Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] lack [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course there are many discourses existing where we lack clear referents for indexical meanings . |
| 2 | On the other hand , let it be supposed that she lacked ordinary competence and capacity . |
| 3 | She was a powerful woman , trained in the arts of self-defence , but that was not to say that she lacked feminine charm . |
| 4 | In Britain we do not have a written constitution in the sense of a formal document but that does not mean that we lack constitutional rules . |
| 5 | One apparent stumbling block to mounting more research is that we lack qualified people to do it or the resources to employ or deploy them , but as so often , a wider and less conventional look at the problem reveals one possible solution . |
| 6 | When we calculated that we lacked aesthetic sensibility , we created the link . |
| 7 | If it could be shown , for instance , that we know sufficient about the deliberation of legislators , political and judicial , to be assured , for instance , that they were better informed than we are then this might be a reason for giving weight to the content of the law in deciding what is morally right or wrong in areas where we felt that we lacked sufficient knowledge . |
| 8 | The social taboo placed on discussion of birth control and sexuality , and the acceptance by a majority of middle class women of the idea that they lacked sexual drives — what Judith Walkowitz has called the doctrine of passionlessness — meant that little information was likely to come within the purview of women generally . |
| 9 | So , pluralists argue that if those of economic wealth are not directly involved in public policy-making then this is some kind of proof that they lack political power , but if poorer people are not directly involved then it is suggested that they are satisfied and enjoy power because politicians will " anticipate " their concerns and they themselves possess the " potential " to organise for their own advantage . |
| 10 | Just because dolphins use language in a different way does not mean that they lack high intelligence or can not communicate . |
| 11 | The term coined by Banfield for this ethic is ‘ amoral familism ’ ; that it is ‘ amoral ’ is implicit in the exclusive pursuit of short-run material advantage ascribed to individuals in such societies , so that they lack any capacity to sacrifice immediate gains in favour of long-term advantage , and they are unable to associate any good to society as a whole with possible good to themselves or their family . |
| 12 | Roses and orchids are too obviously beautiful , and so they lack this remnant of grace : maybe , if there is any harmony left for us to discover , maybe we shall as soon apprehend it in dog shit or an old man 's spittle , sizzling on the grate . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | One more positive criticism of the Economic theory of regulation is that it lacks sufficient structure to make it testable . |
| 15 | Aristotle said something very interesting in that extract from the Politics which I quoted earlier ; he said that women have a deliberative faculty but that it lacks full authority . |
| 16 | The answer is that it lacks human agency or human intention . |
| 17 | If a substantial loss has been suffered you may be able to sue the vendor , and if you lack financial resources you may qualify for legal aid . |
| 18 | If you lack this insight or are looking for a new direction , then Baker can help ( see Recommended reading at the end of this chapter ) . |
| 19 | We equate service with menial tasks ; we are not educated in service management and we lack good examples or models of service excellence . |
| 20 | But these ‘ philosophical ’ analyses of society were essentially based on speculation , on dubious and untested assumptions about the motives of human beings in their behaviour , and on undisciplined theorising , and they lacked systematic analysis of the structure and workings of societies . |
| 21 | Their attention wandered and they lacked any discipline to learn . ’ |
| 22 | According to the book 's author , Zhang Yong Jie , himself a young man in his twenties , they were forced to find short-term solutions to long-term problems and they lacked well-established beliefs and values because of the rapidly changing nature of Chinese society . |
| 23 | The authors conclude that universities can have confidence in admitting carefully selected mature students even if they lack formal entry qualifications . |
| 24 | His appointment was not greeted with universal enthusiasm , for while his tenacity and methodical approach were respected , his mind was slow and he lacked any spark of technical brilliance . |
| 25 | That said , its very innovation will make it a poor choice in some cases , and it lacks good database links . |
| 26 | Its deliberations had been hurried , its request for evidence stressed the need for a brevity viewed by many as excessive and it lacked sufficient resources to produce a credible alternative to any Government proposals . |
| 27 | Nor are there any madrigalian extravagances in Hassler 's madrigals ; they make good use of antiphony between higher and lower voice-groups as in the openings of ‘ Ach Schatz , ich thu dir klagen ’ and ‘ Fahr hin , guts Liedelein ’ ; but they lack rhythmic spring . |
| 28 | ‘ Attention , a bed for the night as he said , something to do — he 's a bright guy , but he lacks intellectual challenge . |
| 29 | Because she lacked academic qualifications , Miss Green never conducted a Tutorial Class , but she revelled in her Terminal and , less frequently , One-Year courses . |
| 30 | Second , about the same time , there was a view in Europe that non-Europeans were mentally degenerate because they lacked Western culture . |