Sentence examples for a year lacking from inspiring English sources

This was, anyway, a year lacking in books that demanded to be bought at once – no new novels by Larsson, Dan Brown, JK Rowling or Stephenie Meyer; no must-read celebrity memoirs (only Lee Evans's and James Corden's, 30 and 88 respectively, did well); no quirky hits à la Eats, Shoots & Leaves or last year's meerkat autobiography.

He had lived fifty-four yeand and eighty-nine dand, and had reigned for a year lacking ten days.

In the entire history of Hollywood there had never been a year lacking in genius until this past decade.

Yet Fiat's car unit, producing fewer than three million cars a year, lacks the global power of G.M., Ford or Toyota and faces powerful new alliances like DaimlerChrysler and the combination of Renault and Nissan.

Eight years of an evangelical President, and another year lacking leadership for the LGBT community has left GLSEN writing condolence letters to parents whose children have committed suicide to escape the hate bleeding from the church and The White House.

Of course, half a discontinuous year lacks the depth of a long sojourn abroad.

2016 was a year sadly lacking in those aspects of entertainment product.

Still, social conservatives in New York state have seemed somewhat fragmented in recent years, lacking a galvanizing issue like the death penalty, over which they waged epic battles with Govs.

When cohort members were aged 4 and 26 years, lacking a higher education was the norm at 97.5% (1.5) and 95.5% (1.8), respectively, with improvements to 80.5% (6.7) by the time they were aged 53 years (1999).

It should be noted that the ENSO impacts during these years were not necessarily more disastrous than climate and weather events in years lacking an influence from ENSO.

Non-profit credit unions limit interest to 26% a year, but lack the capacity to make significant inroads into the market.