The phrase "ability to manipulate a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's skill or capability to control or influence something, often in a technical or abstract context.
Example: "Her ability to manipulate a complex dataset allowed her to uncover valuable insights for the project."
Alternatives: "skill in handling a" or "capability to control a".
The ability to manipulate a defense extends to his play fakes, ball fakes and bootlegs to create open windows, and he does all of it with fantastic rhythm and timing for a young player.
Letters and Numbers (WAIS-III 1997, The Psychological Corporation): This is a working memory test measuring the ability to manipulate a progressively longer piece of information.
This new breed of attack was referred to as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) — in short, the ability to manipulate a trusted website to run untrusted scripting code on a victim's browser.
Rather, they say their newfound ability to manipulate a deep region of the brain without drugs or an invasive surgery suggests that similar techniques could be used to treat disorders associated with faulty ventral midbrain circuitry, such as Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.
Described in a 1993 New Yorker profile as the "most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive," Jay — who was born Richard Jay Potash in Brooklyn — was known for his extraordinary ability to manipulate a deck of cards.
"I can't help feeling that the emphasis is more on the quality (and cost) of the equipment, the zoom lens and the rest of the kit as well as the photographer's ability to manipulate an image in Photoshop or Lightroom, than the act of taking photographs that evoke a sense of feeling," he says.
"In five to ten years they will have much more sophisticated vision systems and the ability to manipulate in a more humanlike way.
The ability to manipulate hNPCs via a conductive scaffold creates a new approach to optimize stem cell-based therapy and determine which factors (such as VEGF-A) are essential for stroke recovery.
The robot should have the ability to manipulate the uterus manipulator in a natural manner as an assistant surgeon does.
In particular, major advances have come from the ability to manipulate genes through a variety of genetic technologies that provide an unprecedented capacity to determine gene function in the living organism and in alcohol-related behaviors.
In particular, Java dispensed with lower-level features, including the ability to manipulate data addresses, a capability that is neither desirable nor useful in programs for distributed systems.
