1.   And, more important, the military certainly has not lost its ability to fight and win wars because adultery is prohibited.

2.   As the ageing body loses its ability to cope with alcohol, the amount that can be consumed has to be reduced.

3.   At some point the United States will lose its ability to finance its trade deficit.

4.   Damp affects down particularly badly causing the fluffy tendrils to clog together and lose the ability to insulate.

5.   In all of these situations the dominant social system lost its ability to adapt.

6.   Knowing that governments have lost their ability to shorten recessions also radically changes expectations.

7.   Largely as a result, they had lost the ability to construct complex and resonant narratives.

8.   Martha was alone with her husband as his paralysis spread, and as he lost the ability to swallow.

9.   Once your groin gets the upper hand, you lose the ability to reason.

10.   When you play professional golf you lose the ability to play simply for fun.