The phrase "ability to stop that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity or capability to halt a specific action or situation.
Example: "The team has the ability to stop that negative trend before it escalates further."
Alternatives: "capacity to halt that" or "power to prevent that".
"It gives the EU too much power and reduces our ability to stop decisions that are not in Ireland's interests," said Sinn Féin's 2008 alternative guide to the Lisbon treaty.
"The Justice Department doesn't have the ability to stop everything that's wrong with the courts system in St . Louis County" said University of Missouri law professor Ben Trachtenberg, echoing comments made by Ferguson committeewoman Patricia Bynes following the announcement that Jackson would resign.
These hardline anti-EU Tories have, over the years, become so weary of Brussels extending its powers, and cynical about the UK government's desire and ability to stop it, that they fear the spoils of referendum victory may still be denied them at the death.
"If our officers see someone with an open carry, they do have the ability to stop and identify whether that person is permitted or not".
That gives the commission the ability to stop the construction of pipelines that are the most economical way of transporting oil and gas from offshore rigs to land.
That gives us greater ability to stop acts of terrorism, and he knows that that's the case.
"We realized we didn't have the ability to stop it completely, and at that point, we decided the best response was to escalate this to law enforcement," he said in an interview.
So the key rationale here was really that ability to stop thinking about individual server boxes, and start thinking about data center level compute platforms, and how to optimize for those.
They told me all week that they had the ability to stop them, so we no doubt that they were going to do that".
