Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] lacks [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The main feature of the bureaucratic-technical class is that although it lacks effective control over the means of production its members do have control over the labour of others in their subordinate position in bureaucratic structures . |
2 | But our system is defective because it lacks coherent principles for reviewing the substance of decisions . |
3 | There is no iron in the new faith because it lacks personal conviction . |
4 | The ‘ democratic-participant ’ media theory is also the result of recent debates on media issues though this theory is ‘ difficult to formulate , partly because it lacks full legitimation and incorporation into media institutions and partly because some of its tenets are … to be found ’ elsewhere . |
5 | Skimmed milk is not suitable for the under-fives because it lacks important vitamins and energy-giving calories but semi-skimmed milk can be introduced from the age of two , if your child is eating a variety of foods . |
6 | On the one hand , the Bhatta-Mimamsaka school argued that time is perceptible , whereas their Nyaya-Vaiseka opponents claimed that it is only an inferred concept because it lacks sensible qualities , such as colour , form , etc . |
7 | ‘ How can you want Spain mixed up in such great events ’ , Aranda complained to the Prussian Minister , ‘ when she lacks all means to wage war . ’ |
8 | As for what it gets in return , Spain gets little farm money , as it has few rich farmers ( who get most from Europe 's upside-down farm policy ) and little research and development money , as it lacks high-class laboratories . |