the wherewithal

Of course, Microsoft has the wherewithal to go on refining its search engine indefinitely if it chooses.

Just a small fraction of Mr Mulcaire's prodigious workload could provide the wherewithal for a lot of criminal prosecutions and civil suits.

But they are a group with something in common -- a reason and the wherewithal to leave their homeland.

Mr Obama almost certainly has the wherewithal to put together policies on a wide range of subjects.

Those who have the wherewithal to do so should help each, and it is how a society is able to progress as a whole unit.

The Chandlers, however, did not have the wherewithal of corporations or governments.

Mr van Agtmael argues that his idiosyncratic background gave him the wherewithal to challenge conventional thinking.

With its huge foreign-exchange reserves, strong revenues and low deficit, China still has the wherewithal to prop up its banks.

Dumb Blond: Pitt has had the wherewithal to play around with his 'do over the years, ensuring he's never stereotyped as a ditzy blond.

It often happens that declarer lacks the wherewithal both to draw trumps and to ruff out the side suit.

With more than $2 trillion in foreign reserves, China certainly has the wherewithal to be in the lending business.

The booming economy has provided the PLA with the wherewithal, while its leadership has proved adept at harnessing popular nationalism.

Tapping resources that local governments don't have the wherewithal to extract and managing them well is a win-win for all sides.

High oil prices give petro-economies the wherewithal to counter discontent by dispensing largesse.

China, in particular, has the wherewithal to make good on its promises of massive economic stimulus.

The porter had easily found in the neighborhood the wherewithal to complete his equipment.

Nobody, not even Japan's financial bureaucrats, can muster the wherewithal to pull off manipulation on that scale.

In other words, retail investors have the wherewithal to get things working.

But it also meant that, when the crunch came, they had the wherewithal to spend.

the wherewithal of procuratorial, judicial and public security organs has been improved, providing needed support for their work.

China has the wherewithal to make the bold reforms to meet this basic social obligation. Does it have the will?

I will give to you the wherewithal that you may satisfy MY plans for you.

Meanwhile, lenders in China and India that are little known outside their home countries now have the wherewithal to expand internationally.

The core businesses of RBS are really good businesses. . . and they will provide the wherewithal to pay back the taxpayers.

"When we decide we are going to take something global, we have the wherewithal, " he says.

Zaire is bigger, but lacks the wherewithal.

China has the wherewithal to bail out its banks, including $3. 2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves.

Didn't have the wherewithal to survivean economic downturn.

Further, the Church not only controlled education but also possessed the wherewithal to employ the most skillful craftsmen.

We knew how to defeat them, and we had the wherewithal to do so.

I should like to buy a new car but haven't got the wherewithal.

"But not all welders have the desire or the wherewithal to learn [robotics], " he says.