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

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1 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 .
2 A total of $100,000,000 in aid had been frozen by the US administration in May because of lack of progress on the compensation of US citizens for property seized by the former Sandinista regime [ see p. 38957 ] .
3 For those moving to different countries , there is also the problem of lack of access to the study area — so important for checking findings .
4 For those moving to different countries , there is also the problem of lack of access to the study area — so important for checking findings .
5 The problem is , therefore , one of lack of confidence between the governments of the two states .
6 In addition , the use of local filing systems , taken as a sign of lack of confidence in the Registry , led to duplication of items of common interest , and , pragmatically , inefficient utilisation of office accommodation for storing files .
7 Later I was questioned by a journalist as to how I would reply to those who spoke of lack of respect in the way Nigel 's body was handled during the twenty-four hours after his death .
8 As far as the school meals service is concerned , there are reports of lack of interest on the part of catering contractors .
9 Similarly , secondary education librarians point to the lack of continuity between primary and secondary education , The lack of continuity between the various sectors and the poor transference of skills from one to the other is partly a consequence of lack of co-operation between the different sectors , but also the dilemma of librarians at different levels as to whether they should focus on short-term or long-term information needs .
10 You may think that I am too harsh and write with lack of sympathy for the children , expecting them to struggle with concepts which cause greater minds a great deal of thought .
11 In all cases reported , the lesions consisted in a defect resulting in lack of transcription of the mRNA encoded by these genes ( 8–10 ) .
12 All too often the highly political organization derives from lack of clarity in the leadership as to what is expected , and lack of consensus about the common aim .
13 All of the young dies , presumably from lack of space in the isolation net .
14 It may be recalled that Lanfranc 's doubt about the sanctity of Elphege arose from lack of information about the circumstances of his death .
15 Their frustration arose not only from the belief that amelioration was failing in the West Indies , but from lack of action by the Whig government and the little urgency displayed , in the eyes of many activists , by the London committee of the Anti-Slavery Society and their parliamentary allies .
16 We will discuss problems such as these in chapter 8 by using an actual schedule which incorporates examples of mistakes , but before doing this we must also consider the problems which arise from lack of understanding of the question .
17 Many commented on lack of information about the range of facilities on offer .
18 Delisting would do Jardine Matheson no good in Hong Kong ( though it would certainly do less harm if it were attributed to a row with the regulators than , say , to lack of faith in the future of the place ) .
19 Not only was there physical weakness but also intense loneliness and sometimes mental anguish due to lack of occupation in the ‘ workhouse ’ and the chronic sick wards .
20 There was no difference in the drop out rate attributed to lack of efficacy among the two groups but drop out because of side effects was slightly more common among patients taking tricyclic antidepressants ( tables II and III ) .
21 Prior to the introduction of the T.4 there had been a number of fatal accidents with aircraft crashing short of the runway on approach and this was attributed to lack of familiarity with the effects of acceleration .
22 Most failures in examinations are due not to a deficiency of knowledge but chiefly to lack of familiarity with the techniques of playing the examination game .
23 The occasional and unfortunate accidents have been due to inadequate safety procedures , not to lack of understanding of the basic nuclear processes ; had there been some previously unknown nuclear process taking place at room temperature in solid materials and that had been somehow overlooked , then it is likely that we would have discovered this long ago in some reactor .
24 It was also expected to increase with light intensity as measured by the radiometer , though the relationship was not predicted , owing to lack of information about the behaviour of the optical RAM .
25 For deaf people , this isolation may lead to lack of access to the legal machinery of statementing , which presently conveys at least some protection to those who are struggling with their education .
26 An MBO can offer the company 's managers independence , and remove previous constraints such as lack of cash from the centre , lack of awareness and lack of opportunities .
27 As for the speed of the machine I can not comment as lack of time with the machine did not allow us to perform our usual tests .
28 In the later interviews it is only when grandparents were not known directly that there is no significant memory of them , and we can reasonably assume that this was also the commonest reason for lack of memory in the first set .
29 In Ridge v. Baldwin the House of Lords held that a chief constable , who had been acquitted on a criminal charge but criticized for lack of leadership by the judge , was entitled , under the common law rules of natural justice , to a hearing before he could be dismissed by the local authority who employed him .
30 No amount of procedural fairness could compensate for lack of knowledge of the complexities of the law .
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