Example sentences of "lack of [adj] knowledge [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In summary , the performance of pupils in the sample on measurement questions was affected by three principal factors : ( i ) difficulties with decimals ; ( ii ) lack of knowledge of the relationships between units of the same measure ; ( iii ) lack of general knowledge about the value of a measure for everyday objects . |
| 2 | In an eloquent speech he dwelt on the reluctance of the adult deaf to attend divine service or to receive moral instruction and on the " appalling " lack of religious knowledge amongst the younger generation . |
| 3 | Senior engineers and managers in the industry were often contemptuous of the amateurishness and lack of detailed knowledge of the civil service . |
| 4 | Early in his career McFadyean recognized that the study and teaching of veterinary anatomy were handicapped by the lack of detailed knowledge of the subject and the consequent inadequacy of the textbooks then in use . |
| 5 | A number of possibly significant phase changes have been suggested but our lack of detailed knowledge of the abundance of specific minerals in the lower crust and upper mantle makes their evaluation rather uncertain . |
| 6 | A study of undecorated domestic pottery from settlement sites in Northamptonshire suggested that there were a limited number of fabric groups , each originating from sources up to 50 miles from the place of discovery ( Walker 1978 ) , although a lack of detailed knowledge about the area 's Drift geology led the author to have serious doubts about the results . |