Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] ability [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though a successful player with Spurs and England , many doubted his ability to repeat the achievement of Ossie Ardiles by earning a place in the First Division . |
| 2 | With the wind drifting the laden Zodiac , Trent doubted his ability to pick the tow up before the men were on the reef . |
| 3 | ‘ Postmodern knowledge ’ , says Jean-François Lyotard , ‘ refines our sensibility to difference and reinforces our ability to tolerate the incommensurable ’ ( Postmodern Condition , p. xxv ) . |
| 4 | However , these antihistamines did not block all the actions of histamine , and , in particular , they did not affect its ability to stimulate the stomach to secrete acid . |
| 5 | These shortages will effectively restrict their ability to meet the demand for their products or services . |
| 6 | FRANCE is building nuclear power stations at a rate that is outstripping its ability to handle the radioactive waste that the stations produce , says a report commissioned by the French government . |
| 7 | Indeed if there is any validity in the argument that the narrow background and insularity of judges renders them unfitted to make decisions with significant broad social consequences , there is some merit in a system which limits their ability to change the law and reserves such questions for full consideration by a democratically elected legislature . |
| 8 | I have asked Lord Ferrers to work on this with the Chief Police Officers , Sir George Young at the Department of Environment and Nick Scott at the Department of Social Security to draw up a strong package of measures which can improve our ability to protect the rural public against these parasites . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ This signal failure of leadership has minimised our influence over our EC partners , weakened our ability to steer the future direction of the Community , and severely reduced the benefits to our people that whole-hearted participation in Europe would undoubtedly bring . ’ |
| 10 | Compulsory competitive tendering will oblige local authorities to bring in managers who demonstrate their ability to deliver the best services to tenants . |
| 11 | A ‘ worst ’ scenario could include the creation of our document , in individualistic form by a user who chooses to exercise his/her ability to keep the document ‘ personal ’ , only accessible to those to whom it is directly mailed . |
| 12 | I 've admired his ability to get the best out of players and if I go into management , which is my aim , I 'll take a lot of Dave with me . ’ |
| 13 | I would like to think it 's because we have shown our ability to spend the money well in previous years . ’ |
| 14 | Atherstone branch have also just renewed their contract with The Institute of Waste Management in Northampton , which again confirms our ability to provide the highest standard of service . |
| 15 | The aim is to express numbers on a scale of measurement which makes data analysis easier , often by allowing simple models to be fitted , and thus enhancing our ability to understand the data . |
| 16 | The immediate strike threat was over and the union had demonstrated its ability to control the men ; the formal establishment of the National Maritime Board remained . |
| 17 | ‘ Renault in association with Williams , has demonstrated its ability to achieve the highest level of automotive technology with its crushing superiority in this year 's Formula 1 world championship ’ |
| 18 | Over a hundred thousand tons of water pressed on the landfall and each foot eaten away from its face sapped its ability to withstand the massive weight . |
| 19 | It celebrates black women as dynamic and effective , affirms their ability to survive the grimmest experience , and makes their radiant subjectivity triumph over the normal deeply negative representations of them . |
| 20 | Dean Jones lost no time in demonstrating his ability to hit the ball hard and often on his competitive debut for Durham , but the boundaries he scattered around and beyond the ropes during their Sunday League win over Lancashire were no more impressive than the speed with which he hurtled the singles and made ones into twos . |
| 21 | He will have done such an act if he does something which substantially impedes his ability to return the goods by the end of the period ( whether that be a stipulated period or a reasonable length of time ) . |
| 22 | The affinity of NCp7 for DNAs representing proviral DNA sequences was examined by determining its ability to protect the DNA from restriction nuclease digestion . |
| 23 | A worthwhile person is always confident : he does not feel uncertain about the effects of his actions or doubt his ability to do the right thing . |
| 24 | And as students of the star signs will verify , the cuspate divisions help explain his ability to carve the characters he plays into different personality fragments to give them added depth . |
| 25 | Television news has three significant characteristics that affect its ability to influence the electorate . |
| 26 | And although Ian has yet to transfer his club form to the England scene , you ca n't question his ability to handle the big occasion . |
| 27 | Brave and good in the air , Dave consistently proved his ability to find the net at all levels , but perhaps the goal for which he will be best remembered by Palace fans of the period was that which he scored at Elland Road , Leeds , in January 1976 when 3rd Division Palace dismissed the mighty Yorkshire outfit on our way to our first FA Cup semi-final . |
| 28 | Such a combination would , for example , most certainly affect your ability to enter the Beaulieu or Newtown Rivers without risking going aground . |
| 29 | The apostle Peter comes to grips with this priority structure as he addresses our ability to explain the gospel : ‘ Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you . ’ |
| 30 | Lashley , for his part , showed that surgical damage to parts of the brains of rats could alter the types of movements they would make to negotiate a maze without disrupting their ability to reach the goal . |