Example sentences of "almost total lack [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Here there is an almost total lack of communication between our politicians and the mass of the British people .
2 His Education Survey 2 Drama ( 1967 ) , totally lacking in officialese , lucidly , wittily reports on a rag-bag of activities done in the name of drama and with an almost total lack of rationale behind the subject .
3 It was designed to be used when knitting pile and drive lace — though I suspect from the almost total lack of drive lace and pile garments that I 've seen , or rather not seen , that is used at all it 's mainly with the rib transfer carriage !
4 As most similar opinion polls show , there is an almost total lack of consensus , both on the unionist and nationalist sides .
5 They showed ‘ an almost total lack of awareness ’ of the roles of nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons in producing ground-level ozone .
6 In architectural terms this is evidenced in the smaller , narrower windows , lack of intricate tracery or coloured glass , the almost total lack of development of the flying buttress system , the poverty of decoration in sculpture and carving .
7 From what seems now like an almost total lack of concern when the news of the virus first reached the organization , there is currently a major emphasis within the organization and a constant campaign of re-education of both callers and volunteers .
8 Remarkably , one might think , one of the lowest — indicating almost total lack of agreement — was with a diagnosis arrived at using the criteria introduced by Eugen Bleuler , the man who coined the term ‘ schizophrenia ’ in the first place !
9 To judge from the very wide circulation of the decisions on these details , in contrast to the almost total lack of circulation of the earlier decrees , this concentration of effort was the right policy ; but it took at least another two generations before the aim , which Anselm in 1102 had been confident could quickly be reached , was achieved .
10 In fact , Branson 's almost total lack of interest in music had been an advantage .
11 When in 1937 Mussolini , like Hitler , intervened in support of Franco in the Spanish Civil War , and again when he annexed Libya in October 1938 , the ordinary inhabitants of Fontanellato showed an almost total lack of interest ; principally , again , because none of them were involved .
12 Despite the defeat of the current plotters , the main danger to the government was of another coup attempt , which was seen by many as almost inevitable , given the high level of politicization within the armed forces , the almost total lack of respect for the Constitution , and the inability of the President to move decisively and quickly enough against the disaffected elements .
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