Sentence examples for of rare ability from inspiring English sources

Rosecrans was a man of rare ability and high principles who had an unfortunate knack of irritating his superiors.

On their previous final appearance in 2014 they bumped into a Toulon team of rare ability and experience and were taught a lesson in how to seize major European trophies.

But as his party met for its annual conference in this seaside resort this week, it was hard to escape the notion that only a politician of rare ability would be able to restore the Tories, trounced and marginalized in June's elections, to national relevance anytime soon.

Sure, those few, deeply committed students of rare ability are an unmitigated joy.

As an educator, Covell was described as "an instructor of rare ability, being well versed in literature, science, and the arts" and as "a gentleman of fine abilities and ripe experience".

This jump testifies of a rare ability to explore novelties.

In 2004, an IGN journalist wrote of this "rare ability to bounce between commercially viable projects like Nine Months to art house masterpieces like Safe unscathed", adding, "She is respected in art houses and multiplexes alike".

The presence of this extremely rare ability, shared with humans and only a handful of other species (some birds, elephants, pinnipeds and cetaceans), recommends bats as a model not only for vocal communication, but also for the evolution and development of spoken language [ 15, 16].

This, for the uninitiated, is modern rugby's prosaic way of describing what is also known as the X-factor - a sprinkling of stardust, that rare ability to lift us punters off our seats and get our hearts and fists pumping.

Allen DeBevoise, chairman and chief executive of Machinima, spoke of Mr. Jobs's rare ability to combine "the technological prowess, the design and brand focus and the scale to innovate faster".

He had that rare ability of inspiring those around him, and his generous spirit led to many productive collaborations around the world.