The phrase "present ability" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to talk about someone's current capability or skill in doing something. Example: Her present ability to play the piano impressed the judges at the music competition.
The assault is an attempt coupled with the present ability to commit a violent harm against another.
Any test which purports to predict future disabilities, whether or not it is accurate, is unlikely to be relevant to the employee's present ability to perform his or her job".
It requires that a defendant have "sufficient present ability to consult with lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding" and a "rational as well as a factual understanding of the proceedings against him".
That decision requires a defendant to have "sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding" and to have "a rational as well as factual understanding of proceedings against him".
Marshall declared: The truth of the matter is that Europe's requirements for the next three or four years of foreign food and other essential products — principally from America — are so much greater than her present ability to pay that she must have substantial additional help or face economic, social, and political deterioration of a very grave character.
In its latest ruling on the Americans With Disabilities Act (editorial, June 11), the Supreme Court held that when the most current, objective medical science demonstrates that an employee's disability affects his or her present ability to do the job safely, an employer may refuse to hire that person.
Yet the contours of classical form were never broken by him, and the same form was now seen in "Soupirs," which he and Dame Antoinette have adapted to their present abilities.
Alternatively, it's worth trying to recall it next time failure strikes: next time you flunk an exam, or mishandle a social situation, consider that it's happening only because you're pushing at the limits of your present abilities.
She was able to examine the origin of this problem from the past, take inventory of her present abilities, and finally let herself look forward to her future.
Distinctions between levels reflect the child's present abilities and the need for assistive equipment.
The focus is to determine the level that best reflects the present abilities and limitations of the child and youth in relation to gross motor functions.
