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The prime minister will not get a substantive renegotiation of the UK's terms of membership before 2017, so the referendum question will not be about his supposed diplomatic triumph but rather: "Do you want to stay in the present EU, with all its deficiencies and problems?" The referendum will cause grave financial and economic instability and make the UK a laughing stock across the globe.
To prevent further labour action and disruption for all students across university campuses in Canada, university administrators will have to address these serious structural deficiencies that have decayed the quality of education and research at public universities in Canada and across North America.
A 2013 paper by Professor Mark Regenus implying deficiencies in same-sex parents was championed by conservative organisations worldwide, despite being academically savaged.
The official summary report made public as a letter in April used much milder language to express concerns about HSBC's processes, stating "in certain instances the monitor believes that HSBC Group's progress has been too slow", adding that in some areas the bank's "historical cultural deficiencies continue to pervade its operations today".
Vitamin B12, which is found in meat, fish, cheese and eggs, helps maintain brain function in old age, and deficiencies in B12 and folate (which you get by eating your greens) have been linked with depression.
HSBC's procedures to prevent money laundering, sanction-breaking and criminal activity still have deficiencies so serious that to publicly disclose them would risk serious crime, the US Department of Justice has said.
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Their aggression, tempo and precision served to highlight Liverpool's deficiencies.
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He saw past their obvious deficiencies – their lack of singing ability, their trouble with basic motor skills, the way they couldn't use sentences that didn't repeatedly contain the word "guys" or end in a hamfisted high-five – and realised that children would love them.
The vets reported "severe deficiencies " in factories which pluck, kill, cut and pack 700m chickens a year and said Britain was breaking commission rules because vets were not in permanent attendance and sometimes lacked the right qualifications.
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The word "deficiencies" functions primarily as a noun , referring to a lack or shortage of something. Ludwig AI indicates its grammatical correctness and usability in English, confirming its role in identifying shortcomings or inadequacies.
Expression frequency: Very common
