1.   And few are more humorous, possessing the ability to be simultaneously self-deprecating and boastful.

2.   Films possess the ability to convey both motion and colour.

3.   Do dolphins possess the ability to use language?

4.   After all, as I knew from previous experience, cellphones possess the ability to dial all by themselves.

5.   Each one of us possesses the ability to discern, that is, to make choices.

6.   Grant, too, obviously possesses the ability to laugh at life and herself.

7.   Humankind now possesses the ability to understand, specifically and scientifically, what it means to be human.

8.   More important still, it now possesses the ability to change what it means to be human.

9.   Mr. St. Clair possessed an ability to take everything in stride, despite the pressures in the spotlight.