Example sentences of "lack of [noun sg] [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the fact is that the very lack of evidence seems to fan the flames of suspicion . |
| 2 | Parish council chairman Gillian Woodcraft said : Although the new school is still planned , lack of funding has delayed the start yet again and the county council wish to include the island site , between Rake Road and Mill Road , in the sale of the land occupied by the existing school to maximise resources . ’ |
| 3 | Cabinets were therefore often divided by personal rivalries — the schisms in those led by Sir Robert Walpole ( First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer , 1721–42 ) are a good example — and this lack of unity tended to increase the influence the king could exert over individual ministers and the Cabinet as a whole . |
| 4 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the expression ‘ is suffering … significant harm ’ in section 31(2) ( a ) of the Children Act 1989 referred to the point in time immediately before the process of protecting the child began , so that , in determining whether the first threshold condition of section 31(2) was satisfied , the court had to consider the position before the commencement of the voluntary care when the children were with the mother ; that the condition in section 31(2) ( b ) related to care by the parent or carer whose lack of care had caused the significant harm to the child and not to the care which might be given by other carers if no care order were to be made , which only became relevant once the threshold conditions under section 31(2) had been satisfied in deciding whether or not a care order should be made ; and that it could not be said that the family proceedings court had been wrong in concluding , first , that the threshold conditions were satisfied and , secondly , on the evidence , that a care order to the local authority was the appropriate order ( post , pp. 1013H — 1014A , E–F , H — 1015B ) . |
| 5 | The threshold test relates to the parent or other carer whose lack of care has caused the harm referred to in section 31(2) ( a ) . |
| 6 | The most severe problem area , in the charts , seems to be a lack of clarity about the job itself — and a related lack of information needed to do the job ( 46% , compared to 70% for the Unit as a whole . ) |
| 7 | Looking upwards , she saw that no window had yet been built into the end wall at the top of the stairs , and this lack of light helped to emphasize the Stygian gloom in which she stood . |