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The phrase "a capability to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's or something's ability to perform a specific function or task.
Example: "The new software has a capability to analyze large datasets quickly and efficiently."
Alternatives: "an ability to" or "a capacity to".
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Or is it preferable to turn it from having a capability to protect Saddam to a capability to protect Iraq?
"It was single habitat and a capability to do a few things on the lunar surface".
Added another: "To deter you have to have a capability to defeat.
Our current reality offers us a capability to communicate and teach healing and understanding.
"We know that they are there and have a capability to do harm to this country," General Hagenbeck said.
It later tumbled, but the launching suggested a capability to toss a warhead much farther than before.
The report warned: "Iran, through its longstanding relationship with Lebanese [Hezbollah], maintains a capability to strike Israel directly and threatens Israeli and US interests worldwide".
"One of the things Prince brings is a capability to handle the regulatory challenges that are part and parcel of the financial world".
It said that "Iraq has a capability to produce chemical and biological weapons," but did not say that Saddam had actually produced any such weapons in recent years.
This is about as sensible as asking whether the army still possesses a capability to form squares to defend the ridge of Mont St Jean at Waterloo.
Mr. Zuhair, who was not hurt in Monday's bombing, said a law would "give a capability to journalists and a stature".
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