Example sentences of "ability to control [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Female staff are less likely ( though not unknown ) to adopt such approaches largely it is assumed , because they have less confidence in their ability to control a potentially hazardous interaction . |
| 2 | The ability to control a computer via a Graphical User Interface or GUI is much like a car driver who does n't need to understand the internal combustion engine to be able to manoeuvre the car with considerable skill . |
| 3 | Instructors can be mistaken about their students ' ability to control the initial part properly if one or two launches go well . |
| 4 | Flautist Tim Wheater , well known for playing with the group The Eurythmics , suffered an outbreak of lip blisters and ulcers which destroyed his ability to control the flute , and lost him a year 's income . |
| 5 | Someone has pointed out that this would require an ability to control the Royal Mail to ensure that letters did not get lost ! |
| 6 | We are both happy with the contract we have got and feel we have the ability to control the situation . |
| 7 | Continence is the ability to control the contents of the bladder and to pass urine only when you want to . |
| 8 | ‘ Authority is the freedom to act , and relates to the ability to control the resources available to a person to carry out his responsibilities . |
| 9 | I am not in fact optimistic about our ability to control the sort of force which is now at large in the world . |
| 10 | ‘ Farr-Jones introduced a new dimension to Australia 's play with his superb leadership and ability to control the game . |
| 11 | Agriculture was still a major economic activity in the first postwar decades , and the ability to control the food supply was widely regarded as central to national sovereignty . |
| 12 | It is well known that many members of Parliament are among those who are deeply dissatisfied with Parliament 's ability to control the executive , or even to find out what it is doing . |
| 13 | The immediate strike threat was over and the union had demonstrated its ability to control the men ; the formal establishment of the National Maritime Board remained . |
| 14 | But the prospects for greater justice and peace in prisons depend on the next Government 's willingness and ability to control the size of the prison population . |
| 15 | One immediate advantage of this arrangement was the ability to control the point in time at which datafiles were extracted from the database . |
| 16 | This has immense significance for the authorities ' ability to control the money supply , as we shall see in section 9.1 . |
| 17 | That has inspired fears over potential damage to the occupants ' ears due to the sudden pressure change within European saloons which tend to be smaller than those in the US , and also to worries about the ability to control the car in the unlikely event that the bag deploys accidentally . |