Example sentences of "[adj] ability [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the symbols for mem and gimmel have become differentiated for Hebrew readers during the course of their previous experience with this alphabet , these subjects should be at an advantage on both test tasks — an enhanced ability to discriminate between the two Hebrew symbols should be helpful in both cases . |
| 2 | It 's unique ability to lift off the ground or land like a helicopter has thrilled crowds all over the World . |
| 3 | Moreover , social values and structures have shown a remarkable ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment . |
| 4 | The intention had been a fairly short , impressive strike which ended on a note of strength and with the obvious ability to resume at a later date should the government drag its feet on terrorism and law and order . |
| 5 | He was also , as D.C. Watt has observed , " maddening yet admirable " , and blessed with an unusual ability to rise above the prejudices of his generation . |
| 6 | I mean we have n't seen an awful lot of er Julian Jochim yet but th the two occasions when the ball 's been fed into him he 's shown a brilliant ability to turn with the ball and get at the defenders . |
| 7 | Although the Duvalierists were prohibited from participating in the electoral process , their brutal disruption of the 1987 elections together with their current ability to operate outside the law , meant that most observers saw little prospect for the holding of free elections on Nov. 4 , as scheduled . |
| 8 | Rokovssky , for all his tried and tested ability to react to the unexpected , was startled into losing his ' concentration . |
| 9 | The importance of such ‘ educated ’ minds lay , of course , in their presumed ability to cope with a variety of industrial processes , including the total environment of modern production . |
| 10 | The former suggests that retirement spread through unfettered consumer desire for more leisure , that industrialization progressively excluded older workers but also created the national wealth and political will ( through the establishment of mass democracy ) to support them on state pension schemes , and that increasing personal prosperity led to the individual 's growing ability to save through a private pension . |
| 11 | And the actresses themselves are a delight : Josette Bushell-Mingo has an extraordinarily mobile face and an infectiously comic manner , Joy Richardson shows an uncanny ability to get inside a 10-year-old 's skin , and Angela Bruce , as the mother , has natural authority . |
| 12 | Gentlemen whose sole ability to build up a good side depends on the payment of heavy and exhorbitant [ sic ] transfer fees need not apply . |
| 13 | Technical requirements include virtual memory , the inherent ability to connect to a distributed network and run two- and three-dimensional graphics applications , 3 MIPS to 40 MIPS of integer performance , 1,024 by 1,024 pixel resolution , 14″ , 16″ , 17″ or 19″ monitor , multitasking and a price range of between $3,900 and $100,000 plus . |
| 14 | These simple changes to her father 's response enable this mildly handicapped child to acquire the socially necessary ability to wait in a definite and positive manner . |
| 15 | Continuing deterrent credibility would , in future , depend upon Britain 's known ability to retaliate with an invulnerable Second Strike weapon . |