The phrase "restrain their ability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing limitations or restrictions placed on someone's skills or capabilities.
Example: "The new regulations may restrain their ability to innovate and adapt to market changes."
Alternatives: "limit their capacity" or "curtail their potential."
The federal government places a strict limit on the number of H1-B visas it issues, and corporations often complain the cap restrains their ability to transfer highly qualified workers from foreign countries.
Id1 is a member of a family of 4 proteins (Id1-4) known to inhibit the activity of basic helix loop helix transcription factors by restraining their ability to bind DNA [11], [12].
The emphasis on songs didn't mean the players restrained their technical abilities.
The ability of TEs to invade genomes is frequently counterbalanced by defense mechanisms that restrain their expression and mobility [ 6].
It also believes beneficiaries will restrain their own spending.
Writers and speakers will restrain their words.
The ability of CA to modulate the number of aberrant crypt foci by restraining their development and growth and by eliminating a selected population may also contribute to the cytotoxicity of the doxorubicin-loaded micelles[32].
members will give up some of their ability to restrain the flow of Chinese exports.
But in contrast to that image, it was their ability to restrain those raucous tendencies at the critical moment that helped them advance to the World Series that night, and throughout this wild run.
The study, which will be published in the spring edition of The Journal of Wealth Management, found that the value of investment advisers was not in the stocks or mutual funds they recommended but in their ability to restrain investors from impulsively trading at the wrong time.
