sheer lack

collocation in English

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sheer
adjective
uk
/ʃɪər/us
/ʃɪr/
used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; ...
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(Definition ofsheerandlack-offrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsheer lack

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The chief criticism of contemporary sociology is itssheerlackof reflexive thought in this area.
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Factors included very high food and transport costs, high rents for lodgers, and thesheerlackof both rental accommodation and houses or stands to buy in the cities.
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Whether because of a lack of methodological ability or because of asheerlackof data, this sort of project was just too daunting to carry out.
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Often they are caused by negligence, indolence or asheerlackof consideration on the part of employers, workers and others.
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That was because ofsheerlackof foresight and management.
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Or is it asheerlackof knowledge of prudent self-care?
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However, we have heard that, when services are refocused,sheerlackof resources, skill and flexibility often leaves worrying gaps through which children might fall.
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Problems are exacerbated by thesheerlackof awareness and ignorance of the highway code.
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I believe that the mass media of communication, throughsheerlackof something to write about, tend to build up something where nothing really exists.
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His limitation is not his intention but hissheerlackof understanding.
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The committee recognised, however, that a whole range of attitudes and policies andsheerlackof information stand in the way.
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More staff resources are needed: although money is a constraint, thesheerlackof staff is also an issue.
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Next, there can be asheerlackof businesslike attitude in local government departments.
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Most considered opinion is that the man should go—not for dishonesty, but forsheerlackof judgment.
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Does not the responsibility lie with the leading democracies, for theirsheerlackof resolve in dealing with criminal aggression?
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That was due tosheerlackof staff.
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Rural unemployment orsheerlackof growth is as much a problem in many rural areas as in congested urban areas.
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It will be because ofsheerlackof common sense in the conduct of our affairs.
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First, there is asheerlackof adequate property—houses or flats—to rent.
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It issheerlackof finance that has caused the condition.
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