Sentence examples for ability to say whether from inspiring English sources

"If you throw oranges and grapefruits and bananas and star fruit into a blender," said Mr. Robertson of Cleveland, "you've lost all ability to say whether it's fruit anymore".

This method precludes the ability to say whether a particular detected object is in a particular orbit, but it gives an overall picture of the debris families in orbit within the limits of the sampling error.

"If we had very loose categories and included lots of things in there which may or not fit in there or may fit in other categories, then we would lose the ability to say whether deaths were going up or down.

If you knew someone didn't use tobacco, didn't use illicit drugs, didn't run out into traffic without looking first and wasn't an alcoholic -- do you feel confident in your ability to say whether or not this person is actually healthy?

After seeing too many navy schoolboy blazers and high-water pants and skinny jeans, you begin to question your ability to say with certainty whether the image on one runway is better, worse or about the same as any other.

Whether or not it's a breach of Pink Floyd's particular contract is immaterial in the end, though — the question is whether the artist should even have the ability to say "No – no singles, no individual tracks, no videos.

The ability to say, "You know what?

She does have an ability to mobilize people and an ability to bring pressure and I think, although it's not for me to say whether or not she has an obligation.

That is to say, whether you use it or not doesn't affect your ability to be understood.

Niche memes have destroyed my ability to tell whether something is an ad or not.

"The injury could be anything that denies him the ability to play golf," Stevens said, "whether an accident like Ken's, or a knee problem, a shoulder problem, a back problem, anything the player submits as documentation that he is unable to play.