Example sentences of "ability to play [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combined effect would be to weaken Britain 's government and its ability to play a part in world affairs . |
| 2 | It was these which , by limiting the king 's freedom of manoeuvre , in the end destroyed his ability to play a great role in politics . |
| 3 | In December 1990 , the parliamentary assembly ’ adopted a position opposed to certain proposals for WEU to be integrated in the European Community , Its view was that , if implemented , these proposals would weaken the Atlantic Alliance and also Europe 's ability to play a useful role on the world stage . |
| 4 | They might have mislaid the formula for operating over five days — December 1986 is the last time England beat anyone of any consequence when asked to bat and bowl for longer than 55 overs — but there is no getting away from their ability to play the negative stuff as well as anyone else . |
| 5 | He became friendly at the Royal College with Ted Dicks who , owing to his liveliness and ability to play the piano ( he took over at the Colony Room when Mike Mackenzie left ) soon found himself in charge of student entertainments . |
| 6 | From this it was only a short step to total involvement in folk culture , and his ability to play the gipsy violin led him to join the Gyorgyos Bokreta group , which at that time offered a programme of traditional songs and dances from the Bata region . |
| 7 | Yet , in a sense , it was also " whether " , for Spain 's ability to play the part of a European military power was necessarily conditioned by the parlous state of the Spanish Armed Forces and economy . |