Example sentences of "'s lack of [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relevant factors included ( 1 ) the hirer 's lack of expertise in the plant hire business ; ( 2 ) that the contract was arranged at short notice and was for a short period of hire ; it was therefore difficult for the plaintiff hirers to arrange insurance cover ; ( 3 ) that the clause was not the subject of negotiation ; ( 4 ) that the hirers had little or no control over the way the driver did his job . |
| 2 | Britain 's lack of competitiveness in the 1960s was clearly the product of some combination of comparative productive inefficiency and the rate of exchange [ Thirlwall , 1982 ] . |
| 3 | Mr Hall says in a letter to her that he finds it difficult to understand how he can be associated with the previous Conservative MP Chris Butler 's lack of support for the unit . |
| 4 | First , Mr Delors — who had earlier sent a furious letter to Mr Major , complaining of Britain 's lack of faith over the TV pact — had kept him waiting for over an hour at Heathrow while his flight from Brussels was delayed by fog . |
| 5 | Balbinder was the subject of a Statement and Elizabeth Grugeon charts the process from an initial expression of concern about Balbinder 's lack of progress by the primary school to his transfer to a special school for pupils categorised as having ‘ moderate learning difficulties ’ . |
| 6 | It was not only the blow of failing to win power , and with it all hopes of a Scottish parliament , but also the fact that Labour lost votes and a seat in Scotland — facts which are conveniently forgotten when home-rulers and guardians of the party 's traditional totems blame failure in the south for Labour 's lack of achievement in the north . |
| 7 | Will local partners help to overcome the company 's lack of knowledge of the market ? |
| 8 | I first became fully aware of Mr Kinnock 's lack of ease with the written word when he and I did a half-hour TV Breakfast Time discussion , shortly before he became Labour leader . |
| 9 | That has been the most tremendous shock — the bank 's lack of appreciation of the problems facing professional practices , whether it 's accountancy , law or whatever . |
| 10 | That has been the most tremendous shock — the bank 's lack of appreciation of the problems facing professional practices |
| 11 | Notions of ritual celebration can also be invoked to override the effect of a person 's lack of respect towards the police . |
| 12 | Almost by reflex , McIlvanney and I take a corner table , and open up on the safe territory of swapping recriminations about our country 's lack of respect for the trade . |
| 13 | When Labour faced the polls in October 1990 , it was reduced to a 29-seat rump in the 99-seat parliament , caused , analysts agreed , by the electorate 's lack of confidence in the reforms and distaste for the social cost . |
| 14 | The public 's lack of confidence in the National Health Service is in direct proportion to their lack of confidence in the Government 's promises . |
| 15 | Britain is now called the dirty man of Europe because of our government 's lack of care for the environment . |
| 16 | The African agriculturalist is no exception and is very tenacious of the customs and methods practised by his forefathers … the poor farming methods and soil depleting practices prevalent among peasant cultivators stem from ignorance , custom and lethargy … the main obstacle to overcome is the native 's lack of understanding of the need for the prevention of soil erosion . |
| 17 | Her only problem was her coach 's lack of understanding of the problem of spasticity . |
| 18 | A June visit resulted in a report particularly critical of the Academic Board 's lack of policy for the coordination of departments and for the planning and control of resources , and in July the College was informed of the Council 's concern about the relationship between full-time and sandwich courses . |
| 19 | When however we turn to women , items of clothing have a very different signification , a signification corresponding to women 's lack of power in the society . |
| 20 | She is acutely disappointed by the government 's lack of investment in the clothing industry in this country , and highly critical of the industry itself , which she says just does n't realise the potential of its designers . |
| 21 | Above : Katharine Hamnett , top fashion designers , is acutely disappointed at the government 's lack of investment in the industry . |
| 22 | The explosive power of volcanos is proof if ever it was needed , of man 's lack of control over the environment . |
| 23 | Eventually I decided that assimilation was not possible , given Culler 's lack of interest in the interpretation of particular texts and his commitment to the uncovering of the generalized principles of literariness . |
| 24 | However , Pearson 's lack of interest in the methods of play construction led him towards even more unfocused ways of organizing his films , aiming for a sort of primitive naturalism — ‘ nothing more than the capture of things seen , life in the living , and by selection and arrangement , the flow of the human tale . ’ |
| 25 | Coleridge was absorbed in discussing minute points of religion , and found Wordsworth 's lack of interest in the subject difficult to understand — he called him a ‘ semi-Atheist ’ . |
| 26 | Arghatun 's lack of interest in the news of other settled worlds suggested an awareness of the universe which was far in advance of the inhabitants ' theoretical evolutionary time . |
| 27 | Is not that the true measure of the Act and of the Government 's lack of commitment to the environment ? |
| 28 | He was sacked from his ministerial post in June for criticizing what he saw as Franco 's lack of commitment to the Axis cause . |
| 29 | There 's an ecological number sung in typically spacey fashion ‘ The world 's spinning round , like a looney balloon ’ ; there 's an anti-Thatcher song summarising the Prime Minister 's lack of sensitivity in the one charge that she does n't like rock n roll ; and , proving that they are probably the only pop band ready for the single European market , there is an EC tribute : ‘ Down All The Days ( to 1992 ) ’ . |