Sentence examples for ability to procure a from inspiring English sources

Although Harris was a real person — Jack Harris (born John Harrison), an entrepreneurial waiter who worked at the Shakespeare's Head Tavern in Covent Garden and was renowned for his ability to procure a prostitute to suit any taste — scholars generally concur that he was not the list's author, and simply licensed his name to its publishers.

Teenagers may also be out of luck, since facial recognition (now used by D.M.V.'s in four states) is expected to greatly reduce identity fraud and with it a kid's ability to procure a fake ID by posing as an older sibling.

"The remoteness and small size of these schools limits their ability to procure and provide a wide range of suitable and high quality reading materials for all the children in these communities.

Whether it's the shaky cam or the people in the districts' strange ability to procure high tech projectors, these guys have a few bones to pick with Katniss' little universe.

If you think back to the Consumerization of IT phenomenon that began around 2011, it was this ability to procure cloud services so easily that resulted in a loss of control inside organizations.

In a sense, most of us now live like royalty--separated from the land, as removed as we choose to be from the drudgery of growing and cooking food, with the ability to procure food from dizzying distances with little more than a finger snap.

In United States v. Lakhani, the defendant, Hemant Lakhani, bragged to an F.B.I. informant of his ability to procure everything from shoulder-held missiles to submarines.

Part of Feigen's appeal is his ability to procure museum-quality works that would look well hanging on the wall of a Park Avenue apartment or Bavarian Schloss.

The government announced that its first step would be to strengthen the bank's ability to procure liquidity.

""Part of the great digestion formula," he says, "is not only the ability to procure nutrients, but it's to protect yourself from getting sick while you do that.

Both companies had intended to resume building vehicles around midweek, but now said that they would hold off as they continue to assess their ability to procure enough parts from suppliers.