Example sentences of "ability [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is well known in Shetland that the best of the fishing skippers of old had the ability to sense the correct course to steer in fog or darkness , by invoking a sort of ‘ sixth sense ’ , and that it was n't long after the invention of the compass before that ability faded and was lost for ever . |
| 2 | Inevitably this re-opened the question of the nation 's ability to remain a Middle East power , and encouraged more serious consultations with the United States . |
| 3 | It is the object 's relationship to the social group which is crucial , rather than its ability to perform a transformation of nature under the sign of utility . |
| 4 | There are some remarkable verbal correspondences between the Interludium and Dame Sirith , such as the clerk 's plea to the girl to " " mend mode " " ( I. 25 ) , appearing in Dame Sirith as " " Amend mod " ( DS. 113 ) , and in the denial by Mome Elwis ( the Interludium 's counterpart to Dame Sirith ) of her ability to perform the tricks the clerk requires : ( Interludium ) ( " A son ! |
| 5 | In more recent times Sturridge was an innovator of the ‘ Jumbo bat ’ , a much heavier range of bat , which gave the stronger player the ability to hit the ball much further . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A hundred years before Copernicus published , Nicholas of Cusa had argued that man 's distinctiveness consisted not in his location but in his ability to cultivate a state of learned ignorance . |
| 8 | Climbing , even rock climbing , is a matter of having the physical ability to scale a section of rock , but you 've also got to have it in your mind to work out how you 're going to do it , and have the motivation to push yourself . |
| 9 | This system should not be judged solely on its ability to diagnose the occult primary site correctly ( sensitivity ) but also on its potential to exclude other sites . |
| 10 | The ability to diagnose the disease takes scientists one step closer to controlling , preventing or even curing the condition which steals away the memories of a lifetime . |
| 11 | Professor Foot said : ‘ Laughter and the ability to enjoy a sense of fun is taken as a sign of healthy well-being . |
| 12 | Leading through Chris Bart-Williams , they were foiled by Milford 's extraordinary ability to spot a handball without being able to identify the offender . |
| 13 | Since this news broke , I have been subjected to numerous snide remarks concerning my ability to spot a footballer when I see one . |
| 14 | ‘ Over the years I 've learned that you have this endearing ability to spot a chance to make a profit further than a leopard can spot a limp . |
| 15 | It makes even more precise the ability to spot a sick baby . |
| 16 | Atiyah , op. cit. ( pp. 34–38 ) , referring to the bills of exchange position before the 1882 Act , to ‘ golden handshake ’ transactions and forbearance to sue , and the one-time ability to enforce a promise to pay a statute-barred debt ( abolished by the Limitation Acts ) and to enforce a promise to carry out a promise given for consideration during infancy ( abolished by the Infants Relief Act 1874 ) argues that ‘ … the rule about past consideration is too broadly stated . |
| 17 | StaffWare will be adding some BT-specific features such as the ability to implement a corporate-style graphical user interface and to pick any database of choice . |
| 18 | Regular reports will be made by independent inspectors on the strengths and weaknesses of each school and published tables will give parents the ability to compare the performance of local schools . |
| 19 | In burgh politics the habit of taking quarrels to law made the ability to suspend a legal process or to threaten its resumption a regular tool of the Administration 's local managers . |
| 20 | The enhancements also include the ability to support the lower line speeds — 1,200Kbps to 9,600Kbps — used for wide area network connections in some countries . |
| 21 | To imply that the Kha-Khan 's exchequer was likely to be burdened beyond its ability to support the embassy was nonsense , as they both knew . |
| 22 | Finally , Rawls is only to a limited extent concerned with correcting inequalities in the ability to promote the good which are due to one 's natural endowments ( the difference principle is about social , not natural , primary goods ) . |
| 23 | The defence of any practice is its ability to promote the end ; all means are instrumental . |
| 24 | ( In Siegfried Wagner achieved a comparable brilliance in that Siegfried , having been splashed by the blood of the dragon he has killed , wins the ability to penetrate the hypocrisy of Mime , who is made to profess good while simultaneously revealing the real evil he intends . ) |
| 25 | This is the hallmark of a genuine higher education : the ability to conduct a critical dialogue with oneself . |
| 26 | What turns political policies into vote-winners is their ability to affect the lives of large numbers of people in an important way . |
| 27 | Leading indicator variables are particular economic variables that have a proven ability to signal the movement of the economy in advance . |
| 28 | The ability to reintroduce an MLR in extreme conditions was , however , retained and this in fact happened for just one day on 14 January 1985 . |
| 29 | Arts advisers recounted the personal effects of the decline in their numbers , in particular on their ability to monitor the arts work within schools and ( where they exist ) the work of the professional development teachers . |
| 30 | The million-dollar bounty placed on Gen Noriega 's head testifies to the growing American frustration at his ability to evade the US 's clutches . |