Example sentences of "[det] lack of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The considerable differences between infant sleep and children 's sleep are undeniable , even if there is some lack of unanimity about the precise relative amounts of active sleep , intermediate sleep and quiet sleep . |
| 2 | Even allowing for the restricted staff , there appears to have been some lack of organization of the lecturing programme in Coleman 's later years . |
| 3 | With something of a domino effect , this lack of success in the Unix market , according to Slater , caused Apple to switch to the PowerPC . |
| 4 | Faced with this lack of clarity in the law , the police have been left to some extent to interpret it for themselves . |
| 5 | This lack of clarity in the meaning of subsidiarity is in one sense rather surprising . |
| 6 | ‘ But all around there is still this lack of organisation in the football business generally . |
| 7 | This lack of consensus on the way semantically and grammatically related sentences should be characterized is itself troublesome enough to a sociolinguist seeking guidance from syntactic theory ; but to make things even more difficult , the very notion of semantic equivalence is a disputed one . |
| 8 | This lack of consistency in the pattern of infant childhood mortality levels by residence of mother was also seen in the data for toddlers ( i.e. children aged one year ) and children aged 2 to 3 years . |
| 9 | This lack of initiative in the hierarchy will be examined at the middle ( Moscow-Smolensk ) levels in the chapter on Bolshevik controls . |
| 10 | This lack of symptoms in the female is one of the main reasons for the continuing endemic levels of gonorrhoea in the community . |
| 11 | Despite this lack of harmony between the facts and the ideal , the courts have traditionally seen the procedures for such inquiries against an adjudicative backdrop . |
| 12 | This lack of curiosity about the past was probably largely caused by the fact that the Bible was accepted as a complete account of the beginning of the world and its early history , a view that was not seriously challenged until the late 19th century . |
| 13 | For example , delay on the project may be owing to either lack of information from the surveyor or the failure of the contractor to progress the works at the required pace . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | With respect , it is submitted , that to the extent that the observation may be characterized as seeking to compensate for any lack of clarity in the formulation of the rule in Pepper v. Hart , by the threat of judicial orders for costs , this approach is wrong in principle . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Any lack of elegance in the prose is made up with the gripping action . |
| 18 | This is not through any lack of distinction on the part of the writers of the time or those of their works that show the Greek influence ; nor is there any lack of such works . |
| 19 | Now the Government choose to blame the European Commission instead of putting the blame where it rightly lies — on their own lack of support for the project . |
| 20 | She was entranced by the shimmering purity of the snow , drawn by it , yet faintly intimidated at the same time , aware of her own lack of importance in the face of all this glory . |
| 21 | Similarly , " this personage " , a mock dignified label for Pemberton himself perhaps fits the rather forbidding image he presents to the child , as well as reflecting sadly on Pemberton 's own lack of dignity in the situation in which he finds himself . |
| 22 | Teenagers are said to be especially sensitive to the financial implications and aware of their own lack of power in the matter . |
| 23 | That lack of success on the acquisitions front — despite the fact it delayed other required moves into international business — has proved the agency 's saving grace . |