required for " in BNC.

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1 Finally , because the examination is set on knowledge and abilities required for secondary school entry , and because all children do aspire to such entry , it forces teachers to cover material with their pupils whether they are able to understand it or not ; the very antithesis of sound pedagogy .
2 This suggests that this test has identified a linguistic skill which is distinct from the linguistic abilities required for success on these other tests .
3 Generally , five-year-olds are held to have ‘ the basic cognitive and linguistic abilities required for giving and understanding explanations of events and actions ’ .
4 We have seen that by the time children start school they have developed the basic cognitive and linguistic abilities required for handling explanations in the empirical and intentional modes .
5 Suppose , for example , we had as our task the programming of two robots in such a way that they could systematically aid one another in an open range of tasks : what properties beyond the specific abilities required for the tasks would they need to have ?
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