Example sentences of "ability [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you ca n't exercise then you will lose all your ability to be a healthy person . |
| 2 | That is , one needs the literate ability to express oneself clearly ; but one also needs the right voice and the ability to be concise . |
| 3 | Even when the soul man is ‘ hurt ’ , it is only a celebration of his ability to be ‘ touched ’ . |
| 4 | My ability to be part of a greater dissenting whole is balanced by my ability to stand apart and hence to differentiate within the group . |
| 5 | When we come to Waterloo the Great Duke 's extraordinary ability to be exactly where he was needed at the crucial moment is well described , as are his outward calm and inspiring courage . |
| 6 | Yorkshire Holly is on a down path over hurdles , but on his best Flat form remains on a workable mark , while good jump winners Bonanza and Marlin Dancer would need only to show a glimpse of that ability to be dangerous off bottom weight . |
| 7 | Combine that with the world 's greatest sporting occasion and we have the ability to be a great success . ’ |
| 8 | A reduction in Vet 's fees plus the ability to be self-sufficient in machinery repairs could mean considerable savings especially in the more isolated areas . |
| 9 | Cordless tools are sold on their convenience and ability to be used anywhere . |
| 10 | showing an increasing ability to be explicit about how written and spoken language can support each other . |
| 11 | Kraemer and Roberts ( 1984 ) offer as justification for this assumption the suggestion that ‘ important ’ memories retain the ability to be retrieved even after a long retention interval whereas less important memories do not . |
| 12 | There was a deep reserve of ability to be tapped , and ( whatever the improvement ) only 45 per cent of all fifteen-year-olds — including , of course , those in grammar schools — stayed on at school for a fifth year or more . |
| 13 | However , there is no question that Wildlife Health centres are needed to improve our knowledge and ability to be effective in conserving and managing wildlife , and to improve its welfare . |
| 14 | Most trainees will be emphatic about their ability to be impartial , unprejudiced , empathetic and to keep confidentiality , but a few hard-hitting video scenes can catch even the most ‘ broadminded ’ trainee off guard . |
| 15 | As has been implied from the comments made , the nurse 's ability to identify patients ' problems with the AL of maintaining a safe environment which result from impairment/loss of the senses , to a great extent depends on an ability to be imaginative and empathetic . |
| 16 | The fact that the appointments to such councils are in the hands of the Secretary of State advised by civil servants , makes one question those bodies ' ability to be very independent . |
| 17 | Nursing care based upon the nursing process is being widely implemented in the United Kingdom , and one of the main skills that nurses need to develop is the ability to be able to communicate effectively with the patient and his family , in order to be able to define the patient 's problems . |
| 18 | And what do the answers to those questions say about your ability to be your company 's next marketing director , finance director or even chief executive ? |
| 19 | He said that I had the ability to be not only Britain 's top sprinter but also number one in Europe . |
| 20 | Indeed far from being fearful of continued public objection , local authorities should be more concerned about their ability to be able to keep up with public demand for calming various residential areas once the ideas take off . |
| 21 | Of Dustin 's performance , though , Clive Barnes in The New York Times wrote , ‘ He has the strange ability to be himself on the stage . |
| 22 | With the exception of epileptics ( see p.5 ) — even those whose condition is being kept well under control by prescribed drugs — there is no way that any other form of medical treatment or medication can affect your ability to be a good hypnotic subject . |
| 23 | And even if it does n't come naturally , most politicians develop the ability to be absolutely horrible whenever it is required . |
| 24 | The mind — if unable to express creativity or creative impulses — exhibits frustration and evokes self-disdain for negative self-images and loss of self-worth ; the emotions — if subject to suppression or repression of essential human responses relating to love , understanding and compassion — are suffocated ; the harbouring and nurturing of accumulated aggressions , rejections or guilts , destroys the human ability to be receptive to positive influences , and depression , grief , hopelessness and helplessness all evoke a desire for self-annihilation if sustained ; the spirit — if unable to establish any connection between its personal nature and those higher elements which nourish it — eventually starves . |
| 25 | She survived unscathed , which she put down to her ability to be assertive . |
| 26 | It is a rarity for a horse of Lyric Fantasy 's ability to be offered for public sale , and the Park Paddocks ' arena at Newmarket was packed as she came into the ring . |
| 27 | The ability to be ‘ productive ’ is a powerful element of individual status within our society ; according to our particular scale of values , to work and contribute to the national wealth is the largest single contribution anyone can make to their society . |
| 28 | There are no words in any human language that can adequately describe the experience of ‘ seeing ’ something in this way — precisely because human beings do not have a holographic sense and so have never required the words to describe it nor the intellectual ability to be able to imagine it . |
| 29 | If at conversion Christians castoff their ability to be angry , they would shed the whole panoply of their emotional world : their joy , their love , their sense of wonder and awe . |
| 30 | A second criterion is precisely a form 's ability to be used generically ; the unmarked form subsumes the marked one . |