Example sentences of "it lacked the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While London did not consult the Dominions much on financial matters ( though it made a public ploy of doing so ) it lacked the political will or administrative means to make the rigorous control of dollar imports practised in the UK effective in those countries . |
| 2 | This is the line taken by the United States Supreme Court , which rejected the ‘ bad tendency ’ grounds for abridging freedom of expression because it lacked the all-important factor of ‘ clear and present danger ’ . |
| 3 | so that it lacked the technical vocabulary needed to accommodate the translations of classical texts . |
| 4 | Firstly , the absence of any kind of derivative exchange in Germany meant that it lacked the financial culture to guarantee the successful operation of a one centre open outcry market . |
| 5 | Observers commented that the party 's support appeared to come largely from the Kikuyu , the country 's largest ethnic group , and that it lacked the broad-based support enjoyed by FORD . |
| 6 | Qualitatively it lacked the professional touch , and within individual libraries it lacked planning and co-ordination . |
| 7 | The Tchaikovsky was decently played but it lacked the passionate intensity that the score asks for , if not demands . |