The phrase "ability to seize a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity or skill to take advantage of an opportunity or situation.
Example: "Her ability to seize a moment of inspiration often leads to her best work."
Alternatives: "capacity to grasp a" or "skill to take advantage of a".
At the same time he framed and preserved less famous moments, elevating them with his genius so that they somehow seemed to capture the essence of life itself.His unequalled ability to seize a millisecond in time was uncanny.
He's also the person who helped Mr. Traficant deliver a swift kick in the knees to the I.R.S., by pushing through a provision in the tax reform bill of 1998 that hampered the agency's ability to seize a taxpayer's property.
Last week Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner asked Congress to give the department sweeping new powers over hedge funds and other non-bank financial firms deemed too important to fail, including the ability to seize a non-bank through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Geithner added some fuel to the negative market sentiment over the weekend.
With Toro Rosso, Vettel again showed his precocity, talent and ability to seize an opportunity.
No other Republican, he said, had Newt's ability to seize an opening and frame an argument in ways that people could understand.
The "Bachmann marriage wars," as Mr. Dibble calls that legislative debate, offer a case study in the congresswoman's ability to seize an issue and use it to circumvent the party establishment — the same tactic, analysts say, that made her a Tea Party star in Washington and a hot commodity on the campaign trail.
Traditional digital forensics investigations (non-cloud), investigators had the ability to seize any suspected device.
There is no single reason why the All Blacks have lost only twice in 47 matches, but several of them were on display in a rain-drenched second half at Twickenham: an ability to seize control when it matters, a ruthlessness in attack, a great bank of experience to summon in strife, an instinctive understanding of what to do in which conditions.
This paper focuses on two-phalanx fingers and studies their ability to seize objects with a secure grasp, considering practical issues on the grasp, namely the local geometry of the contact, the influence of design parameters and friction.
Friends, jokers, rescuers, acrobats, athletes, fighters, biters, workers, slackers, hustlers, entertainers and guardians, dogs have developed over the years an uncanny ability to seize photo opportunities and an expertise at hogging the camera to upstage their human companions.
