(n.) The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ability of azelastine to influence antigen-induced contractile responses (Schultz-Dale phenomenon) in isolated tracheal segments of the guinea-pig was investigated and compared with selected antiallergic drugs and inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism.
(2) We similarly evaluated the ability of other phospholipids to form stable foam at various concentrations and ethanol volume fractions and found: bovine brain sphingomyelin greater than dipalmitoyl 3-sn-phosphatidylcholine greater than egg sphingomyelin greater than egg lecithin greater than phosphatidylglycerol.
(3) LPS also abrogated the ability of recombinant interferon-gamma (r.IFN-gamma) to enhance macrophage larvicidal activity.
(4) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
(5) These membrane perturbation effects not observed with bleomycin-iron in the presence of a hydroxyl radical scavenger, dimethyl thiourea, or a chelating agent, desferrioxamine, were correlated with the ability of the complex to generate highly reactive oxygen species.
(6) Our results indicate that increasing the delay for more than 8 days following irradiation and TCD syngeneic BMT leads to a rapid loss of the ability to achieve alloengraftment by non-TCD allogeneic bone marrow.
(7) Basing the prediction of student performance in medical school on intellective-cognitive abilities alone has proved to be more pertinent to academic achievement than to clinical practice.
(8) The transported pIgA was functional, as evidenced by its ability to bind to virus in an ELISA assay and to protect nonimmune mice against intranasal infection with H1N1 but not H3N2 influenza virus.
(9) The significance of the differences in these two patterns of actin is discussed in terms of differences in the accommodative ability and static lens shape in these two animals.
(10) We have examined overlapping octapeptides from the kappa IIIb light chain variable region and show that some framework peptides have the ability to bind aggregated IgG.
(11) These data, then, indicate that the ability to produce C3NeF autoantibody is present from the time of birth in normal individuals.
(12) It is concluded that in the mouse model the ability of buspirone to reduce the aversive response to a brightly illuminated area may reflect an anxiolytic action, that the dorsal raphe nucleus may be an important locus of action, and that the effects of buspirone may reflect an interaction at 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors.
(13) Despite this alteration in subcellular distribution, the mutant polypeptide retained the ability to induce fibroblast transformation by several parameters, including the ability to display anchorage-independent growth.
(14) The image was altered in the expected way, which means that the device is suitable for investigating the possibilities of different filters to improve the diagnostic ability.
(15) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
(16) These results suggest that CD4+ protective T cells generated by immunization with vBCG are characterized by the ability to produce IFN-gamma after stimulation with specific Ag.
(17) The present study was done in order to document the ability of the eighth cranial nerve of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) to regenerate, the anatomic characteristics of the regenerated fibers, and the specificity of projections from individual endorgan branches of the nerve.
(18) It appeared that ratings by supervisors were influenced primarily by the interpersonal skills of the residents and secondarily by ability.
(19) The ability of cytoplasmic extracts to induce DNA synthesis in isolated, quiescent nuclei.
(20) Mice also had a decreased ability to develop delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions while being given cadmium; this abnormality also returned toward normal after withdrawal of cadmium.
Bowler
Definition:
(n.) One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.
Example Sentences:
(1) The TV ad campaign features the Sapeurs – men who make the transformation from farmers, taxi drivers and labourers to cigar-wielding gentlemen dressed to the nines in bowler hats and tailored suits – of the Republic of the Congo capital Brazzaville coming together after a day's work.
(2) All the bowlers had a relative tachycardia 15 min before the competition which was abolished by oxprenolol.
(3) I'd suggest: A formal warning, then if repeated the player is: (i) barred from bowling again in the session, if a bowler; (ii) barred from fielding close to (i.e.
(4) It's short and pitched well outside off stump; Tuffey attempts to drive it through the covers but his stroke is far too weak and the ball loops into the bowler's hands.
(5) When the famous Rivels clowns recently came to a leading Berlin music-hall with their act, which used to include a parody of Charlie Chaplin, the clown who played the mock Charlie abandoned his little moustache and bowler and appeared in another disguise.
(6) Hereditary factors, poor technique, overuse, and poor preparation for fast bowling may combine to produce the 'at risk' bowler.
(7) The bowlers whose bowling performance was improved by oxprenolol exhibited significantly higher heart rates before, during and after the competition as compared with the subgroups not responding beneficially to the active drug.
(8) A ferocious interior lineman who has drawn comparison with Houston's JJ Watt, Floyd will help compensate for the departure of seven-time Pro Bowler Richard Seymour.
(9) But most of the 57 rooms in this renovated 19th-century chapel have their quota of Belgian weirdness, from the bowler hat lampshades in the Magritte room to the giant Smurf mural in the Comics Room.
(10) Berry Theatre , Southampton, Thu; Bowler Hat , EC4, Fri Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five To Go, London Despite being one of the most eagerly awaited dates in 2014's comedy calendar, one big mystery still surrounds this live reunion of the surviving Pythons: will it be any good?
(11) Some slow bowlers can induce the batsman to misjudge where the ball will hit the ground.
(12) 7.31pm GMT Here's a by-no-means-comprehensive summary of the big transfer news today so far: Manchester City haven't bought anyone, have shut the office, and gone home Manchester United haven't bought anyone, have shut the office, and gone home, via the offy for a four-pack and 20 tabs Liverpool haven't bought anyone, but are in a flat spin, attempting to persuade Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk winger Yevhen Konoplyanka to join the club Arsenal have signed Kim Källström on loan, but have given up on Julian Draxler Fulham have landed Greek striker Konstantinos Mitroglou, while Dimitar Berbatov is off to Monaco Cardiff City have signed Wilfried Zaha on loan and Fabio for good Lee Cattermole and Tom Ince could go to Stoke Ince might go to Crystal Palace, though and best of all Southampton's Dani Osvaldo has joined Juventus, turning up in Turin wearing a bowler hat.
(13) I also think it's harsh on the bowlers, but agree that the fields, lines and lengths could be more attacking.
(14) Sachitra Senanayake, the off-spinner who has been Sri Lanka’s most successful and economical bowler in the one-day series against England, has been reported for bowling with a suspect action during Saturday’s victory at Lord’s .
(15) But it is another thing to convince the base," said Professor Shaun Bowler, a political scientist at the University of California at Riverside.
(16) "The bowlers did very well and bowled in the right areas on the first day, but the conditions were helpful to them," said Smith.
(17) Instagram photos showed them tramping around New York, bowler hatted and hand in hand.
(18) In our series, no polyp was found to exhibit the bowler hat sign, while 12 cases of diverticular disease displayed 1 or more "bowler hats."
(19) The Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield is due in court in January, charged with the same offences as the Pakistan players, but the police seem minded – in the main – to leave it to sport.
(20) There's a vague commitment to keeping London competitive as a financial centre, because that's in everyone's interest, but that's as close to esprit de corps as you get.” Hard Times interactive Interactive graphic : the divisive toll of the economic slump The esprit de corps of the old bowler-hatted public-school City of the 1960s and 70s has gone.