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The phrase "absence of know how" is not correct in written English.
Did you mean "absence of know-how"? You can use it to describe a lack of knowledge or expertise in a particular area or subject.
Example: "The project's failure was largely due to the absence of know-how among the team members."
Alternatives: "lack of expertise" or "deficiency in knowledge".
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He speculated that the unproductive firms were able to survive because better-managed businesses were limited in their ability to expand thanks to uncooperative capital markets and, intriguingly, a dearth of trustworthy managers.The problem is not the absence of people who know how to run businesses but the society at large.
The absence of such information makes it difficult to know how programmes are performing at the output level over time, which in turn inhibits trouble shooting at the programme level.
It's hard to know how much of that is down to the absence of Carrick and especially Mkhitaryan, and how much is just that they aren't playing well at this stage.
The researchers wanted to know how the extended absences of these "fly-in, fly-out" parents might affect the emotional and behavioral health of their children.
Moreover, an absence of campaign finance laws makes it impossible to know how much money, public or private, is spent buying votes.
If he had had a little more luck -- or at least an absence of bad luck -- there is no way to know how good his record might be.
There is no easy way to know how much coverage of the protests would have increased in the absence of these confrontations with the police.
This is OK and actually very good to show the absence of a chemoresponse, but then one would also like to know how sensitive these neurons are.
In the absence of a sporting executive at Old Trafford, it would be interesting to know how they went – and are going – about the footballing side of this.
She feels powerless and let down by the lack of legal support (the government has removed legal aid for domestic violence cases and funding to support agencies), and the absence of police officers who know how to deal with these cases and provide the right information.
In the absence of a good potency assay, for example, it's hard to know how distribution processes are affecting a cell therapy product.
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