Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] lack of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A DRY four-hour Sunday drive from Cork to Tullermeny , a small village 70 miles from Dublin , sees Bono apologising for the lack of splendour in the unceasing and somehow dainty countryscape . |
| 2 | So with our legs and bottoms already aching from the lack of space and the hard seats , we read about the party someone had given in Christ Church , or how well so-and-so was doing at the Ministry of Information , or what little Nicolette had said to her grandmother . |
| 3 | Shapland and Hobbs ( 1989 ) consider many low status activities are effectively invisible , while Chatterton and Rogers ( 1989 ) acknowledge many cultural inhibitors , ranging from a lack of trust between the ranks to a ‘ number of deeply rooted myths about the existing police systems which protected it from criticism and disguised its deficiencies ’ . |
| 4 | Lawless , as well as remarking on the lack of inhibition in throwing jabs , connected this with a more general ‘ relaxed approach ’ , and others concur with this , agreeing that the black sportsman shows a remarkable tendency to bring to his work a resistance to tension . |
| 5 | It was not hard to discover contemporary instances of talent struggling against a lack of education . |
| 6 | The process was never completed owing to a lack of consensus in a number of important areas and only a few piecemeal changes have been made over the years , most recently the creation of Schools in 1989 . |
| 7 | Frisch suggested that underweight women would also have impaired reproductive function owing to a lack of oestrogen produced in adipose tissue . |
| 8 | Many were homeless or orphaned , held in gaol owing to a lack of children 's homes ; others , it was even alleged , were deliberately arrested on flimsy pretexts to be exploited as unpaid servants or sweepers when the gaol population rose . |
| 9 | Furthermore , in many more isolated and smaller settlements a wife may be unable to work regularly owing to a lack of jobs or transport ; therefore the total mortgage that a would-be home buyer can obtain will be based on a multiple of the husband 's income alone . |
| 10 | Owing to the lack of NOEs involving Gln63 , a hydrogen bond between Gln NH and MeBmt1(CO) could not be unambiguously identified . |
| 11 | ‘ True , ’ said Phoebe , ‘ but I 'd probably get to be a Union Official immediately , owing to the lack of competition in the Bayswater Chapel , and then Graham would have to give me endless paid hours off to attend to Union Business . ’ |
| 12 | All along the Baltic region brick building began early , owing to the lack of stone materials , but such work has mostly been altered later , in the Middle Ages , or was destroyed in the Second World War . |
| 13 | Immediately after this story comes that of the giving of the manna , and immediately after that another concerning their complaining about a lack of water ( 17.1–7 ) . |
| 14 | The marriage is failing with both parties complaining about the lack of affection and sexual contact between them . |
| 15 | Lots of readers have written in complaining about the lack of uniformity in children 's clothes sizes . |
| 16 | Then later , in 1896 and 1897 , letters were sent by Fellows , Morton and Clayton to the Grand Junction , complaining of the lack of progress in either constructing wide locks or lifts at Foxton and Watford . |
| 17 | Madeira became , however , the temporary home for 2,000 Gibraltarians evacuated to Funchal and their arrival relieved what might have been a financially distressing situation resulting from the lack of tourists . |
| 18 | They complained of frequent staff changes resulting in a lack of consistency between residential workers and inadequate control of the youngsters . |
| 19 | Regrettably this leads to over-simplification resulting in a lack of clarity and thus to the possibility of misunderstanding by the reader . |
| 20 | All too often leg training is neglected , resulting in a lack of balance between the legs and the upper body . |
| 21 | One consequence of this political salience may be that Europe experiences great communications volatility — resulting in a lack of policy consistency and commitment , and a plethora of turf wars between competing government ministries and departments . |
| 22 | A major reason for the spread of the virus in the US was the ignorance , complacency and prejudice of the authorities — resulting in the lack of funding and public education , and the scapegoating of some groups . |
| 23 | So the little sketchbook doodles I made from the car might be all that is needed : a few slight marks pointing to the lack of incident in a country where you can travel a long way without seeming to get anywhere — which is what I felt about my own artistic journey . |
| 24 | This is especially important at the moment , because the BBC 's Watchdog programme on TV is objecting to the lack of glass thickness standards for aquariums . |
| 25 | I tried to change the subject by commenting on the lack of activity in front of our position . |
| 26 | The women pointed out that many of the most able graduates were women and that it was shortsighted of the establishment simultaneously to be moaning about the lack of people at the top and disenfranchising half of medical graduates . |
| 27 | Still reeling from the lack of coverage by U.S. magazines and newspapers of the Rugby World Cup in particular , and the sport in general , Rugby U.S. interviewed Sports Illustrated ( SI ) managing editor John Papanek to get his perspective on rugby . |
| 28 | Nutritionists believed ( mistakenly , they now admit ) that human health was suffering from a lack of animal protein . |
| 29 | The article was about a British archaeological laboratory in Greece which has apparently provided sterling service but is now suffering from a lack of funding . |
| 30 | Basing his research for the book on over 100 interviews , Canon Elvy concludes that one of the major stumbling blocks for Christian broadcasting in Europe is that ‘ Christians in the European media are suffering from a lack of questions ’ . |