Example sentences of "but it lack the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Auditory consciousness with its markedly linear character dependent upon the sequencing of events in time is a powerful vehicle for emotion , perhaps especially because the human voice is experienced in this mode , but it lacks the map-like quality of the inner visual panorama .
2 For the recipe that follows , Conference will do , but it lacks the plump punch of its more aristocratic cousins .
3 The more compressed style is of course more likely in the carefully constructed world of literary expression , but it lacks the dynamic punch of the conversational sequence .
4 The contract may be good or the cheque generous , but it lacks the binding authorization of a signature .
5 The Tchaikovsky was decently played but it lacked the passionate intensity that the score asks for , if not demands .
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