Example sentences of "ability to produce a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Agnew made his mark in midfield at Barnsley where his ability to produce a telling pass brought him to the notice of Blackburn , who shelled out 750,000 for the Shipley-born player .
2 The advantage of such an audit lies in its ability to produce a critical assessment of the organization 's marketing strengths and weaknesses , whilst at the same time weighing up the threats and opportunities posed by the external environment .
3 Their ability to produce a full-sized poster in less than four hours gave an unprecedented flexibility to the two big parties in the cut and thrust of the campaign .
4 When it comes to charts , Excel also scores with the ability to produce a wider range and better looking graphics than 123 .
5 Most research on pretence has examined the child 's ability to produce a pretend action .
6 Camcorders vary in their ability to produce a good picture in low light , but any model capable of working at a light level of 10 lux or less will enable you to record in most interiors without the need for additional lighting .
7 Most woman-centred psychologists doubt men 's ability to produce a woman-centred discipline .
8 Since a child 's ability to produce a particular sound will vary according to the speech context ( Ingram 1976 ) , the Goldman-Fristoe test samples speech sounds in three positions within words ( initial , medial and final ) and also as they occur in sentences .
9 When he has had quiet periods one simply got the feeling that he was having a rest , a feeling reinforced by his ability to produce a big innings apparently at will , especially on the grand occasion or when his team is struggling .
10 It is claimed , for example , that Russia 's ability to produce an atomic and later a nuclear bomb was entirely a result of information given by British spies .
11 The situation is not desperate although it should be remedied because many Insular musicians , judged in relation to their European counterparts , possess a remarkable ability to produce an accurate performance virtually at sight , a skill acquired by many singers during years of preparing services under pressure in cathedrals and Oxbridge chapels .
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