Example sentences of "[pos pn] ability [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps her most original gift is her ability to empathise with the everyday disappointments and sadnesses of the most ordinary lives . |
| 2 | Not only does Dame Sirith advertise her professional ability to repeat the trick , or to obtain for a man the woman he wants in the way he wants , and thus anticipate her ability to star in an extended series of fabliaux that the poet may tell , but the language and prosody convey certain points that lie at the heart of the fabliau perspective . |
| 3 | Men often believed that a woman 's modesty could be judged by her ability to blush under the right circumstances . |
| 4 | Working relations between professional groups is the key to their ability to succeed in a common task . |
| 5 | It is these which , above all , give the children their ability to cope with a large repertoire . |
| 6 | ( b ) it gives learners confidence in their ability to cope with the real situation . |
| 7 | Some GPs are getting quite despairing about their ability to cope with the unplanned influx of an elderly population . |
| 8 | Tougher driving tests start next April , when candidates will be judged also on their ability to reverse into a tight parking space . |
| 9 | And that , inevitably , casts doubts about their ability to survive at a higher level . |
| 10 | Students are encouraged to apply analytical and diagnostic skills to the information-related problems which are likely to be encountered at the interface of Personal Assistant , Office Supervisory and Middle Management levels , thus enhancing their ability to work in an interactive role in team situations . |
| 11 | The key to Israel 's success , and to a lesser extent Syria 's , had been its ability to prey on the strategic anxieties of its superpower patron . |
| 12 | In the speech Gorbachev expressed his personal support for the United Nations , which had ‘ increasingly manifested its ability to act as a unique international centre in the service of peace and security ’ , and repeated his belief that the most important issues that faced the world community were global rather than regional in character . |
| 13 | Although the party 's ideological history facilitates its ability to act as an integrative party , it faces an inhibiting structural constraint in its association with trade unions . |
| 14 | However its ability to carry through the wider social and economic issues that are now central to its agenda has yet to be proven . |
| 15 | Until now they have represented a mass of public opinion which is noisy rather than articulate , and more remarkable for its courage than its ability to coalesce as an organised force . |
| 16 | On February 24 , company borrowings under the credit agreement totalled $4.3m and the chip designer says that as a result of getting this new credit agreement , restructuring of key equipment leases , and the company 's return to profitability in the first fiscal quarter to December 31 , it believes substantial progress has been made toward killing doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern . |
| 17 | At the end of the day , the right keycard system choice will depend not only on technololgy , its ability to adapt to the specific application and how easy it is to use , but on the reliability and the pricing of the product , and just as important , on the suppliers and their ability to provide international service and support . |
| 18 | Stanley Mill has survived , largely because of its ability to adapt to the changing needs of the market . |
| 19 | Mr Hattersley said during the debate that he and Neil Kinnock were more determined than ever to resist pressure for Labour to back PR , because voters would suspect that the party lacked confidence in its ability to win under the present system . |
| 20 | But he would also have concluded that its ability to survive into the next century would depend upon the character and common sense of Prince Charles . |
| 21 | The existence of the SDP has depended on the co-operation of the Liberals and there has always been a large question-mark over its ability to survive as a separate entity . |
| 22 | ‘ Representative processes , ’ says Hallowell , ‘ are at the root of Man 's capacity to deal with the abstract qualities of objects and events , his ability to deal with the possible or conceivable , the ideal as well as the actual , the intangible along with the tangible , the absent as well as the present object or event , with fantasy and with reality . |
| 23 | The Yorkshire-born jockey broke his duck at Yarmouth in 1967 and has never once doubted his ability to compete with the best . |
| 24 | In legal matters there is usually a certain room for difference of opinion , and even though there be positive authority against your view , the examiner is anxious not so much to test the details of your knowledge as to assess your ability to argue in a lawyer-like way . |
| 25 | I guess your exterminatus decision was really what clinched my respect for your ability to think on a grand scale , Jaq . |
| 26 | Given his scepticism about our ability to penetrate to the real essences of things , it is not surprising that he finds that none of the much-discussed contemporary theories on offer provide a satisfactory answer , and concludes that we are simply ignorant about this . |