Example sentences of "it lack the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While London did not consult the Dominions much on financial matters ( though it made a public ploy of doing so ) it lacked the political will or administrative means to make the rigorous control of dollar imports practised in the UK effective in those countries . |
| 2 | This is the line taken by the United States Supreme Court , which rejected the ‘ bad tendency ’ grounds for abridging freedom of expression because it lacked the all-important factor of ‘ clear and present danger ’ . |
| 3 | so that it lacked the technical vocabulary needed to accommodate the translations of classical texts . |
| 4 | Firstly , the absence of any kind of derivative exchange in Germany meant that it lacked the financial culture to guarantee the successful operation of a one centre open outcry market . |
| 5 | Observers commented that the party 's support appeared to come largely from the Kikuyu , the country 's largest ethnic group , and that it lacked the broad-based support enjoyed by FORD . |
| 6 | Qualitatively it lacked the professional touch , and within individual libraries it lacked planning and co-ordination . |
| 7 | The Tchaikovsky was decently played but it lacked the passionate intensity that the score asks for , if not demands . |
| 8 | The Calibra 16v is more vocal , though , even unpleasantly so at times , and it lacks the inherent smoothness of the VW 's four at high engine speeds . |
| 9 | It lacks the strong ribbing seen on many brachiopods . |
| 10 | Perhaps the human race is beset by problems which it lacks the moral capital to resolve . |
| 11 | Malcolm 's story was unusual from a Jamaican perspective in that " it lacks the usual mixing of JC and JSE forms as in Tania 's narrative … |
| 12 | Auditory consciousness with its markedly linear character dependent upon the sequencing of events in time is a powerful vehicle for emotion , perhaps especially because the human voice is experienced in this mode , but it lacks the map-like quality of the inner visual panorama . |
| 13 | It lacks the friendly toolbar icons of Complete Works , and charts appear in boring shades of grey , but unless you 've got a colour printer , who cares ? |
| 14 | It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ? |
| 15 | It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ? |
| 16 | For the recipe that follows , Conference will do , but it lacks the plump punch of its more aristocratic cousins . |
| 17 | The Commission will have limited powers , although it lacks the full enforcement machinery , to apply Articles 85 and 86 to any merger which does constitute a concentration within the Merger Regulation , but does not meet the turnover thresholds . |
| 18 | Like PageMaker it lacks the sophisticated text entry and manipulation tools necessary to generate the material it will process but , unlike PageMaker , once it has that material it can produce documents virtually automatically . |
| 19 | The contract may be good or the cheque generous , but it lacks the binding authorization of a signature . |
| 20 | The more compressed style is of course more likely in the carefully constructed world of literary expression , but it lacks the dynamic punch of the conversational sequence . |
| 21 | ‘ It differs in that it lacks the double characteristic of agape — the acceptance of the unacceptable , or the movement form the highest to the lowest , and , at the same time , the will to transform individual as well as social structures . ’ |