Example sentences of "lack of [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EEC does offer grants to academics for research on approved projects ; but so far it has been unable to help with the major problems of the academic researchers , such as shortage of jobs , lack of mobility of researchers and declining funds for research . |
| 2 | ‘ Would like to develop training areas which would help offset the problems of lack of mobility of staff … regretfully none of our posts are supernumerary and hence the problems of removing staff from their work to attend training is a real difficulty ’ … |
| 3 | As Roth ( 1974 ) points out , the notion that only professions have subcultures is negated by the ‘ distinct and pervasive patterns of occupational life ’ found amongst dockers , seamen , miners , etc. ; prostitutes also claim that their service is a social good and a community service ; a lack of demarcation of work and leisure is equally true of policemen as of dockers ; and so on . |
| 4 | It is also relevant that these were referrals to one mental health centre , although the lack of ASWs in district teams meant that these represented practically all the daytime referrals to ASWs . |
| 5 | Negative comments were individual ones about lack of opportunity for participation ( on Africa ) , lack of opportunity to share fundraising ideas , lack of conclusions on Brazil workshop ( on environment and debt ) , leaders ' lack of familiarity with game ( and on SEAD debt game ) and lack of energy to cope with two workshops . |
| 6 | ‘ He had a lack of esteem for actors and an actor 's life , ’ said Robert Hardy , ‘ but he liked the parts . ’ |
| 7 | The slowness and apparent lack of courtesy of 4- and 5-ball matches were also hotly criticised and resulted in their being banned from the 1st tee on Wednesdays , Saturdays and Sundays from 1.15–2.30 . |
| 8 | The fact is that many still fall on the way , due to lack of provision for maternity leave and child care — among other problems . |
| 9 | The lack of provision of income maintenance for those with part-time earnings stems from a failure to recognise that most women work part-time not from choice , nor because their earnings are inessential , but because their employment opportunities are severely constrained by their family commitments . |
| 10 | ‘ The biggest barrier to employees returning successfully to the workplace is the lack of provision of childcare facilities and arrangements . ’ |
| 11 | There was no lack of change in Aberdeen 's team , though , with McKimmie replacing Winnie and Shearer being left on the bench to accommodate the return of Booth . |
| 12 | This was suggested by the relative lack of change in rates of acid secretion and intragastric acidity on eradication of H pylori despite substantial falls in circulating gastrin concentrations , and by the suppression of acid secretion produced by H pylori on first infection . |
| 13 | A further problem is lack of evidence on farming methods . |
| 14 | The report 's authors said : ‘ The data reflects a continuing and concerning lack of evidence of partnership of parents in this process . ’ |
| 15 | The report 's authors said : ‘ The data reflects a continuing and concerning lack of evidence of partnership of parents in this process . ’ |
| 16 | Graham has already complained in his programme notes about the lack of support at Highbury — yesterday the fans hit back . |
| 17 | Not only has there been strong opposition to trade unionism and lack of support for union security at enterprise level by employers ( particularly those in small , paternalistic firms ) but trade unions have also not regarded the negotiation of agreements and protection of immediate job interests — certainly at plant level — as their central concern . |
| 18 | SmartStream 's biggest drawback is its lack of support for IBM Corp mid-range AS/400 and RS/6000 systems . |
| 19 | SmartStream 's biggest drawback is its lack of support for IBM mid-range AS/400 and RS-6000 systems . |
| 20 | The general lack of support for DRA products and the difficulty of establishing overall policies which discriminate in favour of disadvantaged areas add to other factors which constrain agricultural development in DRAs . |
| 21 | Such efforts merely demonstrated a lack of support for Husayn and the depth of commitment to the PLO despite its weakness . |
| 22 | The sit-in , which forced lecturers to stay at home , was a protest at the lack of support for student accommodation and the pressure on the polytechnic system . |
| 23 | Thanks to the two teachers from S.W. London who served tea on the 27th June under considerable difficulties — a temperamental urn and lack of support from others in their area . |
| 24 | Some who enrol on a course may also find managing their work load and domestic arrangements traumatic and feel guilty , undermined by lack of support from partner , parents or children or emotionally blackmailed . |
| 25 | From our interviews and observations it was apparent that many members were experiencing frustration through a lack of sense of direction or achievement in this field ( in the survey 25% of respondents felt that their board had achieved little in any field of activity ) , although they were not clear how this might be improved . |
| 26 | Dr Jenkins also criticizes the lack of aftercare for people like Sean Stanley . |
| 27 | Part of the failure of videodiscs , particularly in consumer markets , was due to the lack of standardisation among discs and players . |
| 28 | So , I gather , has Salman Rushdie , whose lack of freedom of movement might , one would have thought , have made it somewhat difficult for him to carry out such a duty . |
| 29 | It screams with exclamation marks about the dizzy heights of certain walks and the lack of twilight in Madeira . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're sweet , ’ she said simply , knowing then that because his lack of enthusiasm on Saturday had worried him , he had determined to see her in person that morning . |