| The medical trial will focus on providing a replacement for the chemical that is lacking in the sufferers of Battens Disease. |
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| Against a Sale side lacking two noted match-winners in Robinson and Hodgson, Glasgow were soon eight points to the bad. |
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| Concern was expressed that this needed regional geoscience is lacking over most of Canada, while geological survey activity is being curtailed. |
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| If authority is too rigid on the one hand or teachableness lacking on the other, the result is chaos. |
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| Is there any major problem lacking a current remedy for which Washington could plausibly offer a solution? |
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| The fact that it is lacking in the world where it should penetrate the unbelieving, is embarrassing. |
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| In particular, the author considers the sensitivity requirement to be lacking in stringency. |
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| Patients with SCID are usually treated by replacing an essential enzyme, adenosine deaminase, which is lacking in such people. |
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| The soft anatomy is lacking except for exceedingly, exceedingly rare fossil finds. |
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| The legs also look particularly rigid, and the clumpy feet, lacking such details as claws, contact the ground bluntly. |
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| Previously the half island had been a neglected backwater lacking industry, basic infrastructure or services. |
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| Detailed information on spacing behavior of avian nest predators is lacking for my study plots. |
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| That is why the hip-hop in this country has been imitative, lacking creativity and sterile. |
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| A tad more emotional wallowing might be desired by some, but I don't find it lacking in depth or enjoyment. |
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| I had the carrot cake, which was covered in thick butter icing, but lacking in the moistness this cake usually has. |
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| In my eight months away she'd become careworn, picking nervously at her fingers as she spoke, palpably lacking the confidence she once had. |
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| He doesn't put Austen on a pedestal and he doesn't make a film that is pretty as a picture but lacking in any sense of vitality. |
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| Most nematodes, also called roundworms, are small, simple worms lacking the segmentation of the more familiar earthworms. |
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| The gratin potatoes were melt-in-the-mouth and only the courgettes were a little disappointing, lacking in flavour. |
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| What the home was lacking was a unified palette to warm the spaces and draw together disparate elements. |
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| Thereafter, lacking the ability to read and write, they were unable to cope with an education that assumed the existence of these skills. |
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| All that was lacking was our traditional sweetmeat, shortbread in a tartan tin. |
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| The story is what grabs your attention here, and it's one well worth following, told with a light touch often lacking in games. |
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| The squad still looked woefully lacking in depth, with the defence looking especially fragile. |
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| While Galambos' black and white pen drawings at times seem a little scratchy and lacking in polish, he has a nice sense of design. |
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| They know, with the skipper in the side, they won't be lacking guidance and a driving force. |
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| What is lacking is suitable play equipment for our children to explore and develop their sense of adventure and excitement. |
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| This is only one river basin, and the salmon are pinks, which, being low-fat and lacking that salmony taste, mostly get smoked, salted or canned. |
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| However, what's lacking here is the very same thing that made his early films so effective, the mirror held up to the audience. |
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| His laughter was thin, though, lacking the warmth of a real man's laughter. |
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| What is totally lacking is any vestigial sense of wishing to appease the people responsible for these outrages. |
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| Aside from Taylor, though, the festival is lacking in visiting artists and guests. |
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| They all offer white bread, middle-of-the-road ideas or experiences entirely lacking in intellectual or emotional nourishment. |
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| The reserve physicians were surgically ambisinister, medically at the zero point, and lacking in discipline, military skill and temperance. |
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| Mice lacking this protein can indulge in fatty food but remain as slim as mice on a lower-fat diet, a new study reports. |
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| His own music, lacking any marked individuality, has not stood the test of time. |
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| And lacking a Popemobile, the best mode of transport is by foot on the underground Path, the tramway or the Hippo Tour amphibious bus. |
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| Male sperm cells contain virtually no cytoplasm, and are thus lacking in mitochondria. |
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| Yet once war recommenced in 1542, they were soon in difficulties, lacking tenants to defend the Borders. |
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| Oh, yes, there are the obligatory North Indian tandoori items and some perfectly fine meat-based curries notably lacking in excess oil. |
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| In a population consisting of individuals lacking the gene, smoking causes lung cancer. |
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| Children with ADHD are hindered if the classroom is noisy, disorderly, or lacking clear consistent regimens and expectations. |
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| This is a hugely refreshing exhibition, inspiring in its honesty and lacking the contrived feel of so many group shows. |
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| What is lacking is afflatus, the breath of life that sends a thrill down the spine and gets engraved in the memory. |
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| But critics say they are little more than a toothless watchdog, lacking the clout to change entrenched practices. |
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| All the qualities that were so sadly lacking seven days earlier were there in abundance against the Sky Blues. |
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| None gave a sniff of atmosphere or a hint of the third dimension of depth that is lacking in all televisual presentations. |
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| Even the codiscoverer of the DNA double helix, Sir Francis Crick, displayed humility that is totally lacking in the present day know-alls. |
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| Call it kitsch if you like, but this karaoke scene offers something which is sadly lacking from much of the contemporary social scene. |
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| Storm, lacking their first-choice stand-off, scrum-half and hooker, struggled to fire. |
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| Frequently, happiness studies are lacking a historical as well as a linguistic and a cultural dimension. |
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| Mailroom personnel can provide the practical input that is often lacking when security folks and consultants run the show. |
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| The large painting is strangely diffuse and lacking in structure for that master of tight, well-ordered composition. |
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| In person, he was a grey, neat, unremarkable little man, quite lacking the sort of dash or colour which might mark him out for high drama. |
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| Thin-walled, artery-like vessels lacking corresponding ducts were scattered throughout the tumor. |
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| They knocked in a barrage of goals in the first two rounds, displaying a consistency sorely lacking in the past. |
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| He stares out at us from photographs and self-portraits, bald, bearded and utterly lacking in flamboyance. |
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| However the first movie was adolescent nonsense, lacking in both characterisation and narrative. |
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| Also, the blood, lacking fluid, becomes thick, causing clots in the veins and jugulars. |
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| A chiming grandfather clock is all that is lacking to complete a scene redolent of a bygone era framed by stuffiness and reserve. |
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| From a production standpoint, the album is crisp enough to sustain the songs, yet lacking just enough fidelity to complement his ragged delivery. |
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| The sound quality is very reasonable, although perhaps lacking in the treble department. |
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| It is a story that would be lacking without the immediate presence of the actress right there with you, telling you a tale with her whole being. |
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| The voice, however, has deepened and coarsened, gritting around in a low-alto register and lacking stamina for the longer phrase. |
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| Shells of T. inornatus are lacking the spinose projections of the lamellae along the subsutural keel. |
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| That's not to say I won't forgive a lacking in one where the other is outstanding, mind you. |
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| While lacking in merit as a decision-maker, he was extremely adroit in working the congressional funding process. |
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| After arriving at her U.S. coach's initial camp 15 pounds overweight and lacking quickness, Scurry immediately found herself in the doghouse. |
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| It has the elements required to be spectacular, but it is lacking the exquisiteness that is associated with ballet. |
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| The high notes are dazzling, however, and dramatically, she is perceptive and lacking neither in pathos nor in vulnerability. |
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| No-one is suggesting that all science funded by company money is skewed or biased or lacking independence. |
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| Invention and imagination were lacking in the home team's second-half effort. |
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| This is not to say that anyone who is not a citizen or abjures his or her citizenship is lacking in civil rights. |
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| However, what may be lacking for the extreme technophiles will not be at all distracting for the average filmgoer. |
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| It is a conservative community with attractive clusters of Jugendstil villas, but on the whole is conspicuously lacking in charm. |
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| This is characteristic of a system totally lacking in any real involvement of ordinary people. |
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| However, the harsh reality is that cures are still lacking for many common ailments, such as cancer and obesity. |
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| The strike had a severe impact on grocery stores nationwide, with many lacking the most basic foodstuffs. |
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| Only the most inept of dramatists could deliver a romance so completely lacking in depth and subtlety. |
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| The ending is also a big disappointment, completely lacking in creativity and daring. |
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| Although I found it unsatisfying and lacking in credibility, the female friend with whom I watched it enjoyed it. |
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| The current wave of metal has been widely criticized as lacking in originality and differentiation. |
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| Palpably lacking in fizz, it took some 26 minutes for a shot on goal from either side, another minute before we had one on target. |
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| The dish was too bland, lacking flavour, and the aloe seemed not entirely fresh. |
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| Clinics, built by foreign donors, have stood empty for years, lacking staff and equipment. |
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| A good number of police officers continuously patrol the Bangla strip at night, offering a sense of security sometimes lacking in Pattaya. |
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| Bureaucracy frustrates desire, channeling it into horizontal loops lacking hierarchy and consequence, dissipating energy and interest. |
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| Books in digital format, also known as e-books, can be read on devices lacking the power and screen space to afford a regular Web browser. |
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| He was not especially intelligent, indeed he was quite unintellectual, lacking a deep understanding of law, of the classics, of theology. |
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| It just sat there on the plate, stolid, pallid, and completely lacking in anything even approaching meal appeal. |
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| And though outnumbered almost three to one, the men were hardly lacking in heft. |
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| Greek proportions, porticoes, orders, and ornament lent civic buildings a gravity lacking in earlier Palladianism. |
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| If malice aforethought is lacking the unlawful homicide will be manslaughter. |
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| The result certainly gives the Parliament an unkempt, unloved appearance lacking in maintenance. |
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| In this important new book, he suggests that what is lacking is a coherent theory of markets as social institutions. |
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| But the studio has done them a grave disservice with this uninspired and lacking disc transfer. |
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| Many people take issue with older cinema because the sonic rendering can be tinny, distorted, and lacking warmth. |
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| Plans are still lacking on coping with the mind-boggling problems brought about by mass tourism. |
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| Crude nuclear protein extracts were prepared from plants containing or lacking active Tag1 elements. |
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| In some ways, their findings merely confirm the accepted image of a King lacking the drive and devilry of either his father or his son. |
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| Pathan, lacking the swing and control that he once employed regularly, was ordered out of the attack after bowling two beamers. |
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| However, documentation is lacking on the effects of management on carcass-related traits of stocker cattle. |
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| This would produce an amino-terminal truncated protein, lacking an essential subdomain required for protein kinase activity. |
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| In written communications these are lacking and must be supplied if the communicant is not to be misunderstood. |
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| Furthermore, isolated mutant axonemes lacking the central pair or radial spokes can vigorously beat in certain nonphysiological solutions. |
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| The only thing lacking are moist tissues to clean fingers with after eating the ribs. |
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| Everyone from five to 95 can get involved and nobody is so busy or lacking in green fingers that they can't plant a window-box. |
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| Spinosaurines are characterized by very straight teeth lacking serrations, and lack the derived increase in dentary tooth number. |
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| Many students arrive at the community college lacking basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. |
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| Everything is loud, flashy and lacking depth in the city, more sedate and interesting in the countryside. |
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| The dingy, gunmetal gray image is soft, sloppy and lacking any real artistic merit. |
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| Most cars were rudimentary, lacking turn signals, brake lights, and treaded tyres. |
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| Thus, seeds lacking a coat were germinated in a horizontal or a vertical position. |
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| If it fails, it will seem like an act of desperation by a leader lacking serious military experience. |
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| It was grossly overcrowded and lacking in elementary safety measures and basic facilities. |
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| Jim's juvenilia, in general, are lacking in distinction, but they do chart a rapidly maturing interest in poetry. |
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| That said, some find it a bit awkward to get into while others find it a little lacking in grunt. |
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| Maybe it's lacking a certain scandalous, over-the-top flair that people find intriguing and buzzworthy. |
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| Despite the electronics, the music is rather flat and uniform, lacking highs, lows and climaxes. |
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| He was ill educated, unintelligent, lacking in common sense, careless of his duties, immoral, emotionally retarded and lazy. |
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| Jeffrey's memoir is, in the main, a work of numbing tedium, self-indulgent and lacking any sense of irony. |
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| The only thing lacking is a way to see a thumbnail of a picture before you look at the whole enchilada. |
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| Cursing herself for lacking anything to protect herself with, she spied an umbrella sitting next to the coat stand. |
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| After all, my collection of portable fighting games is sorely lacking at the moment. |
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| That injects his analysis with a tough-minded realism that is often lacking in challenges to the hawkish view of the world. |
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| Not only were his eyes lacking their normal cobalt hue and his pupils disturbingly restricted but now his eyes were blood shot as well. |
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| Evidence is lacking as to whether breast examinations can reduce breast cancer mortality. |
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| Seeing himself as an Adonis and a gift to women and lacking any respect for the gender was his undoing. |
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| The scenery is flat and open, lacking in trees and hills but with sweeping vistas across stunning landscapes. |
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| As he pointed out, the media tends to be a closed shop, lacking ethnic and ideological diversity. |
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| We are a straightforward and self-righteous people, so we are rather good at viciousness, but lacking in irony. |
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| I think he just has a bit of a cold, as his eyes are a bit watery, he is definitely lacking energy and vim and he is decidedly grumpy. |
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| Left anterior auricle shallow, with straight dorsal margin and obtuse, outwardly concave anterior margin lacking a byssal sinus. |
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| For newcomers lacking experience with Shanghai's language, culture, daily life and fast pace, the possibility of trouble was high. |
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| No, the only way to stop crime is good, old-fashioned detective work which seems to be lacking in our Police Service. |
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| This is the kind of though-provoking journalism sorely lacking in some of our more prominent rags. |
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| Not only was it lacking vanilla flavor, but it could only be marginally called a cheesecake. |
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| Sound empirical research is particularly lacking on risk estimation and typologies of children who set fires. |
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| He claimed that even moral support was severely lacking from the government, not to mention financial backing. |
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| And I drink lots of water and milk, so it's not like I'm lacking vitamins and essentials. |
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| But it seems rather churlish to criticise a president for lacking vision and then to ridicule him when he tries to be visionary. |
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| It was unusual for me to set off on my own and the journey down was strangely lacking in atmosphere. |
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| Because the occurrence of ainhum is rare, discussion of the disease is lacking in medical literature. |
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| Lactose is the milk sugar that can cause intestinal distress in people lacking the enzyme lactase, which is necessary for its digestion. |
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| Any player averaging a hat-trick per game over an entire season is clearly not lacking talent, but Ross claims that enthusiasm is his main spur. |
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| For a band that's lacking in perfectionistic recording tactics, the songs are clean and mean. |
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| Plants are living things with cellulose cell walls, lacking nervous or sensory organs. |
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| To play well when the decisive league game is over, critics argue, is symptomatic of a personality lacking the qualities of true winner. |
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| It was an unfamiliar raptor, lacking the obvious field marks of the usual hawks. |
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| They are making the skilled, individual plays the team has been lacking the past few years. |
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| I can hear the excitement in his voice when he's talking about things and it's been sadly lacking in his voice of late. |
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| It all feels so lacking in genuine feeling, genuine emotion, genuine interest. |
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| It exposed local musical talent and encouraged a community spirit often lacking in other towns. |
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| The plant form of the thallophytes is an undifferentiated thallus lacking true roots, stems, and leaves. |
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| Cohabitation is a continuing process of drift, lacking a sense of belonging. |
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| But uniformity is lacking even between animal depictions within the same painting group. |
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| These are the properties expected of mutants lacking an enzyme that cleaves joint molecules. |
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| Any changes undertaken to avoid these deaths will probably be undramatic, and lacking in the public attention given to Sarah's Law. |
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| What seems to be lacking right now is a national consensus about what it means to battle terrorism. |
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| Confidence in the future of the Social Security system has been lacking for a long time. |
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| Such a universality was lacking in Malayalam films that had come up for the competition, says Prasad. |
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| High quality technical school alternatives are also provided, a feature mostly lacking in Great Britain. |
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| In the case of the War On Terrorism, this clarity has been lacking from the beginning. |
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| However, that said, I have to say there's something lacking from previous releases. |
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| In an increasingly impersonal age, swords provide the human touch which is so lacking in guns. |
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| Whelehan's clever flick found Hughes but urgency was still lacking and Kelly once more got in the way. |
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| To be fair to the Tralee side they were not lacking in spirit and endeavour and they made the visitors fight every inch of the way. |
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| The supplements on Disc Two are surprisingly thin and lacking in substance. |
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| On those occasions when they did so, they saw what seemed to be a barbarous mass of material lacking all grammatical order. |
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| Since she's naught but an orphan, lacking dowry and family, then you should be content with a handfast. |
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| So much is lacking here that the society does seem truly horrible, even if its people are superficially happy. |
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| The research based data is lacking regarding the psychological effects on the family, patient, and resuscitation team. |
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| What is lacking are not the resources, but the political will. It is clear these topics do not rate very high on his agenda. |
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| And one way to make us feel that we are lacking is by showing us images of people the majority of us do not match up to. |
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| Many Army barracks are overcrowded and lacking in modern amenities, such as air conditioning. |
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| Despite his excitement, there are few things Ignaciuk finds lacking in his life in Bulgaria. |
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| However, what is there in linguistic gravity, romance and tragedy is slightly lacking in subtlety. |
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| One expert calls some champagne that spent almost 50 years underwater in the English Channel absolutely fine, though lacking in fizz. |
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| Fourth, the working class and labour movement, repressed, shackled, lacking independence, was no alternative. |
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| It also stated that horses that are off in color, wind-sucking, growing proud flesh, or have ringworm are also lacking in copper. |
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| The throats of balaenids are smooth, lacking the furrows or grooves of some other mysticetes. |
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| A panda with a fully opposable thumb that is lacking in its nearest relatives is hard to explain via evolution. |
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| This can serve as a fillip to activate and develop community spirit, so sadly lacking in the country. |
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| He has objected that the view of emotions as propositional attitudes has the effect of excluding animals and infants lacking language. |
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| What is lacking is the vision and the statesmanship necessary to make that vision a reality. |
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| Such information is often sorely lacking in many accounts, although one mistake was encountered. |
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| Anti-car policies, on the other hand, are still painfully lacking in Edinburgh. |
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| What is lacking is the will by governments to feed the hungry, and the concern by enough of their citizens to force them to do so. |
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| We live in a society today where spiritual, moral and ethical values are lacking amongst our people. |
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| The forwards are not lacking in skill and spirit but their lack of physical strength may prove detrimental against a stronger outfit. |
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| New Addington's not a bad council estate, as overspill estates go, but it is enormous and somewhat lacking in character. |
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| Lethargic and lacking self-confidence, he was a quiet dreamer, with interests in theology, art history, and oriental religions. |
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| The book of essays, he says, can be as diverse and polythetic and lacking in common themes as the individual. |
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| What is generally left is a lifeless B-movie adaptation, generously plot-holed and lacking any sort human element or any degree of excitement. |
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| The only thing that's lacking here is running water, so the recommended way to cool down between sweat sessions is to take a snow bath. |
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| Originally they were portrayed as boring, myopic bean counters completely lacking in foresight or creativity. |
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| Is Unionism so lacking in confidence that it can't even argue its case effectively? |
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| Evidence also was lacking to show that attitudes of acceptance, fatalism, or denial affected outcomes. |
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| Studies on the impact of anger and worry on sexual functioning are lacking and present some inconsistent results. |
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| The body itself can be handled and manipulated as though lacking in the capacity for self-propulsion. |
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| Of course, the all-important marketing skill was tellingly lacking in Murthy. |
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| She signposts areas where evidence is lacking and spotlights the more fanciful assumptions. |
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| Strong claims in either direction are dangerous and misleading, as well as lacking in intellectual rigor. |
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| The disease is common in developing countries lacking adequate sewage and sanitation facilities. |
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| And although I was temporarily lacking the funds to buy something, I left with a tummy full of delicious lamingtons. |
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| Sure enough, lampreys are simple vertebrates lacking jaws, teeth and a bony skeleton, whereas sharks are much more complex animals. |
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| I felt like myself yet there was something wrong, something amiss, something lacking from the scene. |
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| It was civil, mutually respectful, completely lacking in any personal animosity. |
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| With an economic downturn encompassing the last twenty years, those lacking steady jobs in the formal economy now exceed half the work force. |
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| Despite lacking any formal military training, he led his army of devoted followers to a succession of victories in battles and sieges. |
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| He moves to France and in his eighties finds himself lacking in objects but filled with the knowledge he has had a charmed life. |
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| He seemed to me to be really old, but even in death to be lacking in that common frailty I tended to view all the elderly as possessing. |
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| The female aments of green alder are covered by exterior bud scales, unlike speckled alder in which the aments are lacking the outer scales. |
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| I attended only the plenary of the same title and found it lacking in the vibrancy that characterized much of the rest of the conference. |
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| Most of this alarmingly well-produced record is mindless but zappy pop, lacking anything to attract a mature audience. |
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| Young viewers will most likely find the film too lacking in the zippiness they are used to in CGI cartoons. |
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| Zone 5 is characterized by deep-shelf, pro-deltaic, and shelf edge settings below storm wave base and generally lacking benthic calcareous algae. |
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| The writing collapses into incoherent ranting, lacking grammar or punctuation. |
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| While that kind of experience has been lacking in Ireland, it has begun to feed through from larger firms, Sandys said. |
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| Those of you who think alcohol induces hangovers are so seriously lacking in knowledge. |
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| He apparently possesses some type of economic omniscience, lacking in the rest of the general public. |
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| The truffle mash would have made a concluding trinity of earthy flavours, but was over-salted and lacking in the distinctive truffle flavour. |
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| They are frivolous and shallow, lacking emotional depth and attracted only to the superficial. |
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| I wouldn't like the magnums of champers to be squandered on people lacking all taste and refinement. |
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| The villain is so lacking in character or interest that he seems secondary. |
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| In the huge battles of 1914-15 Russian infantrymen had to attack unprotected by artillery barrages and often lacking even rifles. |
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| Input from the corporate world, wherein lies untapped financial support, is sorely lacking in the struggling communities. |
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| That is probably why police reports are always lacking and the officers hardly ever show up at court. |
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| It is characterized by a very gently tapered, finely laminated conical tube lacking strong transverse annulations. |
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| If passion, poetry and raw emotion are lacking in the current scene, there's something to be said for learning from the masters. |
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| After 10 days, all females in vials lacking eggs were discarded and considered sterile. |
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| It is packed with fascinating minutiae, and yet it is curiously lacking in some details. |
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| The paintings of the Middle Ages were flat, misproportioned, lacking in depth and scale, lifeless, and unrealistic. |
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| The Democrats lacking any real substantial issues or candidate have taken the low road again. |
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| Ultimately, he wants to find bigger premises and set up a chandlery, a facility lacking on the reopened Rochdale Canal. |
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| Waste can be defined as any material lacking direct value to the producer and so must be disposed of. |
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| In recent decades, quakes felt in San Diego, a city lacking a big disaster in its history, have tended to be far-away temblors with a long reach. |
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| Even people who outwardly appeared confident and successful often feel lacking in joy and real direction in their lives. |
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| Other times the product is sophomoric and snarky, lacking in any serious analysis. |
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| We played at a higher tempo than of late and we showed the aggression and the determination we have been lacking in recent games. |
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| However, whatever the visitors were lacking they will never be short on pride and spirit. |
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| It contains a nugget of truth and humanity that seems to be lacking in her world of dizzy friends and lubricous acquaintances. |
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| Choices based on the most minute reasoning but lacking any desire are vacuous. |
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| The Northern Irish were not lacking confidence considering their last victory came against Malta 17 months ago. |
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| Mucosal atrophy may result when dietary sources of fatty acids are lacking or when the fecal stream is diverted by an ileostomy or colostomy. |
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| Exhaustively researched, The Sword and the Cross is somewhat deficient in maps and almost totally lacking in illustration. |
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| They are also accused of trading on cultural stereotypes and of lacking any real substance. |
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| You are a bad-tempered, petulant and irritable man lacking in your professional duties to your patients. |
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| In general, their policy is vague, lacking in specifics, and frequently uncosted. |
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| The one thing lacking on first inspection is a goal machine in the ilk of Kevin Phillips. |
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| It was puny, totally lacking in the requisite shot of caffeine direct to the brain. |
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| She's got a really big smile though and if anything, we've been sadly lacking big smiles at work lately. |
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| When in such situations the essential basis of territorial sovereignty is lacking or confused, the situation is obscure and uncertain from a legal point of view. |
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| Indeed, triterpenoid saponins with an acyl side chain have been shown to increase membrane permeability of endothelial cells, whereas those lacking the side chain did not. |
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| The ideas, they said, were unambitious and lacking in vision. |
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| Garrymore, lacking the overall balance of their opponents, did make a spirited effort to get into the reckoning in the third quarter, but could make little headway. |
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| Cite Soleil, the capital's front door, is a 27 sq mile slum where an estimated one million people live in shanties lacking plumbing, electricity or permanent roofs. |
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| It is calculated that more than 2,000 books have been published on him, but a great deal of it is hagiolatry, lacking critical rigour and dispassionate appraisal. |
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| It is mostly clear, occasionally muffled, and lacking in dynamic range. |
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| Noticing that he was lacking his overcoat, she remembered her place and turned towards the mahogany coat stand that stood in the corner of the room. |
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| Scyphozoan medusae differ from those of hydrozoans in lacking a velum. |
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| How do dreams appear to people who, lacking the explanatory and theoretical machinery of modern psychology and neuroscience, cannot psychologize them? |
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| Where direct proofs are lacking philosophy occupies the important place. |
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| Seeds were surface-sterilized and sown on GM agar plates lacking sucrose. |
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| We urge the Government to act on the report's recommendations, channelling resources into the NHS that have been scandalously lacking in the past. |
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| It is assumed that lepospondyls were physiologically amphibians in lacking the extraembryonic membranes of amniotes and laying their eggs in the water. |
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| If you are lacking experience, do not let that discourage you. |
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| These changes have been intensified by the influx of returnees to the region, many of whom, lacking access to livestock, have turned to farming as their only option. |
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| Such change at the top of the FDNY could dramatically affect a department many accuse of sorely lacking in diversity. |
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| Alcohol abuse has in many instances also reduced once dignified, principled and balanced people into inferior inebriates lacking drive, initiative and resoluteness. |
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| Overall, the spring 2001 collections were lacking fresh ideas and, in some cases, coherency, but there were enough visionary pieces to keep the shows lively. |
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| These pure language mavens always come up with the notion people who use language that shocks their shell-pink ears are simply lacking in vocabulary. |
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| Former U.S. Attorney and Iowa football player Matt Whitaker came across as a meathead, lacking any policy depth. |
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| Almost immediately, Switzer said that Dupree was out of shape, lazy, lacking in intensity. |
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| The juvenal plumage is browner and much more uniform below, lacking the strong yellowish suffusion and streaked appearance below of juvenal-plumaged B. montis. |
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| It is anaemic, lacking in vision, and a generally debate-free zone. |
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| Setup is joyously simple, and DVD performance is good, if not spectacular, but the sound is anaemic, lacking sufficient detail for music and serious clout for movies. |
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| He created mouse embryos with DNA lacking in CDX2, the gene responsible for forming the trophectoderm, or skin on a blastocyte, which is the early form of an embryo. |
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| Would he have enlivened the race with an easy-going style and populist appeal sorely lacking in the present GOP field? |
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| He found music students lacking in fluency and expressiveness. |
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| This engenders a society bent on self-promotion, lacking almost entirely in any community values beyond the immediate family. |
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| Girls, allegedly timorous and lacking in confidence, now outnumber boys in student government, in honor societies, on school newspapers, and in debating clubs. |
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| His only known run-in with the law was a 300-euro fine for failing to stop at the scene of an accident and lacking insurance. |
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| They contrast with the often impeccably maintained town centres and are largely made up of high-rise tower blocks that are lacking in amenities, especially for the youth. |
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| Notably lacking are spikelet fragments, chaff, awns, pods, and weed seeds that comprise the debris from processing such crops for storage or from using dung as fuel. |
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| Labelling is more comprehensive, though still lacking in detail. |
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| His tweets and Instagram photos also seem to point to a clear motive, lacking in so many other school shootings. |
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| In contrast with tungsten, hafnium does not interact readily with iron-rich material, but it does combine readily with the elements in rocks lacking in iron. |
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| They are largely two-dimensional, lacking psychological definition. |
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| As a professor at Wheelock College, a liberal arts school in Massachusetts, Dines is not lacking for feminist credentials. |
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| With cords lacking safety closures, cover any unused outlets with electrical tape or with plastic caps to prevent the chance of a child making contact with the live circuit. |
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| That seemed a bit lacking in heft, so I bulked it out with a random handful of paper from a disused notebook, put our names on it, stapled the pile up, and turned it in. |
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| In a sheep semilunar bone model, we investigated whether collapse in the intercalar bones lacking bony support could be prevented by the injection of acrylic bone cement. |
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| Most reports cannot hide the fact that they are mere regurgitations of numbers and figures, wholly lacking in analysis, original thought, or even an interesting writing style. |
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| His direction is competent throughout but totally lacking in imagination, resulting in a movie that looks great but feels like assembled stock footage. |
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| Dravid's batsmanship has often been taken for granted because it is so firmly rooted in orthodoxy, because it is so utterly comprehensible and so utterly lacking in mystique. |
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| The body is long and snake-like, lacking caudal, dorsal and pelvic fins. |
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| Wrasses characteristically have a protractile mouth, cycloid scales, and a single continuous dorsal fin lacking an obvious notch between the soft and spiny portions. |
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| Success and social ascendancy favoured those lacking any scruples. |
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| Their choice of words is correspondingly simple, lacking the tension between polysyllables and monosyllables observed in the stanzas from the poem. |
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