Sentence examples for lacking in pace from inspiring English sources

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Mon Mome, age nine, weight 11-0 A tough stayer but seriously lacking in pace, as he has shown when getting left behind in last year's National and in two Scottish Nationals.

That the veteran full-back Paul Robinson – small and, these days, decidedly lacking in pace – was at centre-half for Birmingham did not help their cause.

Against Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, a centre-back duo lacking in pace, this could be the moment for Pellegrini's first tactical surprise.

Terry and Carragher (54 minutes, 1 goal conceded) The most experienced and honoured duo but lacking in pace, as Jozy Altidore illustrated on Saturday.

Hodgson used the diamond formation, as he had in the opening 2-0 win against Switzerland in Basel, but whereas there - with Sterling at its point - it looked effective, here it left England lacking in pace, creation and width.

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Any Human Face is a little ponderous, but what it lacks in pace it makes up for in atmosphere and psychological insight.

However, he settled quickly, making up in craft for what he lacked in pace, only for hopes of an Indian summer to be thwarted by a broken leg suffered in a collision with the Blackpool goalkeeper Tony Waiters at Bloomfield Road in March 1966.

He's got something that we've probably been lacking, in genuine pace.

My friend, Richard, shook his head in disgust and said that he felt it was too brutal, too long, lacking in both pace and story-telling sense.

It's deeply moving, though over-emphatic and lacking variation in pace.

They feel that the perception of their child is that they are lacking in intelligence, however the pace of the class leaves them confused with certain English words, and too shy or intimidated to ask questions or admit they're struggling.

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