1.   Until we recognise the particular skills bilingual children bring to mathematics lessons, we are likely to continue to underestimate their abilities.

2.   Ah, but never underestimate the ability of the well-intentioned to fall into moral befuddlement.

3.   But never underestimate the ability of the people in this sport to do the wrong thing.

4.   But never underestimate our ability to make a leap.

5.   But the ever wily Valentine understands that if anyone wants to underestimate the ability of his pitchers, that is their right and their foolishness.

6.   He was trying to keep Japan at bay with an economic embargo but, Kennedy believes, underestimated his ability to intimidate Japan.

7.   It has become conventional wisdom to say that NATO underestimated the ability of Yugoslavia and its president, Slobodan Milosevic, to absorb heavy bombing, day after day.

8.   Most anglers underestimate the ability of fish to hear noises made by prey, lures, boats, and noisy or clumsy anglers.

9.   Never underestimate the ability of an otherwise intelligent and good kid to temporarily lose his mind.

10.   Never underestimate the ability of dour business executives to come up with colorful word pictures.