The phrase "a small ability to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a limited or minor capacity to perform a certain action or task.
Example: "She has a small ability to understand complex mathematical concepts, but she struggles with advanced topics."
Alternatives: "a slight capacity to" or "a limited skill in".
While adult cardiomyocytes retain a detectable (albeit small) ability to proliferate (Soonpaa & Field, 1997; Malliaras et al, 2013a; Senyo et al, 2013), the role of endogenous progenitor cells in adult cardiomyogenesis is unclear (Laflamme & Murry, 2011; Steinhauser & Lee, 2011; Garbern & Lee, 2013; Koudstaal et al, 2013).
There was little evidence of alterations to magnetic properties in subsurface sediments, resulting in only a small ability of properties to differentiate between surface and subsurface sources.
The number of cases in Dhaka was very small which resulted in a diminished ability to detect seasonal differences.
"Even if you had a small percent better ability to react quickly, to rely on your neighbours to help you survive and to pass on information - all these things together gave the edge to Homo sapiens over Neanderthals, and that may have made a difference to survival".
Given the ability to experimentally move the small micromeres to ectopic locations, we first learned that the small micromeres had a remarkable ability to home to the coelomic pouches.
Despite the fact that he hails from a small town, Cosella has an uncanny ability to fuse the sounds of deep, tech and G house that are known to run through the veins of leading artists in Ibiza.
The higher values of distortion (BFCr and LDI) are interpreted as a lower ability to discriminate small stimuli surrounding the central light source.
Ambulatory blood pressure values were particularly suited for this purpose because, compared with blood pressure measurements made in the clinic, they have a superior reproducibility and thus a greater ability to detect small differences in blood pressure between groups.
The significant intervention effect on DASH although small points to an increased ability to work as a result of strength training and ads to the positive results of the training intervention.
Overnight audiences may be small, but if an ability to irritate your publicly-funded rival is an indicator of success, then Hunt may be due a bonus.
