Example sentences of "by lack of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Excavations have been continuing since the eighteenth century , and in the early years much was lost in plundering and in destruction by lack of knowledge of the work .
2 Sales at Kam Printronics , a joint venture company that produces high-volume printed circuit boards , were hampered by lack of capacity at the Chinese Allied Group 's plant — Kode 's partner .
3 Diplomatic efforts to deal with the refugee crisis were complicated by lack of consensus among the countries most directly affected .
4 Contrast this with the woodwind who often seem to be fighting gamely against insubordinate instruments and recalcitrant reeds , their difficulties surely exacerbated by lack of contact with the West , where orchestral wind playing has gone from strength to strength .
5 In addition to those caused by serial parts being bound ( discussed above ) , difficulties were created ( a ) by applications for serials or serial parts which consultation of the catalogues would have shown did not form part of the Library 's holdings , ( b ) by the Library 's non-receipt of ‘ current ’ serial parts ( sometimes up to two years after their nominal date of publication ) , and ( c ) by lack of information in the Issue Hall concerning the precise location of particular serial parts .
6 The official response was equally conditioned by short-term considerations centring on the reserve position and by lack of understanding of the issues involved .
7 It is safe to say that thousands of social workers are at the moment carrying such cases among their caseloads and are working on them : in some cases very efficiently , in others perhaps hampered somewhat by lack of understanding of the implications .
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