Example sentences of "lack of interest [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This situation was fostered , on the one hand , by the lack of interest on the part of Moscow to export an increasingly nationalistic and doctrinaire literary theory designed primarily for strategic domestic purposes , and on the other , by the enormous interest on the part of Moscow to recruit as many prestigious fellow-travelling intellectuals to the ranks of the anti-fascist lobby as possible.16 From the French perspective , therefore , 1934 marks a major turning point . |
| 2 | As far as the school meals service is concerned , there are reports of lack of interest on the part of catering contractors . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Much of it is now irrecoverably lost ; for the lack of interest in the experience of ordinary old people shown by historians is mirrored in the scanty documentation which survives from the past . |
| 6 | A depressed person may cry a great deal , show self-pity and lack of interest in the outside world and have no enjoyment of everyday life , even food . |
| 7 | On the mathematics side one of the most serious charges , parallel to the lack of interest in the writing of English , is that some of the skills such as the careful construction of graphs and geometric figures are no longer considered important by students . |
| 8 | Alexander was convinced that many of our tensions are caused by a lack of interest in the present . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | With four sales to cover in a short space of time your correspondent was left with the impression that there is no lack of interest in the subject , that the general standard of cataloguing is high , but prices remain depressed — except that is for anything related to Zeppelins and lighter-than-air aviation . |
| 11 | This itself is suggestive of his lack of interest in the formal rules of Canon Law : he thought of the essence , not the externals . |
| 12 | Arguing that the curriculum of the working-class pupils should be specially chosen to suit their environment , experiences and abilities , they indicate their lack of interest in the question of academic achievement with its possibility of pupils ' upward social mobility . |
| 13 | The author 's failure to capture Brown 's dynamism probably owes something to his apparent lack of interest in the substance of issues . |
| 14 | This , of course , stemmed from their general lack of interest in the significance of the criminal justice system — the final feature that distinguishes them from classical criminology . |
| 15 | While recognising a variety of emphases and ideological leanings , Young suggests some common characteristics of these writers : a lack of interest in the causes of crime — or even opposition in the case of proposed social causes ; a voluntaristic , rather than deterministic , view of human action ; a belief in the effectiveness of deterrence . |
| 16 | On the thorny question of the failure of the Goya ‘ Portrait of Dona Maria Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas ’ ( lot 342 ) , unsold at £600,000 Charles Beddington noted that prices for Goya paintings are still puzzlingly low ( particularly as the record price for a Goya drawing now stands at £600,000 ) while he felt that a recession-led caution may have contributed to the lack of interest in the Zurbarán , bought in at £900,000 ( est. £1.2–1.6 million ) . |
| 17 | This apparent lack of interest in the difference between one and more than one is no more surprising than the lack of interest in duality in English and most European languages . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The Communist International failed to turn any political situation to its advantage during the years 1917 to 1935 , largely because of the rigidity of its model and its lack of interest in the actual conditions of Latin America . |
| 20 | On the other hand , churches with poor workmanship , of small size , and altered rather than rebuilt , may well indicate poor localities , or a lack of interest in the church . |
| 21 | That is a product of the present lack of interest in the construction industry which the Minister must address , because the skills shortage is of crucial concern not only to those in the industry but to Britain , because we must invest in training in the 1990s if we are to survive . |
| 22 | Indeed some thought Churchill had little faith in Nato militarily , quite apart from his lack of interest in the creation of the European Defence Community . |
| 23 | It became the common view that any British retailer attempting to expand abroad signalled a deterioration in its fortunes , with the consequent lack of interest from the City . |