Sentence examples similar to decided lacks from inspiring English sources

All suspects but Mr. Sears, he finally decided, lacked the sophisticated mastery of detail and the media-canny opportunism embodied in Deep Throat.

There is the decided lack of snow, for one thing.

At first, they were greeted with a decided lack of interest.

There is a decided lack of romance to receiving online scrip.

Bringing an item like this to a dinner party shows a decided lack of breeding and manners.

It is clearly not their fault, but it makes for a decided lack of variety, something that Henin hinted at after her defeat.

For a nation glittering with awards for the quality of its restaurants, there's a decided lack of sparkle when it comes to bills of fare for junior.

(On a recent visit, a request for a good wonton-noodle restaurant resulted in a trip to a tea house with a decided lack of wonton noodles).

How could Mr. Lutz, the blunt-spoken, unreconstructed car guy, auto industry insiders gasped, possibly mesh with G.M., a huge company known for its decided lack of flair?

Aled Griffiths thinks he has spotted the reason whythere are so few e-mails coming in: 'The decided lack of sultriness.

The result is that team-building exercises are often met with shrugs, eye rolls, ironic air quotes and a decided lack of participation.