Sentence examples for abilities to counter from inspiring English sources

His remarks echoed those by Pentagon officials who have advocated building "a defense in depth," relying on overlapping systems with varying abilities to counter missile threats.

As a result "she created in Oroonoko a kind of James Bond figure, a Superman, not because she was an abolitionist, but because she felt that the institution of slavery was inhuman, and she had to exaggerate his abilities to counter the argument that certain people deserved to be slaves because they were less than human," Mr. Bandele said.

The United States and South Korea have been increasing their abilities to counter that part of the North Korean arsenal in recent years, especially after the North's artillery attack on a South Korean border island in 2010 that killed four people.

They initiated the "MAXCAP05" program to improve the F.B.I.'s ability to counter terrorism.

It will damage the police's ability to counter terrorism if neighbourhood policing is cut.

Women, especially, are communing around the witch figure and her ability to counter male dominance.

Even if Mr. Hussein is alive, his regime's ability to counter the American-led offensive appeared to collapse.

But foreign exchange reserves, at $3.18 trillion, give the country ample ability to counter any run on the renminbi.

They didn't have anything to give me, and they lacked a vital human skill: the ability to counter one palm-up with another.

The goalkeeper Denys Boyko and the Brazilian defender Douglas have stood out, while Yevhen Konoplyanka's pace and directness are key to their ability to counter.

This may not be all his fault; he inherited a bursting bubble, after all, and there are limits to a president's ability to counter economic cycles.