Example sentences of "lack of [noun] have [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 She did n't know why her lack of experience had thrown him so utterly , and she thought now that perhaps she did n't want to know .
2 He 's very annoyed because his lack of education has prevented him from becoming a candidate for Swansea West in the general election .
3 He had studied to be a vet but lack of finances had forced him to quit and he became a blacksmith .
4 It struck her how tatty many of the buildings appeared now the lack of sun had robbed them of their charm .
5 Highly ambitious , but not a high achiever , Modesty and a lack of confidence have kept her at the Post Office ‘ instead of earning twice as much as Lord Hanson ’ .
6 Subsistence farming remains the main form of economic activity but the problems of insufficient or inadequate lands , heavy indebtedness and lack of credits have made it more and more difficult for families to survive by farming alone .
7 Prices of appellation d'origine controlee wines rose to what some would say were over-ambitious levels but lack of demand has forced them down again by a tenth or more in Britain with even bigger discounts available in French supermarkets .
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