Example sentences of "for [art] lack [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the vicar got a new bishop who was Anglo-Catholic he appealed to him for his sanction , in the hope that the bishop 's approval would make up for the lack of faculty . |
| 2 | She looked so like my daughter did at her age , and the pleasure she gave me compensated for the lack of time I had with her mother when she was a child . |
| 3 | Graham Greene fairly remarked of the amorphous string of sequences that made up Rembrandt that ‘ no amount of money spent on expensive sets , on careful photography , will atone for the lack of a storyline , the continuity and drive of a well-constructed plot . ’ |
| 4 | Like Hungary , Poland is using tax breaks and special currency provisions in an effort to compensate for the lack of a convertible currency . |
| 5 | ( February 23rd ) , failed to mention one of the most dramatic causes for the lack of western German enthusiasm in the unity question ; the federal election campaign last autumn . |
| 6 | In her book , Scoundrel Time , she put the blame for the lack of guts shown during ‘ this sad , comic , miserable time of our history ’ on two things : the funk of the studio bosses and the selfishness of the entertainers they paid so well . |
| 7 | For the lack of overt reference to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ in his major speeches , and the omission of his name as a signatory to the boycott ‘ appeal ’ can only be seen as a deliberate policy to detach the Führer himself in his public image from the violent anti Jewish rhetoric and actions of which he privately approved . |
| 8 | The Scots had compensated for the lack of indigenous wealth by developing a tradition , over the previous century and a half , of regarding themselves as far more powerful , more important , more interesting than their remote geographic position and comparative poverty actually entitled them to be . |
| 9 | Thomas is seeking to recoup from Essex the fees his parents have had to pay to make up for the lack of state-funded special tuition available to him . |
| 10 | But the industry feels there have been enough new and creative uses of the medium for the lack of recognition to become suspicious . |
| 11 | Libya 's transport links by sea and land were reinforced to compensate for the lack of international flights . |
| 12 | We apologise for the lack of a birth report due to several wires becoming very crossed ! |
| 13 | All sorts of reasons are given for the lack of enthusiasm in schools for physical science and technology , but never that which might be the fundamental one . |
| 14 | Much of it is now irrecoverably lost ; for the lack of interest in the experience of ordinary old people shown by historians is mirrored in the scanty documentation which survives from the past . |
| 15 | Agitation does not completely compensate for the lack of direct activity . |
| 16 | In general the West Midlands advisers who responded to the survey did not blame managers for the lack of funds , but nor did they appear optimistic that more money would materialise . |
| 17 | The poor spawning facilities were responsible for the lack of smaller bream , and the lack of an excess of natural food made sure a successful brood did not grow to specimen weight . |
| 18 | A phase of late Hercynian oxidation of Carboniferous humic material may account for the lack of gas prospectiveness in these areas . |
| 19 | People got snappy , and nothing could compensate for the lack of leave . |
| 20 | Whale meat made up for the lack of other sources of protein in the Japanese diet . |
| 21 | Once they get to Stage 2 , children may need a calcium supplement , to compensate for the lack of milk in the diet , and the doctor can prescribe this . |
| 22 | It does n't seem any the worse for the lack of attention . |
| 23 | In other words , does public investment follow private , and thereby exacerbate such unevenness , or does it act to compensate for the lack of private capital ? |
| 24 | Previously he had blamed her for the lack of sexual satisfaction she gave him , experiencing her as semi-frigid and totally unexciting . |
| 25 | I do not think that the speakers are totally to blame for the lack of picked note definition either . |
| 26 | The main reason for the lack of definition is that the response of the amp and speakers changes with an increase in volume . |
| 27 | I would always try and choose pieces which I thought had a bit of atmosphere and mood , a passion which made up for the lack of presentation ! ’ |
| 28 | There had never been a great deal of money , but no one had ever gone hungry and the feelings of warmth and love between the members of the family had more than made up for the lack of luxuries . |
| 29 | A DRY four-hour Sunday drive from Cork to Tullermeny , a small village 70 miles from Dublin , sees Bono apologising for the lack of splendour in the unceasing and somehow dainty countryscape . |
| 30 | Clive Evers of the Alzheimer 's Disease Society points to a number of other reasons for the lack of registration and voting among residents . |