The phrase "abilities is less" is not correct in English.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect construction, possibly intended to compare abilities in some way.
Example: "His abilities are less impressive than hers."
Alternatives: "abilities are fewer" or "abilities are diminished".
The players' abilities were less at issue in Shostakovich's Sonata for Viola and Piano than the extent of their involvement.
On this matter, Gundersen and Garasky (2012) found that households with greater financial management abilities are less likely to be food insecure.
Personally, I have always been fairly confident in my abilities and my views, although as I get older, I do recognize that my abilities are less than they were when I was younger.
For example, it has been shown that drivers with poor cognitive performances and drivers who are not aware of their own abilities are less likely to avoid difficult driving situations than those with higher performances or who are aware of their own abilities [22, 23].
There is some empirical evidence indicating that employers' attitudes towards older workers are changing (Wieteke et al. 2011) and that older workers whose tasks rely on cognitive abilities are less likely to decrease their productivity compared to workers with more physically demanding jobs (Skirbekk 2008).
It was faster than its southern counterpart but its scenting abilities were less well developed.
Drugs that enhance decision-making and executive function abilities are less well known because of the complexity of these functions which comprise different subprocesses (i.e., reward, punishment sensitivity, and impulsivity).
Under the ready-or-not hypothesis we might predict the exact opposite; at any given point in time, but particularly under the more stressful conditions of early stocking, natural selection may favor ontogenetically advanced fry that are larger, have superior swimming abilities, are less susceptible to predation, and dominate in competition for feeding territories.
For Coughlin, vocal ability is less important than being comfortable in unflattering costumes.
Defining an umpire's ability is less about numerical yardsticks than about demeanor.
