Example sentences of "[be] [adv] lacking in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If some of our visitors are somewhat lacking in restraint , ’ noted an RCM report euphemistically , ‘ it must be remembered that many are overwrought with anxiety . ’ |
| 2 | Today , it is difficult to define a particular Hautvillers style : all have a good fruit content , and although some are perhaps lacking in definition , the finest attain great distinction , balancing high extract with a delicacy of flavour . |
| 3 | The studies used as a basis for judgement are generally lacking in control because of the finality of educational decision making and placement ( in the sense that we can not return the child to an original or alternative placement a year later and be able to start from the same point again ) . |
| 4 | But I am wondering if they are tasks that have no appeal to you because they 're completely lacking in glamour . ’ |
| 5 | He also said US airdrops so far had been grossly lacking in penicillin and anaesthetics vital for surgery . |
| 6 | Large areas of the lake are now lacking in oxygen ( anoxic ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Nothing is impossible , ’ she cried furiously , disappointed that Lucenzo should turn out to be so lacking in integrity . |
| 8 | Notice also that Keegan has hired as his assistant Terry McDermott , who may be equally lacking in management experience , but at least goes to the same hairdresser . |
| 9 | On the other hand , adults can be curiously lacking in perception . |
| 10 | The highest earners have the most confidence in themselves , while those currently without a steady relationship are relatively lacking in confidence . |
| 11 | Perhaps in deference to the Greek drama , they were remarkably lacking in plot or incident . |
| 12 | Some of the delayed motorists were distinctly lacking in respect , one going as far as to say that if he were going to get buried he 'd have a bit more consideration for other road users . |
| 13 | The movement was not without criticism from those whose support might have been taken for granted ; Robertson Nicoll pronounced the 1894 Congress a ‘ failure ’ because ‘ it does not represent Nonconformity and it is wholly lacking in enthusiasm and initiative . ’ |
| 14 | Unfortunately the report is so lacking in detail as to be virtually useless in identifying individual objects , and there are no accompanying photographs . |
| 15 | Unlike conquering a major peak , it is an inescapable truth that crevasses are a negative factor in the mountains , the avoidance of which is totally lacking in glamour or dinner party kudos . |
| 16 | It is not responsive to the local communities and it is totally lacking in democracy . |
| 17 | I mean he 's fairly lacking in confidence and whatever ? |
| 18 | On the face of it , our young lady is singularly lacking in family connections ; yet , from her appearance , she has not been left to her own devices . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ He is completely lacking in sex appeal , ’ said Maya , of South West London . |
| 20 | For many decades , a deposit of £150 was required and even the £500 now suggested will not necessarily deter the strip club owner or pop star who is otherwise lacking in publicity and for whom the outlay of such a sum may well be worthwhile . |
| 21 | He was so lacking in compassion , in basic humanity . |
| 22 | The flowers had dripped all down his trousers , his face was frighteningly lacking in colour , he was trembling , and his lips seemed to be sticking together as he tried to speak . |
| 23 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 24 | She wrote an article about evangelical Christianity , in which she complained bitterly about a particular writer , a Doctor Cumming , who she said was not merely intellectually dishonest in attempting , by slipper means , to reconcile traditional Christian belief with certain new kinds of discovery in archaeology and so on , but he was also lacking in charity and the way which he hammered everybody who did n't subscribe to his particular form of religious believe did n't seem to her to be anything to do with the true spirit of Christianity , so she was discontented with that form of Victorian religion . |
| 25 | There is a courtesy in the divine speech , an appeal for Abraham 's co-operation , that was distinctly lacking in chapter 21 and Sarah 's abrupt ‘ Cast out this slave woman with her son . ’ |
| 26 | Edward 's treatment of his youngest sons was markedly lacking in generosity , and noted by contemporaries : in a political sermon delivered during the crisis of 1376 Thomas Brinton Bishop of Rochester argued that the king should place his sons above the servants , for it was not right and just that servants should become lords and lords beggars . |
| 27 | Though it was completely lacking in originality its publication in Western Europe drew the admiration of many of the leading figures of the Enlightenment . |
| 28 | She stated she would be staying in their Huntingdon home rather than moving to London and admitted her wardrobe was sorely lacking in power outfits . |