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to shortcomings
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England's failure to hold an advantage was again down to shortcomings in midfield and defence.
Some Republican critics also now point to shortcomings in Mr. Reagan's governing style.
These decisions point to shortcomings of the government's response to the housing crisis.
Sometimes they draw attention to shortcomings in my appearance – "Your face scares me".
The lengthy search is owed in part to shortcomings in MF Global's recordkeeping.
In a 2008 government survey, two-thirds of parents attributed the growing role of juku to shortcomings in public education.
The easy answer is to point to shortcomings in our confirmation process and to partisan polarization in Washington.
While Mr. Hu has been urging improved government in speeches across China, the reference to shortcomings was unusually blunt by the standards of Chinese political discourse.
On a tour of his and others' recent projects on the North Shore, he did not hesitate to point to shortcomings in new developments, including his own.
In its account of how unprepared the administration was to meet the needs of the Kosovo refugees, the report points to shortcomings by American intelligence officials.
Last year, the Law Society complained that asylum seekers were being prevented from lodging claims at all due to shortcomings at the Asylum Screening Unit.
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