increased ability

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandability

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This model could be tested by exploiting mutants with reduced orincreasedabilityto synthesize raffinose.
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Here, we also found that musicians tend to have anincreasedabilityto learn to use pitch patterns in words.
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However, whether these amateur musicians also possessincreasedabilityin learning to use pitch patterns in lexical context remains unknown; this was addressed in the current study.
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Anyincreasedabilityof later life stages to exploit higher, unoccupied feeding niches is off-set by the lost opportunity to exploit smaller hosts, particularly rodents that are abundant and ubiquitous.
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It does not follow that an intellectual awareness of language will necessarily lead to anincreasedabilityto use language.
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We interpret this increase in verbs, particularly in obligatorily transitive verbs, as reflecting anincreasedabilityto handle sentence complexity.
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The greater expenses associated with caregiving reported by daughters, may be due partially to theirincreasedabilityto allocate expenditure, rather than to differences in expenditure.
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It has been a steady increase made possible all the time by theincreasedabilityof the country to stand it.
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So fares increases have been more than matched byincreasedabilityto pay.
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This produces a benign cycle of increasing confidence and thereforeincreasedabilityto deal with problems and to improve the quality of life.
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All those schools had concerns about theincreasedabilityof their pupils to access liquor.
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In many cases capital gains do not indicateincreasedabilityto pay taxes—for example, all those gains which arise from changes in prices.
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My social services inspectorate will have anincreasedabilityto step in and inquire into the delivery of services.
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There will beincreasedabilityto get repairs done.
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Together with theirincreasedabilityto draw in private funds, this will permit a sustained increase in output of subsidised housing by associations over the next few years.
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We believe that the balance is just about right between increased autonomy andincreasedabilityto innovate for schools, and local authorities that have become light-touch authorities.
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As advances in medical science lead to anincreasedabilityfor new technology to look after patients, treatment decisions become more complex for doctors, for patients and for their families.
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Together with theirincreasedabilityto draw in private funds, this will permit a sustained increase in output of low-cost housing by associations over the next few years.
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Together with theirincreasedabilityto draw in private investment, this will permit an increase in output by associations from 27,000 last year to around 40,000 by 1993–94.
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One of them is alleged in the press to contain references to security; that is, to theincreasedability of the political co-operation machinery to go into security matters.
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