Sentence examples for lacking a residence from inspiring English sources

Lacking a residence permit, she rented corners of rooms in communal apartments and worked in menial jobs.

The beating to death of a young man detained in southern China for lacking a residence permit prompted an outcry over police brutality in the press.

Migrant workers cannot bring their children to cities because they lack a residence registration, so cannot access free schools.

Lacking a grand London residence of his own, Warwick had his suite of rooms in the palatial Leicester House: "the Lord of Warwick's bedchamber, the Lord of Warwick's closet, the Lord of Warwick's dining parlour".

Lacking only a residence permit (NRP_WP) is associated with a 14-percentage-point gap in the probability of visiting the homeland compared to migrants with fully regular status, while lacking only a work permit (RP_NWP) is associated with an 8-point gap.

We admit we never quite got this place, which included eight separate guest houses, a bunch of stables and seemed to lack a principal residence.

It would also expand HUD's definition of homelessness to count children who lack a stable residence, which would include a child staying a motel or sharing housing with others because they have nowhere to go.

As the comment illustrates, the hukou system itself places anyone lacking an urban residential permit (that would allow them a legitimate city residence) at risk of criminal behavior.

Touring Musicals Arrive The directors of the major performing venues on Long Island are hoping that the Island, which lacks a professional theater in residence year round, is the perfect touring spot for musicals.

After many years in which the hotel (now a condominium residence, too) lacked a restaurant of real ambition and achievement, its magisterial Oak Room reopened nearly three months ago with the clear intention of being more than just a tarted-up trough for wealthy tourists or a catered diorama of old New York.

The growth of that floating population migrants lacking residence permits is a reflection of China's booming economy.