The phrase "ability to pick a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's skill or capability to choose or select something.
Example: "Her ability to pick a suitable candidate for the job impressed the hiring committee."
Alternatives: "skill in selecting a" or "capability to choose a".
A man's choice of bed-partner has nothing to do with his ability to pick a - cough - decent partnership up front.
"One of the distinguishing features of really top-class sides is the ability to pick a pass under pressure, you have to play with your head," O'Neill added.
He said Italy needed a new constitution and a new electoral system to give it the ability to pick a leader for five years.
Honored as the state's "tweeter laureate" thanks to his lively and humorous Twitter feed, the Republican justice has publicly joked about a Trump presidency and his ability to pick a supreme court nominee.
Mr. Stucker lists high energy, visionary skills, focus and the ability to pick a winning team as qualities that shine in some of his executive star clients -- like Leo F. Mullin, chief executive of Delta Air Lines; Edward G. Harshfield, executive chairman of MFN Financial; and Richard H. Brown, chairman and chief executive of Electronic Data Systems.
The Brazilian was at the heart of Liverpool's best moments, whether coming deep to collect the ball, threatening down the left or skimming across the edge of the area, even if his ability to pick a pass through a defence is wasted when his striker is as immobile as Balotelli.
Challenge: Can Dealflicks convince a critical mass of cinemaphiles to trade their ability to pick an exact time and theater for a cheaper ticket?
Almost everyone who works with Cameron is struck by his orderly brain, his ability to pick an issue to pieces and put it back together again.
His winding runs, skipping past defenders at ease, as well as the ability to pick out a pass or get a shot away, puts him among the best players in the league.
The traumatic event that cost Mike his voice also seems to have left him with an uncanny ability to pick locks — a talent ("my unforgivable talent," this clever kid calls it) that puts him in bondage to a Detroit mobster who apprentices him to a master safecracker and hires him out to burglars in need of his exceptional skills.
The core gameplay in the series has been praised as being "deceptively complex"; as stated by the IGN staff for their review of the Dreamcast version of Crazy Taxi: Starting with Crazy Taxi 2, the gameplay included the ability to pick up a party of passengers, each having a different destination.
