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The phrase "aspiration and ability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's goals or desires in relation to their skills or competencies.
Example: "Her aspiration and ability to succeed in the competitive field of medicine make her a strong candidate for the program."
Alternatives: "ambition and skill" or "desire and capability".
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The Tories, with their notions of a free-market economy fail to recognise that aspiration and ability are intertwined and both can be severely hampered by circumstance.
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How would living in hunger "like that" have shaped their aspirations and ability to pursue them?
One is personal, focusing on the candidate's aspirations and abilities.
What's required is a more personalised service that moves away from offering advice towards matching graduates with the right jobs, whatever their aspirations and abilities.
The appreciation of ecosystem services provided by rangelands depends on the broad, socioeconomic aspirations and abilities of the managers and the capital available to achieve these aspirations.
Similarly, De Haas sees people's propensity to migrate as a function of aspirations and abilities (De Haas, 2010).
But in a more positive light, art provides a model of invention that fulfills mankind's highest aspirations and abilities, and creates a route from our most primitive drives to our most substantial accomplishments.
The ICBM, potentially capable of carrying a nuclear bomb to Alaska, has triggered fierce condemnation and stoked renewed fears over North Korea's nuclear aspirations and abilities.
Are we encouraging young people to evaluate options that are best suited for their aspirations and abilities (the standard four-year institution isn't for everyone)?
But something is missing – the aspirations, anxieties and abilities of individuals, communities and small businesses as they struggle to survive, and thrive, in the face of daunting global challenges".
"The need for change in higher education is clear given the emerging disconnect between ever-increasing aspirations and universities' ability to generate the new resources to finance them," said an unusually sobering introduction to Harvard's annual report for the fiscal year ended in June.
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