Example sentences of "the lack of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The students picked up the lack of concern on the part of their teachers and became indifferent . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | What is remarkable about Ireland at this time is the lack of resistance to the authority of Canterbury : as a result , Anselm was able without controversy to extend the area within which the authority of Canterbury was effective . |
| 4 | In addition , there is some evidence that thiazide diuretic agents reduce tissue sensitivity to insulin ( Hicks et al , 1973 ) , accelerate the lack of insulin in the prediabetic subject ( Weller & Borondy , 1965 ) and possibly reduce pancreatic insulin secretion ( Shapiro et al , 1961 ) . |
| 5 | Indeed , the savagery of the two figures at the right-hand side of the painting ( which is accentuated by the lack of expression in the faces of the other figures ) would justify its classification as one of the most passionate products of twentieth-century Expressionism . |
| 6 | What really concerns him , however , is the lack of progress on the national strategy for waste disposal that arose from the Gradouge incident . |
| 7 | It could mean that over the coming 18 months Edinburgh University will have to make up to 40 staff redundant , because of the lack of progress with the scheme . |
| 8 | By the end of June , however , the failure to agree on all of the details , together with the lack of progress over the nuclear issue , appeared to have jeopardized the planned exchange . |
| 9 | Many of them were frustrated by the lack of progress under the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative , seeing its message of free trade as at odds with the actions of an increasingly protectionist US Congress . |
| 10 | What would happen if the Institute were not accepted on a new Register ? was glad of the opportunity to speak on the matter and as the Institute representative on the Committee he was disturbed by the lack of progress by the appointed agent . |
| 11 | The main criticisms focused on the lack of progress in the provision of international holidays but principally on the fact that despite its founding objectives , to improve the lot of the exploited labouring classes , the Fellowship was becoming ‘ rather middle class in spirit , and conservative in ideas … . |
| 12 | During the last stage of his visit Dole was unusually critical of Israeli policies and told journalists that US politicians and the public were becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress in the peace process . |
| 13 | The US co-chair of the Russian-American Bilateral Commission on prisoners-of-war ( POWs ) , Malcolm Toon , said in Moscow on Sept. 21 that the US public was " getting awfully impatient " with the lack of progress in the search for US POWs allegedly missing in the former Soviet Union . |
| 14 | I READ your reply to the £10 letter re medical treatment or the proposed determent of it by some doctors , and I was completely astounded by the lack of logic in the statement ‘ have helped themselves to get there . ’ |
| 15 | The editor who replied to the letter which protested at the lack of blacks on the magazine 's editorial board ( NI 185 ) , has hung himself ( sic ) with his own belt . |
| 16 | Sportsmen who believe themselves to be blessed with natural advantages , after being told so by others , become depressed by the lack of success of the magnitude they had come to expect after being fed the natural ability line . |
| 17 | Having spoken to various Glens fans the problem seems to be that the Board who made a fortune in the Marseilles game , are n't giving Tommy Jackson the money to spend on quality players , thus the lack of success on the playing field . |
| 18 | In therapy some of the sources of his rage were exposed , particularly the lack of love within the alternating violence and apathy of the parenting he had received . |
| 19 | Here , the lack of refinement in the drive train , the sudden jerks and snatches from the engine , combined unhappily with all the car 's other short-comings . |
| 20 | They do not receive the education of the middle class : hence their differences , the lack of esteem for the countryman , his vigorous desire to escape from the oppression of this contempt . |
| 21 | In addition , MRI may show extension of the tumour through the chest wall which can not readily be seen on computed tomogram because of the lack of contrast between the tumour and chest wall muscles . |
| 22 | This anonymous peasant sensed intuitively the lack of communication between the centre and the grass roots , and was prepared to overcome it through personal effort . |
| 23 | The inability to protect children from such abuse has been the subject of a succession of inquiry reports , in which the main reason given for this failure has been some failing in procedure such as the lack of communication among the agencies involved . |
| 24 | Good insights into the darker side of Hergé 's career , but the lack of illustrations from the Tintin books cries out from every page |
| 25 | The very form demonstrates that they can not be due to wind blast and the lack of polishing of the rocks as well as the equal development of undercutting of rocks in all directions suggests that a directional agency such as wind is not responsible . |
| 26 | HUNDREDS of animals were treated by St Tiggywinkle 's hospital for dehydration due to the lack of moisture in the soil this year . |
| 27 | The lack of inflation between the wars allowed merchants to hold large stocks that were ready for drinking within two years , and weekly deliveries by Berry Bros. to the cellars of the aristocracy and English gentlemen could be up to thirty dozen or more bottles for immediate use . |
| 28 | He saw three main problems , one , the lack of thoroughness in the guidance of the movement , two , defects in the Party organization and three , bureaucratic leadership , I E the cadres were very commandist rather than giving the peasants political education . |
| 29 | As things started to go wrong , perhaps inevitably the partners began to question the lack of synergy between the two main practices in the work they were doing . |
| 30 | the lack of correspondence between the normal and the clinical literature should not be surprising . |