Example sentences of "ability to provide a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have developed an ability to provide a chemical service to customers , rather than selling products in a bag . |
| 2 | Research has already shown that GIS can be extended to include data analysis and this project will develop the following analytical capability : the ability to construct health regions ; the ability to compute rates ( eg disease rates ) in differing geographical areas , the ability to provide a wide range of descriptive statistical summaries both of the overall data and specific geographical areas . |
| 3 | On the other hand , even if the politician demonstrated his ability to provide a great deal of patronage , if he did not follow it up with effective social contact , he would be laying a poor foundation for a political interest , and the gratitude of the freeholders under those circumstances could be short-lived . |
| 4 | We offer a decent finance system that can sustain the functions that we give to local government , and a structure that is not piecemeal , but is based on identifiable communities — that is geared not to numbers alone , but to the ability to provide a decent level of service . |
| 5 | Ability to provide a short-form report to stock exchange requirements ( ie unqualified as far as possible ) . |
| 6 | This , in turn , brought into focus the problem of individuation , and it became evident that the success or failure of any ontological " principle of individuation " depended upon its ability to provide a satisfactory clarification of the distinction between numerical and species identity . |
| 7 | Each superpower 's dominance over its associated allies rested on its ability to provide a nuclear umbrella . |