Here are examples of verbs that suggest ability (or lack of) + the noun phrase ‘the use of’:
So how have we enabled the use of goats as a reliable form of currency?
In that service, he actually lost the use of his legs, he‘s paralyzed and he uses marijuana for pain management.
In the English Vocabulary Profile:
the use of sth = C2 permission to use something, or the ability to use something
We are interested in finding which verbs might suggest modal meanings such as ‘permission’ or ‘ability’ before the phrase ‘the use of’.
A search in the COCA corpus for:
_VV (lexical verbs up to 4 spaces to the left of “the use of“:
1 INCLUDE 251
2 REQUIRE 235
3 INVOLVES 227
4 REQUIRES 197
5 ENCOURAGE 189
6 ALLOW 186
7 ASSOCIATED 158
8 BAN 143
In fact, the UN has called on governments to ban the use of solitary for more than 15 days.
9 PROMOTE 141
10 PROHIBIT 140
11 REDUCE 135
12 PIONEERED 117
13 LIMIT 117
14 INVOLVE 115
15 SUPPORTS 111
16 BANNED 110
17 AUTHORIZING 106
18 AUTHORIZE 106
19 PERMIT 103
20 JUSTIFY 101
21 AUTHORIZED 98
22 APPROVED 98
23 RESTRICT 97
24 ALLOWS 94
25 INVOLVING 91
26 OPPOSED 89
27 PROMOTING 87
28 SUPPORTING 83
29 EXPAND 82
30 PROHIBITS 80
31 BANNING 72
32 TRAINED 72
33 REQUIRING 71
34 ADVOCATE 71
35 ENCOURAGING 71
36 ALLOWING 69
37 ENCOURAGES 67
38 RECOMMEND 67
39 PROHIBITING 64
40 PROHIBITED 64
41 ELIMINATE 63
42 RECOMMENDED 63
43 ADVOCATED 62
44 GOVERNING 62
45 ACHIEVED 62
46 EXAMINED 62
47 RESTRICTING 58
48 DISCOURAGE 57
49 REGULATE 57
50 OPPOSE 55
ETC.
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51 INVESTIGATED 55
52 REDUCING 54
53 LIMITING 53
54 ADVOCATING 52
55 FACILITATE 52
56 INVESTIGATING 47
57 EXPLORE 47
58 MAXIMIZE 46
59 INVESTIGATE 46
60 ENHANCED 45
61 EXAMINE 44
62 PROMOTES 43
63 RECOMMENDS 43
64 RESTRICTED 43
65 ENCOURAGED 43
66 REFERS 42
67 APPROVE 41
68 RESULTING 40
69 DEMONSTRATE 38
70 PERMITS 37
71 EXPANDING 37
72 REJECT 36
73 ACCOMPLISHED 36
74 EXPLORING 34
75 DEFENDED 33
76 FACILITATED 32
77 AVOIDING 31
78 JUSTIFIED 30
79 PROMOTED 30
80 CONDONE 29
81 PRECLUDE 29
82 ENDORSE 29
83 MINIMIZE 29
84 DEMONSTRATES 29
85 OBJECTED 28
86 REGULATING 28
87 INCORPORATE 28
88 EXPLORED 28
89 FAVORED 28
90 EXAMINING 28
91 ELIMINATING 27
92 RELATING 27
93 JUSTIFIES 26
94 PERMITTING 26
95 ARISING 26
96 EVALUATED 26
97 PREVENTING 26
98 RENOUNCE 25
99 ILLUSTRATE 25
100 PERMITTED 25