outstanding ability

collocation in English

meaningsofoutstandingandability

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outstanding
adjective
uk
/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/us
/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
clearly very much better than what ...
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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 ofoutstandingandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Local education authorities can already award incentive allowances to teachers who have demonstratedoutstandingabilityin the classroom.
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They are both men ofoutstandingability, and, above all, men blessed with the power of decision.
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The emigrants we do not want to lose are those people ofoutstandingability.
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All will agree about his remarkable statesmanship andoutstandingability.
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It is notorious that in the case of that particular company they have at the head of affairs men of reallyoutstandingability.
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We have in this country several men ofoutstandingabilityin these matters.
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In the nature of things, there are a great many men out there who could not claim to be men of veryoutstandingability.
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The chief person responsible for dealing with consumer representation will have to be a man or woman ofoutstandingability.
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Is there no elasticity which would enableoutstandingabilityto be taken into consideration?
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Here we find men ofoutstandingabilityand commitment who in our generation have held together —and promoted—the sportsmen of today.
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We have in the new district councils that were elected on a system of proportional representation people of quiteoutstandingability.
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He was undoubtedly a chairman ofoutstandingability.
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It is controlled by a chief constable ofoutstandingability.
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It is a difficult task, but one which is not beyond theoutstandingabilityof the road engineers of this country.
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We must have five men ofoutstandingability.
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It is not always possible, for instance, to pin down a young officer ofoutstandingabilityin one unit for a period of years.
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Local education authorities can award incentive allowances to teachers demonstratingoutstandingabilityin the classroom.
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Their critical new investment is not in machines, but in men, and particularly in those who possess rare qualities of imagination, enterprise andoutstandingability.
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We must ask ourselves whether we want to move towards the common mean or whether we wish to encourageoutstandingability.
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Not only do they have to be men ofoutstandingability, they have to be trustworthy and their discretion has to be absolute.
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