Example sentences of "lack of enthusiasm [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 For all my lack of enthusiasm for the Hayes Society , it is my belief that this particular pronouncement at least was founded on a significant truth .
2 Their lack of enthusiasm for the venture obviously disgusted him .
3 He did n't seem to take offence at my lack of enthusiasm for the system which had made religion into something you did in your home or in private or at its most social — in the privacy of a cubicle in Major TOM .
4 The attractions of sugar-trading with the Netherlands reinforced the West Indian lack of enthusiasm for the new government .
5 Despite a rising Unix base , he is facing flat membership of 6,500 souls and 69 corporate sponsors and a clear lack of enthusiasm for the old user group even among the diehards .
6 However , in view of the importance of even 3d. in the weekly budget of the poor , the inconvenience to , and lack of enthusiasm for the scheme of , employers and the absence of any machinery for ensuring that all workers earning under £150 p.a. wee indeed covered , it is probable that many of the poorest workers ( many of them women ) were not in the end provided for .
7 Only Trethowan 's name was omitted , presumably more for reasons of his public reputation as an interviewer and commentator than for any lack of enthusiasm for the Conservative cause .
8 In turn , members of the innovatory networks identified individual managers or particular functions whose overt opposition to , or lack of enthusiasm for the change strategy seriously hindered its progress .
9 ( The commission 's difficulties in running the Euratom laboratories may explain its lack of enthusiasm for the infrastructure of industrial innovation . )
10 From 1978 Soviet officials began to show greater interest in the Vietnamese concept of a Zone of Neutrality in Southeast Asia despite their former lack of enthusiasm for the ZOPFAN proposal .
11 There seemed , though , a general lack of enthusiasm for the second Mrs Machin .
12 There are good historical reasons for this general lack of enthusiasm among the public at large .
13 Their views reflect a lack of enthusiasm among the British people at large for John Major 's idea of European unity .
14 But hampered by the lack of enthusiasm from the White House , the measure failed to complete its legislative programme .
15 Perturbed by the lack of enthusiasm from the corporate sector in the UK , AMT 's US operation has been the company 's life support system for some time .
16 With low prices being realised and the distinct lack of enthusiasm from the floor , the Onslow 's auction reflected the depressed condition of the market .
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