Example sentences of "[vb -s] the lack [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study is more filly reported in Kyle et al. ( 1981 ) but fig. 10.3 emphasises the lack of effect of sign coding in deaf people . |
| 2 | Dr Jenkins also criticizes the lack of aftercare for people like Sean Stanley . |
| 3 | Figure 3 illustrates the lack of correlation between levels of IgG anti-human lactoferrin and IgG anti-bovine lactoferrin as tested by Elisa with 10 sera positive in the anti-human lactoferrin and 12 sera negative in the same test . |
| 4 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 5 | The report highlights the lack of help for these youngsters . |
| 6 | The latch to the barn is ‘ unlifted ’ which highlights the lack of action in Mariana 's life and the ‘ clinking ’ sound is a reminder of when there was once some movement around the grange . |
| 7 | SIR — Loba ( May 22 , p 1313 ) highlights the lack of information on the use of hormone replacement treatment ( HRT ) in women who have had breast cancer . |
| 8 | Like many others , she blames the lack of instruction in the colleges : ‘ Because abstract , semi-abstract painting is the norm , the teaching of realistic , effective painting , whatever you 'd like to call it , is n't taken so seriously . |
| 9 | Mr Danter blames the lack of fish on pollution . |
| 10 | The literature of user education in higher education frequently laments the lack of preparation of incoming secondary education pupils in their ability to use libraries and information . |
| 11 | The common use of bearer shares outside the UK exacerbates the lack of information on ownership and also increases the power of depositories that are often banks , especially in the Netherlands and Germany . |
| 12 | Coyle ( 1984 ) stresses the differences , while Dex ( 1985 ) emphasises the similarities , although she acknowledges the lack of research in this area . |
| 13 | One of the hypothesis which could be proposed , attributes the lack of modification in mitochondrial genome expression to over expression of the intact genome population , or to a substantial increase in the overall concentration of mitochondrial genomes per nuclear genome ( therefore in the intact mitochondrial genome concentration ) . |
| 14 | Partly this reflects the lack of enthusiasm among manufacturers toward any erosion of retail price maintenance . |
| 15 | It may be that this reflects the lack of distinction between reasonable foresight as a criterion on the one hand , and , to use the more favoured phrase in Scotland , natural and direct consequences on the other . |
| 16 | While still on this theme , a friend who was a cook bemoans the lack of stories from or about those who kept us fed . |
| 17 | Brutus and the other characters can be presented as representatives of political actions : the play explores the lack of distance between private and public relations . |
| 18 | But the bovver boys have rejected Rock 's traditional status which explains the lack of vitality in British Rock in the early seventies . ’ |
| 19 | It is necessary to establish that the effects of TPA on the cyclic AMP content of HGT-1 cells were mediated through activation of protein kinase C. The half maximally effective concentrations of TPA were in the low nanomolar region or below , which indicates specificity , as does the lack of effect of the inactive isomer 4α-TPA . |
| 20 | Lack of adequate welfare services — health , housing , education — demonstrates the lack of sympathy for casualties . |
| 21 | This information is essential for interpreting the fossil assemblages , but Stuart rightly stresses the lack of work on cold-blooded vertebrates fishes , amphibians and reptiles . |