Example sentences of "ability [to-vb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technical requirements include virtual memory , the inherent ability to connect to a distributed network and run two- and three-dimensional graphics applications , 3 MIPS to 40 MIPS of integer performance , 1,024 by 1,024 pixel resolution , 14″ , 16″ , 17″ or 19″ monitor , multitasking and a price range of between $3,900 and $100,000 plus . |
| 2 | Given his scepticism about our ability to penetrate to the real essences of things , it is not surprising that he finds that none of the much-discussed contemporary theories on offer provide a satisfactory answer , and concludes that we are simply ignorant about this . |
| 3 | It seems that this latter development may potentially underlie the subsequent promotion of acid resistant lineages ( gastric metaplasia ) because the non-resistant oesophageal stem cells ( or possibly also the stem cells of the submucosal oesophageal glands ) are either damaged or die , whereas others which have the ability to redifferentiate to a mucin secreting phenotype survive . |
| 4 | The final part ‘ Towards the intimate machine ’ , discusses the possibility of developing computer systems with personalities and the ability to adjust to the need of the human user . |
| 5 | Ability to work to a deadline under pressure was another skill I was quizzed about . |
| 6 | Employers also identified the ability to relate to the interviewer as a key factor . |
| 7 | The Catholic Church in the age of Mother Teresa and Barbara Ward , of Julius Nyerere and Lech Walesa , of Oscar Romero and Pedro Arrupe was a Church at the height of its confidence and its ability to relate to the world in a mood of inspiring solidarity . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , the ability to listen to the problems of another person is not a universal human trait . |
| 9 | If we start off by considering the accounting application as an object developed in C sitting there in the middle of the screen , we need the ability to talk to the users through a graphical user interface . |
| 10 | The formulation is strange , since it suggests that one can measure a person 's ability to conform to the law . |
| 11 | The Limited 's ability to stick to the tarmac , or , more importantly , the areas of tarmac you 've chosen , is simply awesome . |
| 12 | Rokovssky , for all his tried and tested ability to react to the unexpected , was startled into losing his ' concentration . |
| 13 | Many advanced kung fu students practise their forms blindfolded , in order to gain awareness , a sure sense of balance and the ability to react to the unexpected . |
| 14 | Of this , £1 million is a large chunk that will reduce the UK 's ability to contribute to the type of research that led to the discovery of the Z o . |
| 15 | So doubtful was Maxine about her ability to contribute to the treatment in general , and about the strength of her visual imagination in particular , that we decided between us to do no more than practise relaxation and visualization techniques during that first visit . |
| 16 | Applicants should demonstrate thorough proven performance in design and/or research , an ability to contribute to the development of teaching and research within the School . |
| 17 | When teachers feel put upon and pushed around , hectored , lectured and badgered , their confidence and enthusiasm are undermined and their willingness and ability to contribute to the development of young people , as well as each other , suffers . |
| 18 | What sort of , erm , pressure or involvement or leadership ought to be given , or wh , yeah , what pressure ought to be put on the business sector , in order that it should sort of , conform conform is not a very good word , in order , it 's ability to contribute to the voluntary sector , and engage with it , should not be based upon individual and enlightened examples , such as I B M's , but should pull upwards the rest of the business sector , in other words , should N C V O actually says to the business sector as a whole , look , we think globally this is what you ought to be doing . |
| 19 | In the last decade many large organisations have highlighted the ability to respond to a changing business environment rapidly as a factor critical to their survival . |
| 20 | Energies were devoted to the practicability of maintaining the existing framework of provision , and , not least , the ability to respond to an exceptional anticipated demand from a heavy concentration of military personnel throughout the strategically important counties of East Anglia . |
| 21 | The Belfast Harbour Commissioners are confident that during the 1990's the Port of Belfast will remain Ireland 's premier port , largely due to its ability to respond to the challenges presented by changing trading patterns within an economically unified Europe and by its ability to satisfy its customers ' need and demands for an efficient , cost effective service . |
| 22 | The reader develops an ability to respond to the visual as well as the literary . |
| 23 | The energy behind Earth Lights undoubtedly has electromagnetic properties , but there are other aspects of the energy , such as its ability to respond to the consciousness of the percipients , which suggests something else is involved . |
| 24 | We are not just talking about information ; we are talking about the ability to respond to the living language . |
| 25 | The financing of local government is er again circumscribed , local government 's ability to respond to the needs of the community it serves as it and its electors deem appropriate is being curtailed yet again and of course local government is losing its independence to central government and this centralising tendency which this settlement further represents is one of the most pernicious and corrosive characteristics of the modern Conservative party . |
| 26 | One mark of the climber is the ability to change to a higher gear and accelerate towards the end of a long ascent . |
| 27 | Gary 's great strength was an ability to get to a ball first in the penalty area , but if he received it at his feet 30 yards from goal he was looking for help , to lay it off and get into the penalty area . |
| 28 | In January 1956 , Dulles , still apparently comforted by his country 's nuclear armoury , made his ‘ brinkmanship ’ speech : ‘ The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art . |
| 29 | Despite input from the tactician , David Barnes , the local team led by Rod Davis was always wrong-footed by Gilmour 's ability to get to the left hand side of the course ( favoured all day ) and defend it . |
| 30 | Yes the classless society , no matter what background you come from you should have the ability to get to the top . |