Example sentences of "they lack the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since almost all those on death row come from impoverished backgrounds they lack the funds to hire their own attorney and will be appointed counsel by the Court . |
| 2 | Is n't there something suspicious about making the performance of intentional actions the acid test of objective knowledge when it is quite possible that young babies have a very rich knowledge about the unseen existence of objects but that they lack the capacity to co-ordinate this knowledge with their motor skills at object removal ? |
| 3 | While it would be a mistake to regard such matches too seriously when they lack the edge of grand prix conditions , Lendl 's tactical reticence was interesting . |
| 4 | They lack the experience and practice which gives them the ability to communicate with the public : they lack common sense . |
| 5 | They lack the superficial coherence of a written constitution , but they bear a much closer relation to reality than bright ideas on a piece of paper . |
| 6 | But they lack the three essentials : they do not evolve , they do not process energy , and they can not be called organisms . |
| 7 | Authoritative directives are often rules , and even when they are not , because they lack the required generality , the same reasoning applies to them . |
| 8 | On their own they lack the ability to form large pores for drainage and aeration , and are most vulnerable to wind erosion , panning , and poaching . |
| 9 | Yet as Comecon 's major source of hydrocarbons the countries have felt in recent years the strain of cutbacks in Soviet oil exports as well as what they consider to be unfair trading terms caused by rising costs which they lack the economic freedom to renegotiate . |
| 10 | At other times they lack the skills of assertion ( see Assertiveness on page 8 ) and sometimes the gestation period is too long and the moment has passed . |
| 11 | They lack the stamina and the courage to keep close tabs on the mountain , he said . |
| 12 | Children with ABL can not absorb fat because they lack the lipoproteins in which fats are carried from the small intestine into the bloodstream . |
| 13 | Of the reasons why females so often fail to make it to the very top , two are basic : some of the best women managers do not achieve their full potential in business because they do not know how exceptional they are , and others fail to get a boardroom seat because they lack the confidence . |
| 14 | They lack the opportunity to express their inborn urges to hunt and to flee from danger . |
| 15 | This is because at first they lack the strength to hurt , and when they do acquire it they quickly learn that a too-powerful play-attack ends the enjoyable encounter . |
| 16 | In our marriage counselling we have met many who have a good understanding of how they should be treating their partner , but they lack the proper motivation . |
| 17 | Neither , I believe , are they so easy to train , and I suggest that they lack the brain power of the Norfolk . |
| 18 | The net effect of these injunctions ( as well as others we shall meet later ) is to ensure that the natural inability of human beings to respond ‘ perfectly ’ to all situations , however demanding or paradoxical , is construed by those human beings as clear evidence of personal inadequacy : they lack the ability , resilience or ready-made savoir-faire that they somehow ought to have , in limitless supply , if they are to be able to look themselves in the eye in the bathroom mirror each morning . |
| 19 | First year university students are often left bewildered by the challenge of having to organise much of their study time and find they lack the necessary reference skills to work effectively . |
| 20 | They lack the remote aspirations of human beings for which , presumably , a linguistic grasp of categories involving at least the present and future would be necessary . |
| 21 | They lack the pretentiousness of a Parolles or a Pistol — or even an Autolycus , putting on the style to match Florizel 's borrowed clothes in three lines of verse , to assert his superiority over the shepherd and the clown ( Winter 's Tale , IV.iv.745ff . ) . |
| 22 | As Lane points out , surveys suggest that a majority of temporary workers actually opt for temporary status by choice , but nevertheless a large proportion are in fact disadvantaged since they lack the benefits which attach to permanent positions . |
| 23 | Many also feel inadequate because they believe they lack the right qualifications . |
| 24 | They begin to avoid difficult situations and tasks because they lack the self-confidence to deal with them effectively . |
| 25 | The traditional view is encapsulated in the claim that children are not autonomous ; that is , on a standard interpretation , they lack the capacity to act rationally in pursuit of their own self-chosen goals . |
| 26 | But for those searching for the stuff of rock'n'roll greatness , as yet they lack the scope and dynamics which is an essential ingredient . |
| 27 | More modern , historically accurate accounts of SBS activities are available ; but they lack the colour of this first-hand view , expressed in many humorous turns of phrases — albeit with a tinge of bitterness with regard to operations on mainland Greece and the Istrian Peninsula , where partisans demonstrated their fickle tendencies . |
| 28 | They lack the Catholic sense that it is scriptures together with the unfolding tradition of the church in which authority lies . |
| 29 | Is it that they lack the processing space to monitor the input effectively ? |
| 30 | The problem , according to the Tories , is the unemployed themselves — they have a bad attitude , they lack the skills and drive , they are not prepared to be flexible , they wo n't travel . |