The phrase "ability to cause a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the potential or capacity of something to bring about a specific effect or outcome.
Example: "The ability to cause a significant change in public opinion is crucial for any successful campaign."
Alternatives: "capacity to create a" or "potential to induce a".
The group of chemicals known as phenols have a strong effect on metabolism; that is, through their uncoupling action they have the ability to cause a potentially fatal rise in temperature.
While it is an interesting first step to delineate the replicative advantages shown by the H5N1 and H7N9 viruses that exhibit great pathogenicity in human infections, further study will be essential to provide understanding of the significance of these distinctions between viruses and their ability to cause a range of disease manifestations.
Merely uttering the threat appeared to be part of an Iranian effort to demonstrate its ability to cause a spike in oil prices, thus slowing the United States economy, and to warn American trading partners that joining the new sanctions, which the Senate passed by a rare 100-0 vote, would come at a high cost.
Many new factors have the ability to cause a widespread blackout.
"We're looking specifically for weapons that have the ability to cause a mass-casualty event," Wiggins said.
Multidrug resistance is now common among the pathogenic Staphylococci and perhaps, greatest concern because of their intrinsic virulence, ability to cause a diverse array of life threatening infections and capacity to adapt to different environmental conditions [6].
"Maybe you can give chemotherapy in a way that is much kinder and gentler, and paradoxically it may work just as well or even better, maybe through this ability to cause an anti-angiogenesis effect," said Dr. Robert S. Kerbel, a tumor biologist at the University of Toronto.
And Conteh, holder of the WBC title between 1974 and 1978, believes Bellew has the ability to cause an upset.
Unfortunately for Mr. Biddle, his arrogance regarding his ability to cause an economic collapse allowed his ego to get the best of him.
DTAB was identified for its ability to cause an anterior-posterior (A P) axis-patterning defect in the embryos.
Biofilm formation can be thought as a virulence factor, a bacterial strategy that contributes to its ability to cause an infection [ 67, 73].
