Example sentences of "lack of knowledge [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , there is a lack of knowledge about the causal mechanisms of climatic variability in general . |
| 2 | Yet this does not explain the lack of knowledge about the price of maize . |
| 3 | Similarly , a lack of knowledge about the nature of transitions and uncertainty about relevant goals for those with disabilities may inhibit progress . |
| 4 | ( 5 ) Lack of knowledge about the strengths/weaknesses of senior management and curriculum development in the schools |
| 5 | There was a similar lack of knowledge about the supply of adapted accommodation . |
| 6 | Some doctors have an abysmal lack of knowledge about the range of social services available |
| 7 | This was just as well , given my abysmal lack of knowledge about the department 's range of services . |
| 8 | Whether it is a matter of a lack of knowledge on the part of indigenous cultivators and pastoralists that leads to excessive and untimely tillage , the use of improper implements , the destruction of crop residues by burning and so on , is a moot point . |
| 9 | However , despite the lack of knowledge on the subject , and the prejudices engendered against it , a small but steady stream of doctors is willing to investigate it . |
| 10 | They 're determined to expose your pitiful lack of knowledge at the most awkward moments . |
| 11 | Will local partners help to overcome the company 's lack of knowledge of the market ? |
| 12 | ‘ We would probably have been fleeced by some estate agents who would have smelled our lack of knowledge of the market a mile off . |
| 13 | A lack of knowledge of the mechanics of the council may prejudice the success of a good proposal . |
| 14 | Some of his biology is not too sound ; his statement that the gulls of the northern hemisphere may be exceptional — ‘ In the majority of species such gradual variation is not seen , and all the members are equally interfertile ’ — seems based on a plentiful lack of knowledge of the work that has been done on geographical variation in many groups of animals , including birds . |
| 15 | What follows from this is alienation from our fellow men because of our lack of knowledge of the nature of the true Self in others . |
| 16 | We believe this arises out of a lack of knowledge of the nature of BSL , together with the factors described as social and psychological distance which , when producing significant effects , predict the creation of some pidgin form . |
| 17 | In summary , the performance of pupils in the sample on measurement questions was affected by three principal factors : ( i ) difficulties with decimals ; ( ii ) lack of knowledge of the relationships between units of the same measure ; ( iii ) lack of general knowledge about the value of a measure for everyday objects . |
| 18 | No amount of procedural fairness could compensate for lack of knowledge of the complexities of the law . |
| 19 | There was general lack of knowledge of the housing needs of disabled people . |
| 20 | But the advent of the Nationalists , though hard to analyse , did suggest that there were votes to be won or lost , at least in Scotland and Wales , on the public 's sense of remoteness from decision-taking or its lack of knowledge of the existing degree of devolution to the Scottish and Welsh Offices and on the general confusion as to which body was responsible for what . |
| 21 | The approach also shows a lack of knowledge of the reasons why general practitioners refer patients to dermatologists . |
| 22 | Bayes 's tentative solution to the problem involves assuming that the lack of knowledge of the probability about which an inference is to be made may be represented by a uniform probability distribution , for which he gives an ingenious argument . |
| 23 | Excavations have been continuing since the eighteenth century , and in the early years much was lost in plundering and in destruction by lack of knowledge of the work . |
| 24 | Similarly , those starting up the business have a lack of knowledge of the methods and management systems used by venture capital funds . |