Example sentences of "[art] ability [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were both about seven years old , and she had not yet developed the ability to pronounce the sounds ‘ ck ’ and ‘ th ’ . |
| 2 | For those who need the ability to carry the phone with them wherever they go , it is also available with an optional transmobile kit that turns it into a transportable cellphone . |
| 3 | And finally , it is the ability to open the arms of memory to welcome them back as a valued part of the whole life experience , with which it is possible to live at peace , without pain , and with a sense of completeness at last ; and when this has been accomplished the bereaved are ready to embrace life again . |
| 4 | A rates reduction for a certain period is inadequate to compensate for the great disruption that was caused to people seeking to make a living in that area — people who do not have the wherewithal or the ability to use the court system against the Minister . |
| 5 | The honeybee shares the ability to use the sun as a compass with a wide range of animals , including ants , sandhoppers , many fish and birds . |
| 6 | Kuypers then started a long series of collaborative studies in which injuries to some of these connections in the monkey 's brain were correlated with the defects they produced in performance of movements ; the poising of an arm , for instance , to carry out an operation with the fingers could be dissociated from the ability to use the fingers skilfully . |
| 7 | Many people in a management position maybe using P Cs on their desk , I mean those move more and more into the organization as people work with spreadsheet people work with electronic mail and so on and so forth , and the ability to use the P C as their terminal , their window into the accounting application , but secondly they have these tools such as spreadsheets which again are able to directly access the database and the accounting data maintained within it . |
| 8 | Obviously , if all security interests were possessory it would make secured borrowing virtually impossible as a debtor would be deprived of the ability to use the assets subject to the security in the course of business ( but English law has for long recognised non-possessory security interests ) . |
| 9 | It was the absence of the ability to use the book debts in the normal course of business that deprived the charge of the character of being floating . |
| 10 | The ability to predict the behaviour of fluid flow in process plant empowers the process engineer to ask ‘ What if ? ’ |
| 11 | An ensign , however , might find the next step a little harder , while command of a company was rarely to be had without the ability to purchase the commission of a holder of a captaincy or very strong political interest to secure the place in an expanding army in a new battalion . |
| 12 | the ability to utilize the oxygen . |
| 13 | Despite its recent upgrades to include support for the IBM AT , fast colour monitors and the ability to set the default colours of each accessory window Spotlight lags behind SideKick on friendliness and ease of use . |
| 14 | Drawings can be resized , flipped horizontally or vertically , stretched , compressed or rotated , and a useful feature is the ability to set the cursor to move only horizontally or vertically in order to draw straight lines . |
| 15 | Essences of chamomile and thyme , for instance , are credited with the ability to stimulate the production of white blood cells which help in our fight against disease . |
| 16 | The other was trying to find a mechanism to sell more. , Another example of the ability to see the wood from the trees can be drawn from the time he was asked to take charge of Esso 's marine operations . |
| 17 | And she had lost the ability to see the world without being aware of being aware of it . |
| 18 | Now , with the proposed acquisition of CGI , IBM is effectively saying that despite its vast army of surplus employees , it ca n't find 4,000 among with the skills , or the ability to acquire the skills to be found in an unexceptional middle-ranking software and computer services company — and the move is hardly a morale-booster for all the people within IBM that ply their trade in software and services . |
| 19 | With the ability to style the award to each country 's particular needs , Nestlé Foodservice in the UK recognised the opportunity to establish a competition here specially designed to encourage high standards for catering students training to enter the industry . |
| 20 | ‘ Telekinetic is the ability to cause the movement of a body caused by thought or willpower without the application of a physical force … ’ |
| 21 | A literal interpretation of section 8 might suggest that the ability to plead the jus tertii provides the defendant with a defence , but it is submitted that in such a case the provisions of section 7 preserve the common law rule that a claimant relying on a possessory interest may recover the full value of the thing converted . |
| 22 | The Company offered Debenture holders the choice of exchanging into LASMO shares , or the ability to redeem the Debentures for cash at par plus interest , during 1992 . |
| 23 | This is over and above the ability to schedule the transfer to run at given times . |
| 24 | These include the ability for users to define articulation and constraints such as degrees of rotation ; the ability to test the behaviour of three-dimensional objects within the system interactively ; and inclusion of source code for immersive real-time applications based on Silicon Graphics 's tools . |
| 25 | Risks must also be controlled by offering decision makers the ability to test the effect of their options . |
| 26 | Tension adjustment has the ability to adapt the racket to your game and conditions , a major bonus for British club players who are often forced to play in damp conditions . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The Type Module routine provides a user with the ability to view the contents of a module ( excluding Foreigns ) without having to withdraw it from LIFESPAN . |
| 29 | of course , the system will need to have the ability to examine the status of each applicant in turn , and decide on the appropriate action . |
| 30 | ‘ Kenny had the ability to put the ball into impossible places . |