The phrase "a lack of checks" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there are insufficient controls or measures in place to ensure accountability or prevent errors.
Example: "The project's failure was largely due to a lack of checks in the approval process."
Alternatives: "insufficient oversight" or "absence of controls".
A lack of hierarchy can sometimes, it appears, mean a lack of checks and balances when it comes to selecting leadership and managing governance.
He wanted to know whether the skyrocketing state debt piled up because of a lack of checks and balances in government or because of dysfunctional politics.
This has led to a lack of checks and balances locally and the assumption that politicians who win an election have unrestricted power to do as they see fit.
"People see the consequences of unregulated markets, greed, a lack of checks on the power of the private flow of capital to drive the economy and undermine jobs," Mr. Llewellyn said.
There was a lack of checks and balances and there have been several high-profile cases where heads and directors channelled funds into family companies under dubious arrangements, while buildings have been left to deteriorate.
But thanks to a lack of checks and balances in our legal system for emergency powers, the success of these challenges is not the foregone conclusion it should be.
Many employees praise it for transforming their companies, but critics argue that a lack of spot checks and monitoring means it is losing credibility.
Gun deaths will certainly go up because more guns equal more death, all the time, every time, especially with a lack of background checks and training.
Board President Joanne Gilbert said the project turned into a "horribly inappropriate assignment" due to a lack of internal checks and balances.
This difference may reflect a lack of consistency checks amongst LTCF staff, to ensure that conditions present on admission continue to be recorded in follow-up assessments [ 31].
Unlike Doring, Lovell and Damm [ 9, 10, 15], Lahner [ 14] found a link between IHTs carried out in the emergency context and AE onset, which is probably due to the lack of time for optimal stabilisation of the patient, and a lack of equipment checks before transport.
