Sentence examples for was conspicuously lacking from inspiring English sources

The Sharks had never beaten the Lions in 11 previous attempts and a sense of frenzied local pre-match ­anticipation was conspicuously lacking.

A commitment to the grant was conspicuously lacking from the otherwise relatively detailed environment section of the coalition agreement published last week, which talks of "mandating" a network of electric recharging points.

But what was conspicuously lacking was a concerted effort to make a positive case for the E.U., one stressing the enormous benefits that membership bestows on Britain in terms of trade, inward investment, eager workers, and the protection of civil liberties in a country that lacks a written constitution.

In all of the degree curricula evaluation of FP competences was conspicuously lacking.

So far, such evidence is conspicuously lacking.

His public addresses were conspicuously lacking in candor.

The international and independent leadership that was Hammarskjold's hallmark is conspicuously lacking.

But across the country, San Francisco offers an intriguing counterpoint: distinctive architecture is conspicuously lacking in the high-rise building boom.

To have a sense of color is a joyous thing — and joy has been conspicuously lacking in fashion recently.

We saw this process at work during Bill Clinton's second term, when living standards rose steadily, but so far in this recovery it has been conspicuously lacking.

We desperately need some statesmanship – doing what is right for the future and not what seems popular right now – which has been conspicuously lacking over recent decades.