Lin had no experience as a restaurateur, and the chef proved to be lacking in talent.
The case became controversial after several eye-witnesses changed their testimonies and evidence against Davis appeared to be lacking.
But serious moves to tackle the mountain of bad loans in the banking system are thought to be lacking.
One big hurdle is that the will to reform may be lacking, especially if the world economy continues to recover.
Education in the more technical areas is said to be lacking in the USA. SparkFun wants to do its part to change that.
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For some, public support is vital to boost confidence, but that appears to be lacking as opposition to any conflict becomes more evident.
Economics has traditionally assumed that your preferences do not depend on government action, but a bit of thought finds this assumption to be lacking.
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And should she get a wildcard for next year's event and find herself drawn against champion Venus Williams, Robson will not be lacking in confidence.
Use the combinatory technique to figure out what could make for a strong counterpart to ingredients seeming to be lacking that certain je ne sais quoi.
As for the badly-needed reserve for Afghanistan, even if sufficient British infantrymen could be found (maybe from Northern Ireland), helicopters, intelligence experts, engineers and logisticians would still be lacking.
Each PlayBook will ship with a couple of games from EA to appeal to consumers, but other options in App World seem to be lacking, especially compared to competitors.
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In Macau they also immersed themselves in Chinese language and culture, so that influences were traded, not merely imposed, and a tolerance established that would be lacking in later colonial encounters.
If it isn't there - and theirs is one union concerned that the capacity to do something about struggling schools may well be lacking - then the whole rationale of banding is flawed.
Also, backup and disaster-recovery provisions can be lacking.
In fact, this process is comparable to the use of fertilizers in agriculture, i.e. adding nutrients that are found to be lacking in the local environment to stimulate plant growth, in this case phytoplanckton that form the base of the marine food-chain.
While TrustedReviews found the sound quality decent and some other features, including wireless reception, to be good, the reviewer also found the WACS700 to be lacking in a number of key features, including support for DRM'd files, slow ripping (as long as 20 minutes per CD), and the size of the hard drive (40GB is kind of skimpy).
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Also stop trying to be Hollywood lacking the worldwide audiences customers and price infrastructure to support it .
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However, Labour's Mr Balls told the Andrew Marr Show that the chancellor's "judgement has been proved to be woefully lacking".
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G7 may have made some mistakes in the 1980s, but there was a political will to deal with economic problems that seems to be completely lacking at present.
This is a drawback you'll find across the Graph Search -- if friends aren't tagging their hobbies, restaurants and really fleshing out their Facebook profiles, you'll find your results will be fairly lacking.
To be found obscene, and therefore not protected by the First Amendment, a work must appeal to prurient interests according to community standards, depict sexual activity in an offensive way, and be wholly lacking in scientific, artistic, political or literary value.
Mr Bush is said to be too extreme, and lacking the intellectual capacity to be president.
Plenty of committed tackles followed and neither side could be accused of lacking effort, but Manchester City's equaliser was as shambolic as Cousin's opener.
"It occurred to me that something that seems to be kind of lacking in so-called indie rock these days is an element of sex and danger, " Everett says.
While many financial aid award letters provide this information, some can be confusing, lacking clear distinctions between grants and loans, as well information about post-graduate outcomes associated with the institution.
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