Example sentences of "ability [to-vb] [conj] [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Timelord also has a document database where you can index all your text files wherever they are on your hard disk giving you the ability to search and browse with the built in report viewer . |
| 2 | Timelord also has a document database where you can index all your text files wherever they are on your hard disk giving you the ability to search and browse with the built in report viewer . |
| 3 | The most harmful effects are that groups develop competing or conflicting goals , and lose their ability to communicate and cooperate with one another , |
| 4 | The present research is designed to investigate the effects of a somewhat different range of factors ( for example , net income , religious/ethnic affiliation , family and social networks , perceived level of local unemployment , experience of previous unemployment , types of activities engaged in , including activity in the black economy , attitudes to work , etc ) on the experience of , and ability to manage and cope with , a period of unemployment . |
| 5 | Traditionally , we have tended to use dolphins ' ability to understand and communicate with us on our terms as a measure of their intelligence . |
| 6 | Other economic benefits of migrant labour include the recruitment of migrants to particular jobs at lower wages than indigenous workers , partly because job titles and grades could be invented to cover up the fact that job content remained the same , and also because of the threat of repatriation and other forms of intimidation ; the enhanced possibilities for the introduction of shiftwork and piece-work , deskilling , and the slower introduction of safety measures ; the avoidance of national insurance payments by the recruitment of illegal migrants ; and the ability to shed and recruit with relative ease , thus avoiding the costs of labour hoarding ( Paine , 1977 ; Fevre , 1983 ) . |
| 7 | If the nurse neglects this part of her role the amputee may fall and injure himself or lose confidence in his ability to adapt and cope with this problem . |