The phrase "ability and means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity or resources to accomplish a task or goal.
Example: "In order to succeed in this project, we need to assess our ability and means to execute the plan effectively."
Alternatives: "capability and resources" or "capacity and tools".
Amartya Sen calls this equality of autonomy: that the ability and means to choose our life course should be spread as equally as possible across society.
So I've been interested in the idea that much less educated Americans like me have the ability and means to travel, while a man like Hesham, who could probably assimilate and use the knowledge gained through travel better than I can, desperately wants to get out of his country, even if for a little while, and can't.
With all this accumulated knowledge and progress do they have the ability and means to resolve these self-created difficulties?
In addition, we investigated the association of vertebral fractures with disease activity, functional ability and mean bone mineral density over time.
Females demonstrated greater mean verbal ability and mean mathematical ability was greater in males, but the form of the relationship with hand skill was the same in both sexes.
Not only did they increase the numbers, but they also increased their abilities and means after the purge of police who were considered Gulenist-aligned when they participated in the anti-corruption charges and investigations launched against the AKP by prosecutors in 2013.
"Our party has the determination and the ability and the means to punish corruption and excise this malignant tumor," said Prime Minister Zhu Rongji, in a recent antismuggling speech.
We need leadership from the only sector that has both the ability and the means to make a difference: big business.
We must retool the legal system, which underpins the ability (and financial means) for authorities to retain custody of citizens who are a danger to themselves or others.
Nevertheless, the group said it believed that Asian governments have the ability and financial means to prevent these species from going extinct.
The biggest human rights problems, noted States, are "citizens' lack of the ability and legal means to choose their government; restrictions on universal rights, such as freedom of expression, including on the internet, and the freedoms of assembly, association, movement, and religion; and pervasive gender discrimination and lack of equal rights that affected most aspects of women's lives".
