Example sentences of "[conj] [art] ability [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will particularly be the case when the adverse effect is upon the livelihood or the ability to earn of the second person or body . |
| 2 | Even less than Local Authorities are they to be relied on for continuity of policy , or an ability to look beyond the day after tomorrow . |
| 3 | It was realised that the ability to experiment in the human sciences was extremely limited for a number of practical and ethical reasons . |
| 4 | Of course , what is really needed , and what would be better for the children 's education , would be either more nursery schools , or reception classes that have the right equipment and staff , and the ability to cope with the three and four-year-olds they are being handed so prematurely . |
| 5 | All you need is an open , enquiring mind and the ability to wonder at the fascinating world of wildlife . |
| 6 | He ( among others ) perceived adolescent labour as an obstacle to efficiency not only because it lacked knowledge of employment opportunities and the ability to distinguish between the merits of different occupations , but also because its inherent ‘ adaptability ’ was ‘ wasted ’ ( always a key notion in National Efficiency circles ) by the ‘ haphazard ’ nature of the transition which left too many youths in dead-end jobs and failed to enrol them in any form of further education . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The open air is what you yearn for — a pair of good walking shoes , a green thornproof , and the ability to melt into the undergrowth . |
| 9 | The craftsmen , and we shall always need them , combine through the use of the whole range of human skills such extra elements as proportion , difference , originality , and the ability to work with the grain or the particular unique characteristics of the materials they work with . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | All children have to develop a concept of safety and an ability to cope with the hazards which exist in that environment . |
| 12 | This Report has argued that music can have a life of its own and an ability to communicate without the support of words . |