Example sentences of "their lack of [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women are not , however , forced into the worst aspects of this trade by their lack of money to the same extent as they used to be . |
| 2 | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher rebukes some European countries for their lack of support in the Gulf . |
| 3 | As good students of Lenin , the Romanian leaders needed no reminding of the short-sighted lust for profit of many capitalists and their lack of concern for the public interest , in their own countries or abroad . |
| 4 | In the past few weeks , some 30,000 East Germans have expressed their lack of faith in the GDR 's future by abandoning their homes and , often , their relatives for the freedom of the West . |
| 5 | Next we look at the characteristics of the casual labour force , and we conclude by considering the relevance of their lack of coverage by the principal provisions of employment protection legislation . |
| 6 | Astronomers made strenuous efforts to observe Vulcan , generally attributing their lack of success to the fact that a small body so close to the Sun would be incredibly difficult to detect . |
| 7 | Their lack of enthusiasm for the venture obviously disgusted him . |
| 8 | Dissident Conservatives , for instance Churchill or Eden , were not welcomed as prospective allies , because of their expressed hostility to the Soviet Government and their lack of sympathy with the Spanish Republicans . |
| 9 | Oh I I would be it would be nonsense to say that there has n't been failings of the system , sometimes through the carelessness of an officer , sometimes , certainly in the initial stage , because of their lack of awareness of the er provisions of the act . |
| 10 | A further advantage of electric vehicles is their lack of effect on the environment . |
| 11 | The third matter disclosed by the additional evidence was , as the appellants claim , their lack of understanding of the legal process or the terminology of the documents involved . |
| 12 | Historically , they were exploited because of their lack of understanding of the complex regulations related to the status of ‘ independent contractor , ’ and in this respect I agree that proper vocational training would have been beneficial . |
| 13 | Arguing that the curriculum of the working-class pupils should be specially chosen to suit their environment , experiences and abilities , they indicate their lack of interest in the question of academic achievement with its possibility of pupils ' upward social mobility . |
| 14 | Prison officers are repeatedly subject to abuses from the Government about their lack of commitment to the job that they do . |
| 15 | Despite their lack of familiarity with the product type , the distributors managed to attract customers on the basis of Komatsu 's product and price advantages . |
| 16 | Ben-Ner ( 1984 : 248 ) , for example , cites , among explanations for the high incidence of liquidations of producer cooperatives , ‘ their inability to settle personal disputes , their lack of discipline in the absence of a central monitor [ and ] their low motivation caused by excessive egalitarianism ’ . |
| 17 | Teachers with interests in , and commitments to , humanities , English and creative and expressive arts felt ill-at-ease with teaching science and mathematics , not just because of their lack of confidence with the subject ( though this was important ) , but also because of their discomfort with the very different pedagogies , very different ways of relating to children they felt were associated with those other subjects . |
| 18 | The public 's lack of confidence in the National Health Service is in direct proportion to their lack of confidence in the Government 's promises . |
| 19 | Financial markets have demonstrated their lack of confidence in the monetary targetry embodied in the MTFS . |