Sentence examples for background and ability from inspiring English sources

Because of his background and ability to speak Yiddish, Dr. Klagsbrun sees many Hasidic patients.

Depending on the intangibles of a person's background and ability to either process or shut out stress, there are those who come through war relatively unscathed and those who don't.

In spite of the row over his comment that "legitimate rape" rarely results in pregnancy, he argued his background and ability made him a big asset in unseating the Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill.

The law school considers not only grades and scores but also "soft variables," including unusual achievements and experiences, non-academic performance, personal background, and ability to make a "notable contribution" to the class.

The intimidation soon went away when Darden discovered that she had the necessary background and ability to do the work.

But new born babies are not blank slates, and they carry all sorts of time bombs in their DNA, and in the background and ability of the parents they have been lucky, or unlucky, enough to be born to.

I have time, background, and abilities related to the work of the board, so, with the prodding of friends, came to the decision that it was time for me to step up in a different way and become a candidate.

But I don't think I really took that to heart until I appeared in a courtroom in front of 12 people of diverse backgrounds and ability and had to make sense to them.

It currently facilitates weekly programmes for more than 4000 people of all ages, backgrounds and ability.

By that I mean women and men of all backgrounds and abilities.

This study underscores Ronald Ferguson's point about the value of seating students of different backgrounds and abilities in class together, as opposed to tracking them.