Example sentences of "total lack [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was somewhat dictatorial and he had n't liked the total lack of sympathy she had shewn for her daughter . |
| 2 | She shook her head in exasperation , remembering his deception and total lack of sympathy , the way he had treated her on that first night , that following morning . |
| 3 | The other people in the restaurant , who might at other times have had stringent thoughts about race , or about white women publicly embracing black men ( or at least , not with such total lack of self-consciousness ) , were subdued — it could be seen from faces that showed tendencies to laugh too without reason to the demand of the occasion , which was for a total and uncritical abandon to happiness . |
| 4 | Coun Hazel Pearson said there was a ‘ total lack of reverence ’ at the Teesside Crematorium 's chapel in Acklam Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 5 | The two main actors create a reflective , needy relationship together made all the more poignant by the airman 's total lack of English and Jones 's zilch German so that they communicate haltingly and stiltedly , mirroring the route of their hesitant trust . |
| 6 | This was a middle-aged man who had been involved in a road accident after which he suffered from headaches , difficulty in walking , and a total lack of sleep . |
| 7 | The biggest and most obvious drawback is the near total lack of equipment save for a radio , a heater and a rear screen wipe/wash . |
| 8 | It was designed to be used when knitting pile and drive lace — though I suspect from the almost total lack of drive lace and pile garments that I 've seen , or rather not seen , that is used at all it 's mainly with the rib transfer carriage ! |
| 9 | With a total lack of enthusiasm , Terry stripped down to her bra and pants , and climbed apathetically into the dress . |
| 10 | Thursday dawned as dully as the day before and Fabia got out of bed and went through the routine of getting showered and dressed and going down to breakfast with a total lack of enthusiasm or appetite . |
| 11 | However , although the stick position and the total lack of response to the elevator are by far the most important symptoms of the actual stall , many instructors hardly mention it . |
| 12 | As most similar opinion polls show , there is an almost total lack of consensus , both on the unionist and nationalist sides . |
| 13 | Here there is an almost total lack of communication between our politicians and the mass of the British people . |
| 14 | They showed ‘ an almost total lack of awareness ’ of the roles of nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons in producing ground-level ozone . |
| 15 | The community occupational therapist also assesses whether the patient has any perceptual problems , such as an inability to recognize left and right , or total lack of awareness of the affected side of his body . |
| 16 | Or it might suggest that , despite a total lack of plausibility in their claims for knowledge , religious movements have survived either through institutional inertia , or insofar as they assist in conferring a sense of identity on national or local communities . |
| 17 | These predications were delivered with a considerable force of oratory , all the more chilling for the total lack of humanity and the unreason of the argument . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're hampered by a total lack of evidence , ’ said Golding . |
| 19 | In architectural terms this is evidenced in the smaller , narrower windows , lack of intricate tracery or coloured glass , the almost total lack of development of the flying buttress system , the poverty of decoration in sculpture and carving . |
| 20 | Does he accept that not only that youth 's family but many other people have a total lack of comprehension as to how someone could be hanged in this country when he was in police custody when the gun was fired and the unfortunate police officer was killed by another person ? |
| 21 | Their total lack of concern for any spiritual growth , other than what pleases the senses of the body , exhibits what medieval writers described as Animal Man . |
| 22 | From what seems now like an almost total lack of concern when the news of the virus first reached the organization , there is currently a major emphasis within the organization and a constant campaign of re-education of both callers and volunteers . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know what you 're talking about , ’ Adam returned with an apparent total lack of concern . |
| 24 | Is the honourable gentleman unaware that the district auditor has in fact indicated that there is a total lack of accountability or any sort of proper financial control in the police authority . |
| 25 | His Education Survey 2 Drama ( 1967 ) , totally lacking in officialese , lucidly , wittily reports on a rag-bag of activities done in the name of drama and with an almost total lack of rationale behind the subject . |
| 26 | British radio works far closer to the texture of ordinary life than that , engaging as it does a deeper sympathy for a shared world of ordinary experience and a total lack of awe . |
| 27 | One friend who watched their relationship deteriorate points to Prince Charles 's disinterest and total lack of respect for her at a time when Diana badly needed help . |
| 28 | Despite the defeat of the current plotters , the main danger to the government was of another coup attempt , which was seen by many as almost inevitable , given the high level of politicization within the armed forces , the almost total lack of respect for the Constitution , and the inability of the President to move decisively and quickly enough against the disaffected elements . |
| 29 | ‘ Unfortunately there are people with a total lack of respect for anyone or anything and the problem has grown , ’ Councillor Tom Ferguson said . |
| 30 | The newcomer 's grin showed a total lack of remorse . |