Sentence examples for lack of a powerful from inspiring English sources

As that last quote suggests, a part of the problem may be the lack of a powerful governing idea.

His own Dawa party has long been disadvantaged by its lack of a powerful militia of its own.

That may be a good thing; one of the chronic problems afflicting latter-day movie musicals is the lack of a powerful unifying vision.

Somalia, crippled by years of unrest and the lack of a powerful central government, is one of the most dangerous countries in which to be a journalist.

Despite these issues, Woestman says there has been a noticeable lack of attention drawn to the particular difficulties of women as the crisis deepens, which she attributes to the lack of a powerful and independent women's movement.

He expresses sympathy for Mr. Obama, but his private critique comes through as well: incredulity that the president and Democratic leaders did not raise the debt ceiling during the 2010 lame-duck session; bafflement that many beneficiaries of Mr. Obama's policies "didn't even know about" his actions; and frustration about the lack of a powerful Democratic message in the midterm elections.

The scans taken while subjects viewed the first set of photos and the videos of Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama indicated a notable lack of any powerful reactions, positive or negative.

It is the lack of a scalable, powerful, well-characterized system for parallel investigation of memory and learning in vertebrate organisms that has hampered the commercial screening for new classes of cognitive enhancers or "nootropics" [183].

We won't ever face a lack of really powerful words with which to shock and offend, though.

Blue is no easy watch, diving into the brutality of shark-finning, coral bleaching and microplastic pollution, and its deliberate lack of a Hollywood ending is a powerful reminder to the audience that they have autonomy over their own actions.

Strout's lack of sentimentality creates a powerful image of a childhood steeped not just in financial hardship, but in cultural and emotional deprivation: Lucy's is a childhood devoid of books, magazines, TV, neighbours.