The phrase "a pervasive lack of" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a widespread or ingrained absence or deficiency of something. Example: There is a pervasive lack of support for mental health services in our society, leaving many individuals without access to necessary treatment.
The investigation also found a "pervasive lack of documentation" outlining any rationale for medicating the children.
Yet his critique is undermined by a pervasive lack of realism.
Despite this enormous cost to society, there remains a pervasive lack of attention provided to medical management of this problem.
A bigger problem is a pervasive lack of faith in education as a means of self-improvement.
It features Hoffman and Amy Ryan in a tentative and implausible romance, shot through with self-doubts and a pervasive lack of hope.
Lasting political and social transformation will be further complicated in many countries by high levels of unemployment, a pervasive lack of education and sectarian and ethnic divisions.
To my surprise, I continually experienced a strange, yet pervasive, lack of optimism for the future of New Zealand and a lack of confidence in business and the economy.
"There is a severe and pervasive lack of trust in the leadership that has deteriorated to the point that staff walk on 'eggshells,' " the report found.
Sanders quoted the pope several times during his speech, including using the pontiff's term, "the Globalization of Indifference," or a general and pervasive lack of compassion for others.
A new book by prolific historian Niall Ferguson, "The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power from the Freemasons to Facebook" (Penguin), goes a long way toward redressing this pervasive lack of perspective to a concept central to the contemporary technological "revolution": networks.
Once notified, the pervasive lack of referrals may have been a function of the lack of available local physicians – a reality an exiting physician could not be expected to redress.
