The phrase "a considerable ability" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a significant level of skill or talent in a particular area.
Example: "Her considerable ability in mathematics allowed her to solve complex problems with ease."
Alternatives: "a significant skill" or "a notable talent."
However, the BJ-1 multispectral image did show a considerable ability to predict the soil silt content.
The Gore campaign has to promote a candidate with plenty of baggage and a considerable ability to irritate people, even within his party's core constituencies.
The results showed a considerable ability of these amphiphilic compounds for extraction and a selective tendency of 3c for phase transfer of glucosamine.
It is shown that the proposed relationship has a considerable ability to predict the apparent fracture toughness behavior in the ductile to brittle region of complex structures without need of conducting additional experimental fracture toughness tests.
Not only the muscle, but also the tendon appears to have a considerable ability to compensate for errors in the restoration of tendon length at surgery.
Cassius was a man of considerable ability and a good soldier, but in politics he was actuated by vanity and ambition and had an uncontrollable temper and sharp tongue.
A man of considerable ability, Morozov implemented a number of measures to improve the position of the gentry and townspeople, as well as to stabilize state finances.
He was a man of considerable ability, who had qualified as a barrister at night school.
On the rare occasions that official duties allow him free time, Damiani is a player of considerable ability.
A man whose considerable ability – he is surely Sunderland's player of the season – demands that he should be adding to his 22 France caps, readily admits his conscience has not always been similarly clear.
The first large-scale manufacture of nitroglycerin in the United States is attributed to George Mowbray, a chemist of considerable ability who had followed the work of Sobrero and others in Europe with great interest.
