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Example sentences of "ability [to-vb] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1	In logic there can be no difference between an ability to consent to treatment and an ability to refuse treatment .
2	Special Skills/Abilities/Aptitudes Quick thinking and perception to understand the arguments put forward Ability to absorb all the strands of information Clear thinking to pick out the important points from the mass of facts Logical thinking to pursue and develop the relevant arguments Authority to control all participants in the case and achieve general acceptance of judgements made Integrity and fairness trusted by all Empathy with men , women and children from all classes , races , religions and sexualities Ability to come to decisions and reach a speedy judgement Courtesy
3	Quick thinking and perception to understand the arguments put forward Ability to absorb all the strands of information Clear thinking to pick out the important points from the mass of facts Logical thinking to pursue and develop the relevant arguments Empathy with men , women and children from all classes , races , religions and sexualities Ability to come to decisions and reach a speedy judgment .
4	Much will depend , therefore , on the person 's abilities and aptitudes , knowledge of English , family and cultural background , financial and educational status and ability to come to terms with enormous personal upheavals .
5	The consuming element in Lloyd Webber 's rapture was apparently her ability to soar to F above top C , play Rachmaninov on the piano , and sing in Russian at the same time .
6	Working in Grendon must be one of the most difficulkt places for an officer becausec we 're telling them they 're not dependant on their uniform but their personality and ability to relate to people .
7	The pragmatism of field staff places much greater value on what a man can do in the field : his practical knowledge , his capacity to make decisions on the spot , his ability to talk to people .
8	All the questions represent potential weaknesses in our ability to stick to diets .
9	It is a great exercise to improve your ability to play to length .
10	At the same time the sensory awareness of the organism , and its ability to react to stimuli , are also withdrawn .
11	Investments in debt securities , which the company intends and has the ability to keep to maturity , would be reported at amortised cost .
12	In truth , this image was never entirely fair , but it is a testament to our ability to respond to customer demand that , today , a visit to any supermarket bakery is likely to offer you the choice and quality to rival that of any traditional bakers .
13	It may also be our ability to respond to energies in the landscape , such as the Chinese describe in their concept of ch'i ( Chapter 4 ) .
14	Among the Tausug today , one 's social position must be continually revalidated , and this depends on one 's ability to respond to assaults on one 's honour with immediate violence .
15	The animal cells ’ ability to respond to induction by the vegetal region was tested by placing them in a sandwich between two vegetal regions .
16	Incubations were performed under basal conditions , in the presence of 4 µM forskolin ( a well known stimulator of adenylate cyclase ) used to check if the homogenates retained the ability to respond to stimuli and with a peptic tryptic cotazym digest of bread ( San Pastore ) wheat gliadin ( 50 µg/ml ) ( supplied by Dr M De Vincenzi , Istituto Superiore di Santià , Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura , Rome ) .
17	Capacity and other resource constraints which may limit the target 's ability to respond to increases in demand .
18	The burlesquing of the debate over this issue does not simply lie in the Nun 's Priest 's professions of inability to cope with such learned speculations : or in his finally declaring the problem irrelevant : Learned in-joking on one of the authorities on the subject of freewill and providence , Boethius , is also found in the fox 's ability to refer to Boethius ' book on music ( 3293 – 4 ) and the fact that the fox breaks into Chauntecleer 's yard " " By heigh ymaginacioun forncast " " , " Foreseen by High Imagination " ( 3217 ) .
19	As far as examining goes , or marking essays , I assume that most of my colleagues take the sort of line that I do , that what we 're looking for is not a particular interpretation of something , but an ability to get to grips with texts , to produce an argument that 's logical , coherent , well-written and is supported from the texts .
20	Consequently , the truncated enzymes have lost the ability to bind to promoter regions upstream from position -38 .
21	In the case of the insulin receptor , the deglycosylated receptor retains its ability to bind to insulin .
22	Many polar flavonoids are excellent enzyme inhibitors because of their ability to bind to proteins — eg the ability of narigenin ( 14 ) and catechin ( 15 ) to inhibit histidine decarboxylase , which catalyses the formation of the gastric acid stimulator histamine , is believed to be the basis of their antiulcer action .
23	The ability to return to education at later stages in one 's life is something that is very important and I hope will be encouraged .
24	The moon has henceforth had the ability to return to earth , while man 's right to do so was forfeited .
25	Yet the highest of them all , Elbrus , has a route that would be accessible to many a mountaineer with only one of two alpine seasons behind him ; a route that demands no real technical expertise , but an ability to adapt to altitude , and a fair degree of stamina .
26	The Leeds manager always appeared to have a slight reservation about the gifted Frenchman 's ability to adapt to England .
27	Delegates and speakers alike expressed concern about the West 's readiness and ability to adapt to life in a ‘ computer culture ’ .
28	The oesophagus is of major interest in the biological study of the alimentary tract in that the epithelial cells have a remarkable ability to adapt to chemical and mechanical injury .