Example sentences of "or [adv] [art] lack of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another way the AX deceives is by the noise it makes , or rather the lack of it . |
| 2 | But the residents are the problem , or rather the lack of them . |
| 3 | Discussion of Sandra 's sex-life could easily stray into the area of his and Marjorie 's sex-life , or rather the lack of it , and he would rather not go into that . |
| 4 | Scriptural authority , or rather the lack of it , is at the heart of the difficulties experienced , for example , by The Churches ' Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies . |
| 5 | Telling her the truth about my feelings , or rather the lack of them , would just have made our life together even more intolerable . ’ |
| 6 | It is only a couple of years ago that Jenkins rejected out of hand the Wales involvement he has now taken on , and — until Davies and the Wales manager , Robert Norster , beat their path to his door — he has tended to use the expression ‘ poisoned chalice ’ whenever anyone sounded out his interest or rather the lack of it . |
| 7 | The British Mountaineering Council , in a letter to the prince from Access and Conservation Officer Bill Wright , state that ‘ We are most concerned about the effect the restrictions [ on live firing ] , or rather the lack of them , will have on the area of Willsworthy — this is an area of considerable interest to hill walkers from the South of England . ’ |
| 8 | It concerns finger |
| 9 | This concerns finger |
| 10 | It came to him that what really troubled him was motive , or rather the lack of what he considered to be a convincing motive for the killing . |
| 11 | ‘ It seems to bother you , ’ he reflected curiously , ‘ my work — or rather the lack of it . |
| 12 | Ever since they 'd first become friends she 'd been obsessed with Shannon 's love-life , or rather the lack of it . |
| 13 | As you are all probably aware , Death Trap , originally planned for February , had to be scrapped despite valiant efforts by the casting committee and John the directors get around the problem of the men or rather the lack of them . |
| 14 | ‘ What you 're saying is , ’ she said , ‘ that one should n't even whisper it in the wind on the hill-tops because once said a thing can never be unsaid ; that expression gives power to thought ; that even the clear though unspoken formulation of a nebulous impression may be dangerous , giving it a force and potency which silence or merely a lack of clarification would deny to it . ’ |