1.   A number of athletes have gained reputations for this uncanny ability.

2.   And he has this uncanny ability to synthesize concepts from a few isolated observations.

3.   Anyone who worked with him recognised his uncanny ability to find something oddly heroic in all the manifestations of human weakness.

4.   Clinton had an uncanny ability to sense the pulse of the nation.

5.   He has an uncanny ability for spotting investment opportunities.

6.   And, when she retires, she will finally get over her hatred of betting shops and indulge her uncanny ability to pick racing winners.

7.   And he brings to the new post an international reputation as a criminologist, praised by both prosecutors and defense lawyers for an uncanny ability to reconstruct crimes.

8.   And they have that uncanny ability to make plays at the right time.

9.   Baca ought to head straight for the roulette tables of Las Vegas after his uncanny ability to choose the right starting pitcher over the past seven weeks.