Example sentences of "ability [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the Tests achieve is to provide an objective measurement of your students ' ability through a Listening Test and a Grammar Test . |
| 2 | A capacity relates to an ability through an intervening phase of education , training and experience . |
| 3 | The body , however , being a potentially self-healing system , will combat the effects of the imbalance to the best of its ability through the prostaglandin , immune and hormonal systems . |
| 4 | You have that choice , that chance to do that for my patients and I tell you , to be with you , to be part of you , I 'm as a , I learn for you , I think of you , and I can just tell you , I wish you all the best , but I wo n't forget your responsibility to help the medical profession to make , with the work they do for a better tomorrow possible , due to your work , your hard attempts to give that financial ability through the best insurance policies on the market today . |
| 5 | Many organisms can ‘ see ’ , at least fuzzily , using heat-sensitive cells — a handy ability for a night-time predator . |
| 6 | A new space has been created where the ability for a much more precise communication between people than words is possible . |
| 7 | First , he had no taste and little ability for the harrying of a government . |
| 8 | When we talk about online we 're talking about the ability for the software infrastructure to support decision support and transaction processing . |
| 9 | The result will be an apparent average increase in spelling ability for the ten poorest readers of 8 points ( standard error = 3.21 ) . |
| 10 | Acquired dyslexia involves a loss of reading ability as a result of brain injury . |
| 11 | For the early Free Presbyterians , who had joined the Church when it was still small and there was still a great deal of personal contact between Paisley and his followers , there was a strong personal commitment to Paisley 's political analyses because they had come to trust and respect his judgement and ability as a spiritual leader . |
| 12 | Strauss had this ability as a conductor ? |
| 13 | Richard Baxter by this time was at the peak of his ability as a preacher . |
| 14 | Knowing my ability as a direction finder , Ann kindly left me the map and wandered off . |
| 15 | With Denys Darlow 's proven ability as a spotter of potential stars one of the pleasures of Tilford is the real possibility that an unknown name on the programme will prove in five or ten years to be very well known . |
| 16 | One reason why she brought Michael Heseltine in as Secretary of State for Defence is said to be his ability as a public-relations man . |
| 17 | What distinguished Alexander Ferguson from the rest of his fellow men was his exceptional ability as a swimmer . |
| 18 | On a rating of 1 to 10 score your ability as a listener . |
| 19 | Thus the tour will be as much a test of Mains ' ability as a coach as it will be a search for a new generation of All Blacks . |
| 20 | A lot of people think of him mooching around sullenly , but he 's got a very dry wit and also has great ability as a mimic . |
| 21 | Alex Ferguson might have doubts about his ability as a team player , but there is no denying that , when the mood takes him , Hughes can be a devastating striker . |
| 22 | It is detracting nothing from his ability as a driver to say that his first championship , in I972 , he owed to a markedly superior car . |
| 23 | Mr Ferreira has returned to South Africa since the life-saving operation but Mr Hill praised his ability as a vet . |
| 24 | ‘ They should judge him purely on his ability as a player and what they are actually saying is that their man-management techniques are n't up to scratch . |
| 25 | The use of a local lawyer as the team spokesman after two All Blacks were involved in a post-match scuffle in Llanelli in 1989 did not reflect at all well on Sturgeon 's ability as a manager who could stand aside and view the matter dispassionately . |
| 26 | Because of his lucrative clothing and flamboyant style of play , it was possible to be unsure of his ability as a player , but since we had the good fortune to see Andrew at Wimbledon this year , many people now know what a truly talented and exciting man he really is . |
| 27 | Catherine Somerville brings to her work a wide experience of people and places and a dramatic sense of colour which is combines with her ability as a draughtswoman . |
| 28 | I told her that my ability as a golfer had secured me a good job at a finance company and a certain amount of time off for local competitions . |
| 29 | Much of the success , perhaps , was due to superb stage management , as in the organization of demonstrations , but the fact that the Vietminh emerged as leaders of Vietnamese nationalism may be attributed to their sheer ability as a revolutionary party . |
| 30 | Those who dismissed him as a third-rate actor failed to recognize his ability as a political campaigner . |