Sentence examples for was surprisingly lacking from inspiring English sources

Rooney's sure touch was surprisingly lacking in the penalty area, particularly in the first half when England's domination of possession touched 82% at one point, yet it was still the captain who dug out the win with his 73rd-minute free-kick.

Just as the Tory strength in the air war is surprisingly lacking, Labour's advantage on the ground is proving greater than expected.

The younger ones are surprisingly lacking in evangelical zeal; they lounge on camping chairs, share hot chocolates, refer to the vigil as a "social gathering with friends", as they make up the numbers and say they don't agree with all the content in "these leaflets from America".

One thing that is surprisingly lacking on the software side of things is Siri.

In light of this large body of structural studies, details regarding the presence and the roles of structural dynamics and plasticity are surprisingly lacking.

Many small businesses are surprisingly lacking in digital marketing.

In fact, her remarks were surprisingly lacking in hyperbole, both in terms of what she said and the even-keeled, almost grandmotherly way in which she said it.

These species are probably among the best studied of urban vertebrate species both generally, and specifically in the Baltimore region, although detailed knowledge of their ecological interactions in these settings is surprisingly lacking.

H. butylicus is surprisingly lacking some enzymes of central metabolism.

29 In the majority of the Arab countries, however, there is a paucity of reliable physical activity data related to children and adolescents, and national physical activity surveillance is surprisingly lacking.

Recently, we have demonstrated that long-term chronic dosing of mice with all- trans retinoyl β-glucuronide (RAG) is surprisingly lacking in toxicity and systemic adverse side effects that are usually associated with long-term retinoid therapy (Sidell et al, 2000).