The phrase "ability to sit back" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity to relax, take a break, or observe a situation without actively participating.
Example: "In stressful situations, having the ability to sit back and assess the circumstances can lead to better decision-making."
Alternatives: "capacity to relax" or "skill to take a step back".
We appear to possess an almost limitless ability to sit back and watch as political life is seized by plutocrats; as the biosphere is trashed; as public services are killed or given to corporations; as workers are dragooned into zero-hours contracts.
What is more ridiculous: enjoying the ability to sit back and watch your favorite sport as you sip delicious drinks, eat delicious food, and watch at least one of the Cheesehead guys in your group pound his chest and announce, "Green Bay Special Teams, Baby!" after another 'inspiring' thirty-something-yard punt -- or pretending that you don't enjoy it?
A: I have seen absolutely no impact on Newt inside the Republican Party from the standpoint of his stature or his ability for people to sit back and listen to him talk and say, "God, those are great ideas". I've just not seen the impact on that.
Is the bottom line, as the Sunday talk shows would imply, the reputation of supposed deal-maker Donald Trump, or the future of House Speaker Paul Ryan, or the ability of the Democrats to sit back and gloat?
And I worry that it's going to impair the ability of people in the business to sit back and think about whether what they're doing is right.
Watch the highlights of the game right here Some days you just have to sit back and admire the ability of Bale, as powerful and sleek as a bullet train gliding through the suburbs on the occasions when he ran at the West Bromwich Albion defence, and capable of the kind of explosive shooting that brought him the game's only goal.
But just because most of us spend our careers sitting, that doesn't mean we have to sit back or sit out from the full reach of our abilities.
Having the extra man and the ability to break quickly helped Sunderland even more when they were back in the lead because Fulham were never going to sit back.
