Example sentences of "lack [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lack of mobility on the part of many within the cities has inevitably meant that an increasing number of those remaining are in some way disadvantaged ( Redfern , 1982 ; Office of Population Censuses and Surveys , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | Indeed , the savagery of the two figures at the right-hand side of the painting ( which is accentuated by the lack of expression in the faces of the other figures ) would justify its classification as one of the most passionate products of twentieth-century Expressionism . |
| 3 | From the lack of conversation on the way back to her flat , she rather gathered that she was n't Naylor Massingham 's favourite person either . |
| 4 | They do not receive the education of the middle class : hence their differences , the lack of esteem for the countryman , his vigorous desire to escape from the oppression of this contempt . |
| 5 | When the 1955 files were released at the Public Record Office , Eden 's committee-making in these areas was interpreted as evidence of vacillation and lack of grip on the part of a premier of whom Kilmuir later wrote , ‘ no one in public life lived more on his nerves than he did ’ . |
| 6 | The lack of change in the structure did not imply satisfaction . |
| 7 | This may partly explain the lack of change in the appearance of the duodenal mucosa on serial biopsy in this condition . |
| 8 | Among seven who were recaptured was Carlos Pino Molina who , together with Luis Melo Mendoza , was granted unconditional freedom by a judge one week later on grounds of lack of evidence for the case against them . |
| 9 | Held , allowing the appeal , that the retraction by a witness in extradition proceedings of evidence previously given in the requesting state did not in itself discredit that evidence and , unless it was worthless , the magistrate was entitled to act upon it in deciding whether there was sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal ; that , equally , a witness 's evidence was not to be automatically discredited by virtue of that witness having been an alleged accomplice of the accused ; and that the magistrate had given proper consideration to the retraction of P. 's evidence and to his being an alleged accomplice when deciding if there was sufficient evidence to justify the applicant 's committal ; that , further , since the provision in article 1 of the Treaty allowing for extradition in respect of offences ‘ committed within the territory of the requesting party ’ having been extended by article 3(2) to cover participation in extradition offences punishable by the laws of both states , the lack of evidence of the applicant 's presence in Sweden at the relevant time did not take the offences outside the ambit of the Treaty ; that under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 the magistrate was concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to the English crimes specified in the order to proceed and not with the jurisdiction of the Swedish court ; and that , accordingly , the magistrate had been entitled to commit the applicant ( post , pp. 846D–F , 850F — 851A , E — 852C , 853A ) . |
| 10 | Included in this overview have been the campaigns against the Thorsen film and James Kirkup 's poem in Gay News , where blasphemy was the central explicit issue ; Mrs Whitehouse 's criticism of television , in particular the BBC 's supposed bias toward ‘ South Bank ’ theology , and Till Death Us Do Part 's irreverence towards Christianity ; the perceived lack of support for the NVALA from Church leaders . |
| 11 | DEC has decided to withdraw from exhibiting at the London Open Systems Show the first week in November , saying that it is worried about lack of support for the event . |
| 12 | In the event , Tyndale 's unorthodox beliefs and his lack of support for the annulment prevented him from having any direct impact on royal policy . |
| 13 | Mr Hall says in a letter to her that he finds it difficult to understand how he can be associated with the previous Conservative MP Chris Butler 's lack of support for the unit . |
| 14 | Yury Prokofyev , leader of the Moscow party organization , and Shenin resigned from the politburo on Aug. 22 , in protest against its lack of support for the SCSE . |
| 15 | In two cases the lack of support for the bearings has caused the beam above to drop , by 35 mm . |
| 16 | Now the Government choose to blame the European Commission instead of putting the blame where it rightly lies — on their own lack of support for the project . |
| 17 | The lack of support from the home fans , which has been a feature at Feethams for weeks , culminated on Saturday with calls for the dismissal of manager Frank Gray . |
| 18 | In a pre-scheduled address to an international banking conference attended by the Czech and Slovak finance ministers where he was to have delivered a lecture on setting up direct sales operations in Eastern Europe , Kontrax president Gabor Dixco told an embarrassed audience that the global recession , poor financial management and lack of support from the banks were to blame for the company 's collapse . |
| 19 | Three of Mr Farrelly 's top officials have resigned since November , two of them citing lack of support from the governor as a reason . |
| 20 | Mr Hanley also partly blamed a lack of support among the employers of part-timers for the drop in their numbers . |
| 21 | The fundamental weakness in Oswine 's position was not necessarily so much the challenge from Swaefheard as the lack of support within the kingdom for a prince of Eormenred 's line . |
| 22 | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher rebukes some European countries for their lack of support in the Gulf . |
| 23 | It could be that a lack of support in the community also contributes to postnatal depression — it certainly increases anxiety and unhappiness . |
| 24 | In all cases reported , the lesions consisted in a defect resulting in lack of transcription of the mRNA encoded by these genes ( 8–10 ) . |
| 25 | If you just right , lack of motivation at the moment , I need to get a glass of Lucozade I think . |
| 26 | 4 ) Lack of motivation in the branches |
| 27 | Mr Milburn said : ‘ There is no lack of willingness on the part of unemployed people in the North to train hard or find jobs . |
| 28 | Lack of rigorous endoscopic criteria defining variceal haemorrhage such as those described by Buset et al , lack of standardisation for the time of entry , non-uniform management of the variceal haemorrhage during the whole study period , analysis of either the first or the recurrent episodes of haemorrhage and differences in patient sampling or variables recorded may all have a part in explaining the contradictions among some of the studies published on this matter . |
| 29 | He claims that industrial society is characterized by boring and monotonous work , lack of freedom for the individual to control his or her own life and a compulsion to acquire material possessions , directed by the mistaken belief that they bring happiness and fulfilment . |
| 30 | Any lack of elegance in the prose is made up with the gripping action . |