Example sentences of "the ability [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we start off by considering the accounting application as an object developed in C sitting there in the middle of the screen , we need the ability to talk to the users through a graphical user interface . |
| 2 | Once that 's done and we 're satisfied that our guest has the ability to talk on the air then it goes ahead . ’ |
| 3 | Despite losing so heavily , Edinburgh tried hard to play enterprisingly and in scrum-half Crombie , possess a player with the ability to perform at the highest level . |
| 4 | It was then that the dragoman displayed his sole talent : the ability to bark like a dog . |
| 5 | It also should give greater emphasisis to the ability to link into the rail network . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , the ability to listen to the problems of another person is not a universal human trait . |
| 7 | All you need is an open , enquiring mind and the ability to wonder at the fascinating world of wildlife . |
| 8 | The ability to move over the next seven years from the fairly primitive to the most advanced Macintosh–Quadra models without sacrificing the benefits of the learning curve or the experience gained previously . |
| 9 | It had one important additional feature : the ability to move from a full record display into a sequence of brief records in Dewey number order ( Figures 5.6 and 5.7 ) . |
| 10 | It seems that this latter development may potentially underlie the subsequent promotion of acid resistant lineages ( gastric metaplasia ) because the non-resistant oesophageal stem cells ( or possibly also the stem cells of the submucosal oesophageal glands ) are either damaged or die , whereas others which have the ability to redifferentiate to a mucin secreting phenotype survive . |
| 11 | Inhibition , as recommended by Alexander , is the ability to pause for a moment until we are adequately prepared to carry out actions satisfactorily . |
| 12 | To this end , the ability to act of the Community institutions will be strengthened . " |
| 13 | All these substances have the ability to float from the lower atmosphere ( the troposphere ) into the upper atmosphere ( the stratosphere ) where ozone depletion takes place . |
| 14 | She personifies the power and energy that are unrestricted by convention , the knowledge of forces that dwell outside the clear , rational light of day ; she possesses the ability to draw upon the tides of night to awaken , attract and love . |
| 15 | The ability to discriminate between the shapes of letters and their sounds . |
| 16 | In reading , or being read to , one has the security of knowing that one has the ability to withdraw from the emotional situation as soon as one wishes or needs to do so . |
| 17 | Children need not only a ‘ lexicon ’ of images but also the ability to cope with a number of conventions . |
| 18 | While such actions are welcome , for some governments and for many people , no amount of safety measures or reassurances regarding the ability to cope with a reactor accident is satisfactory . |
| 19 | Of course , what is really needed , and what would be better for the children 's education , would be either more nursery schools , or reception classes that have the right equipment and staff , and the ability to cope with the three and four-year-olds they are being handed so prematurely . |
| 20 | Developed for spinnaker sails , where tear resistance is critical and the ability to form into an aerodynamic shape is of greatest importance for efficiency , ripstop has become an ideal fabric for all types of kite . |
| 21 | Many differentiated cells retain the ability to return to the cell cycle when confronted with the appropriate mitogenic stimulus . |
| 22 | This will particularly be the case when the adverse effect is upon the livelihood or the ability to earn of the second person or body . |
| 23 | Perhaps the most remarkable property conferred on a bacterium by a plasmid is the ability to behave in a sexual manner . |
| 24 | In the last decade many large organisations have highlighted the ability to respond to a changing business environment rapidly as a factor critical to their survival . |
| 25 | We are not just talking about information ; we are talking about the ability to respond to the living language . |
| 26 | Energies were devoted to the practicability of maintaining the existing framework of provision , and , not least , the ability to respond to an exceptional anticipated demand from a heavy concentration of military personnel throughout the strategically important counties of East Anglia . |
| 27 | The ability to hide in the choroid plexus would also explain why some drugs are of limited value in chemotherapy for sleeping sickness . |
| 28 | The ability to learn about the environment and even communicate that information to one 's fellow creatures , as bees , birds and animals do , is dependent upon the inner completeness of the tattvic tapestry . |
| 29 | The ability to dispose of the most costly resources is an essential attribute of power in all stratified societies , and the display of artefacts made from costly materials was one of the most conspicuous ways of demonstrating this power . |
| 30 | One mark of the climber is the ability to change to a higher gear and accelerate towards the end of a long ascent . |