Sentence examples for lacking people from inspiring English sources

Yet one element seems to be lacking: people.

If a firm hires or trains too many lawyers in a restructuring department, for example, it might find itself lacking people to handle securities offerings and mergers when the economy recovers while at the same time paying bankruptcy experts with nothing to do.

This happy state, which Mr Csikszentmihalyi calls "flow", arises most often in work that stretches a person without defeating him; work that provides "clear goals", "unambiguous feedback" and a "sense of control".Where these things are lacking, people can sometimes sculpt their jobs to compensate.

When trust is lacking, people are afraid to take bold action.

In developing countries where health risks of air pollution may be underappreciated and effective air pollution abatement techniques are lacking, people are continually exposed to concentrations that can have negative health effects in both the short and long term.

LONG ISLAND may lack mountains, but it doesn't lack people with the imagination to create a mountaineering experience.

Han Mingzhi, head of the CBRC's international department freely admits, "we lack people who understand commercial banking and microeconomics.

"It is not that the L.D.P. lacks people who could enjoy popularity," said Masumi Ishikawa, a professor of politics at Niigata University of International and Information Studies.

As in the early days of European biotech, China's emerging industry lacks people who combine scientific nous with good business sense.

Most places shown in the photographs lack people -- a fairly clichéd visual device meant to evoke a sense of mystery or a sacred, spiritual aura.

"At that time we felt he would be a good addition to the squad because we lacked people with Champions League experience.