The scene lacks a floor, a wall, a visible level surface, a permanent stay.
Even after the commandos, who are better armed and trained than police officers are, began fighting the terrorists holed up in the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel, they lacked a floor plan, whereas the militants seemed to know the hotel's layout well.
The dimensions of the NVA were 20 × 20 × 20 cm (length × width × height) and the metal mesh (1 cm aperture) that surrounded the seedling lacked a floor.
But beginning with a woeful outing against the Grizzlies – he shot 5 for 20 from the field – Shumpert began to falter, and the Knicks, lacking a true floor general, struggled through a 2-11 stretch.
Lacking an efficient floor general has hurt Stoudemire's game, with "point-forward" Anthony unable to create opportunities for his teammate via the pick and roll.
Red seats, at the other end of the spectrum, are often located near galleys or lavatories, and may lack a window, floor storage, and a normal amount of legroom.
The collection building, a 45,000-square-foot former Drug Enforcement Agency warehouse that was gutted several months ago for a complete redesign and expansion, still lacks an entire floor of drywall, plus all paint, lighting and art.
(Imperato's own Wunderkammer seems to have lacked such a floor, but one was added to a nearly identical image for the book's second edition in 1672).
Other objects like Ba gua mirrors are still regularly used to deflect evil spirits, and buildings often lack any floor number that has a 4 in it, due to its similarity to the word for "die" in Cantonese.
The lineup the five would like to see on the floor lacks a power forward, so the team's rebounding problems could get worse.
Many of these teams have used the uncapped year to take advantage of the lack of a floor for spending, using 2010 as a year to bring debt under control and gird for the next system, whenever that may be.
