Example sentences of "lacking [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that urban districts may be subject to geographically uneven patterns of investment and disinvestment , the question arises as to whether urban redevelopment funds are targeted to those neighbourhoods most lacking in capital or those where private revitalisation is already well established . |
| 2 | If the soil is acid or lacking in phosphate , lime or basic slag should be applied to ensure a good establishment of clovers . |
| 3 | Merely lacking in opportunity . ’ |
| 4 | For many decades , a deposit of £150 was required and even the £500 now suggested will not necessarily deter the strip club owner or pop star who is otherwise lacking in publicity and for whom the outlay of such a sum may well be worthwhile . |
| 5 | ‘ It is weak in the scrums , weak in defence and lacking in pace . |
| 6 | Moreover , although the Queen 's Park pitch looks to be true and lacking in pace , there must be serious concern about the South African batsmen . |
| 7 | The central defence appeared WOODEN and very much lacking in pace . |
| 8 | Not only was Gannon jettisoned with professional coldness he was , at least according to the Gannon camp , somewhat lacking in payment for his part in the writing of The Smiths next single , ‘ Ask ’ . |
| 9 | He was certainly not lacking in self-assurance . |
| 10 | You would not have reached your present stage if you had been lacking in ability . |
| 11 | 1 Lacking in coherence and organization . |
| 12 | Short , pugnacious and lacking in charm , Reshevsky tended to spend too much time on the early part of his games , but remained a tough opponent . |
| 13 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 14 | You could behave like a pig and they would simply think how sweet and original you were , whereas if you were wildly in love you would be on your best behaviour , nervously uncertain and consequently lacking in charm . |
| 15 | Not all the SPs were like that but I found most of them lacking in charm . |
| 16 | Bond Street had been looked over and found wanting : the clothes not displayed as they should be , the new vendeuse lacking in charm . |
| 17 | What Mr Birchall noticed was that a diet lacking in silicon seems to have the same effect as one rich in aluminium . |
| 18 | Rottweiler breeding aims at a powerful dog , black with well-defined mahogany markings , which despite a massive general appearance is not lacking in nobility and is particularly suitable as a companion , guard dog and working dog . |
| 19 | ‘ Nothing is impossible , ’ she cried furiously , disappointed that Lucenzo should turn out to be so lacking in integrity . |
| 20 | Syngman Rhee was born in 1875 into a branch of the royal family but one lacking in wealth . |
| 21 | I am soaked , cold and not a little lacking in enthusiasm for the next try . |
| 22 | The movement was not without criticism from those whose support might have been taken for granted ; Robertson Nicoll pronounced the 1894 Congress a ‘ failure ’ because ‘ it does not represent Nonconformity and it is wholly lacking in enthusiasm and initiative . ’ |
| 23 | However , as the sole candidate and with the very high rate of abstention ( only 28.28 per cent of voters turned out ) , his presidency had been widely regarded as lacking in legitimacy . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This type of inefficiency arises because workers and management are often ill-equipped or lacking in motivation and so do not perform to the best of their abilities . |
| 26 | They are unlikely to be lacking in motivation . |
| 27 | People who do n't put on weight take it for granted that the rest of us are greedy and lacking in will power . |
| 28 | To Mrs Thatcher , the universities were an enclosed , complacent guild , managerially incompetent , with little interest in wealth creation and lacking in accountability to government . |
| 29 | This element is lacking in teaching . |
| 30 | He had the reputation for being clever but lacking in tact or discretion , and held only a minor post in Grey 's Government of 1853 to 1855 , and although he remained an MP until 1883 , when he succeeded as the tenth Earl of Wemyss and March , he never held office again . |