Example sentences of "lack of [noun sg] of [noun pl] " 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 Lack of availability of materials
3 A study to investigate similar effects for the right hemisphere was originally considered as part of this work , but was abandoned due to lack of availability of subjects .
4 The move followed the completion of a report , commissioned by Col. René Emilio Ponce , the military chief of staff , and drafted by junior officers , which criticized the conduct of the military operations against the FMLN and attacked what they described as corrupt practices by senior officers , the vagaries of the promotion system and the lack of accountability of commanders .
5 The lack of harmonization of definitions and methods of collection of environmental data have already been outlined above .
6 Lack of appropriate data systems , lack of involvement of clinicians and a basically top-down , finance-led approach , did not result in a great deal of success for this initiative .
7 Brody speculates that this finding ( which runs counter to the evidence which I presented above that grandparents place more value on this relationship than grandchildren ) may reflect the idealism of the younger generation and their lack of experience of situations where demands are actually made upon them .
8 By paying particular attention to texts and images created by women in the visual arts and performance as well as in literature , the book goes some way towards making up for the lack of awareness of women 's art .
9 Not surprisingly , this picture reflected the patchiness of provision and the lack of integration of resources with educational objectives noted in such recent national surveys as Aspects of Secondary Education , ( 1979 ) .
10 Lack of regulation of Euromarkets by Central banks .
11 Lack of Regulation of Euromarkets by Central Banks
12 Nevertheless , regardless of hiatal hernia , the high prevalence of oesophagitis in asthmatics and the apparent lack of effect of bronchodilators on the oesophageal mucosa are important clinical observations that provide additional evidence for a close relation between GOR and asthma .
13 In contrast with the lack of effect of nutrients , infusion of deoxycholic acid produced a rapid and marked dose responsive increase in plasma PYY concentrations when introduced into the sigmoid colon .
14 The inquiry said the deferment of projects involving large capital expenditure , frequency of reorganisation within BR , and lack of control of projects did not stem from any individual 's decision , but ‘ from the way in which the railway has come to do things . ’
15 It all refers back to the lack of acceptance of women in the society .
16 It talks of the problems arising from ‘ the power of possibly prejudiced and short-term pressure groups and the inexperience and lack of know-how of governors and the undermining of the local education authority . ’
17 But such cases are exceptions , sometimes perhaps simply reflecting the relative lack of satisfaction of needs on the outside ( especially in the case of the ‘ choice ’ of prison ) .
18 The report stated , however , that some problems needed to be solved , principally that of lack of encouragement of cadres and individuals to exercise their democratic right of freedom of expression .
19 And they went on then to consider lack of understanding of consumers about G M technology as a whole , and made recommendations for erm , er , better labelling , and for a erm , information campaign to be launched as well .
20 Uncertainty about the future and lack of continuity of decisions make it hard for the substitute parents to make a strong commitment to the child and include the natural parent .
21 One cause of the lack of co-operation of students ( besides their possible indifference ) is maybe the suspicion of the motives behind the evaluation .
22 Such a view ignores the combined impact of adversarial divorce courts , lack of support for separating couples going through loss and change , lack of awareness of different roles and responsibilities of step-parents , lack of recognition of step-families in legal or welfare systems , and the negative image of step-families , all of which have contributed to the difficulties of remarriage and a rising re-divorce rate .
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