Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] lack of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Foucault 's work also offers a series of difficulties , in part relating to his lack of concern with those issues that precisely engage the other approaches : individual meanings and psychological structuring .
2 Owing to his lack of resources he had always been to some extent a figurehead , but he had become an indispensable one .
3 However , problems stemming from its lack of use in the preceding year became apparent later .
4 Then she felt the coverlet being pulled off the bed and João was on top of her and his sweet breath was in her face and his mouth over her mouth ; he was forcing her legs apart until she thought she would split ; he was trying to lift them right up over his shoulders , and at the same time trying to enter where she was impossibly small , cursing at his lack of success and finally grunting and gasping , until she felt a little damp fountain on her belly and he rolled off the bed and pattered quickly from the room .
5 After a lot of ranting and raving at his lack of success so far , he determines to launch an all-out attack on the guerrillas .
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