Basic elements of a functioning government are lacking.
Students' outlines should be detailed and should cover all of the basic elements of a story.
The United States already has the basic elements of a protective system.
After 20 months of Western aid, Afghanistan still lacks nearly all the basic elements of a functioning national government.
Poorly written, poor characters, poor plot — the basic elements of a book were not present, in my humble opinion".
"You need people who know how a courtroom works -- what the basic elements of a crime and of evidence are," Judge Wald said.
But Iceland's endeavor is remarkable for the way it shifts around the basic elements of a fragile ecosystem in pursuit of economic revival.
Not much larger than a postage stamp, these contain all the basic elements of a satellite, such as a radio, aerials, a solar cell and instruments.
For the headmaster of an intensely competitive school, Randolph, who is 49, is surprisingly skeptical about many of the basic elements of a contemporary high-stakes American education.
Moreover, according to the report, Georgia's military lacks basic elements of a modern military bureaucracy, ranging from a sound national security doctrine to clear policies for handling classified material to a personnel-management system to guide soldiers through their careers.
SEATTLE — In its first major effort to address the plight of endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest, the Obama administration on Tuesday affirmed basic elements of a recovery plan set forth last year by the Bush administration.
