Do I have the inclination and ability to delegate decision making to my managers?
Yet one effect could be to restrain Mr Brown's inclination and ability to build a political recovery on profligacy.
Rather than sending American soldiers to do a job for which the Palestinian leadership has shown no inclination or ability, the United States should let its real ally in the war on terror -- Israel -- get on with it.
Franklin had a different editorial policy: "I hereby invite all Men, who have Leisure, Inclination and Ability, to speak their Minds with Freedom, Sense and Moderation, and their Pieces shall be welcome to a Place in my Paper".
Just as interesting, children typically stood idly by and watched the mistreatment of their classmates — apparently, the inclination and ability to protect one another and to enforce a culture of tolerance does not come naturally.
"Not our problem, it's one of society" barely masks fear regarding escalating penalties because Scotland's leading lights have neither the inclination nor ability to treat wayward fans.
President Clinton will hear much criticism in Europe of the proposed national missile defense system, which European governments view as a risky recourse to an unproven system against an unproven enemy -- so-called rogue states like North Korea whose inclination or ability to attack the United States is doubted here.
These days, few people south of the border have much hope that a mere change in leadership will restore Washington's inclination or ability to take a lead on regional affairs; one recent poll found that almost two-thirds of Latin Americans knew next to nothing about the race for the White House, and had no preference whatsoever between the two candidates.
As the field of artistic creation increases, so does the study of creation and of its preconditions; the vigor and depth of academic and critical thought regarding the creation of popular art makes it all the harder for those of creative inclination and ability to assume the effort without a sense of risk and even guilt.
I really hope that people listen to the podcast and then feel some sort of motive or some sort of inclination or ability to go outside and then have a conversation with someone, whether it be calling your grandparents and saying, "Hey, like, you know, I heard this podcast the other day about the N-word.
