lack of availability
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noun[U]
uk/əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the fact that something can be bought, used, or reached, or how much it ...
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Lackofavailabilityappears to be a main deterrent for further demand.
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Limited product range, high price premiums andlackofavailabilityof organic foods in conventional supermarkets are also thought to be important factors limiting demand9,12.
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Factors that deterred consumers' decisions to buy organic were the high price of organic foods, lack of income, thelackofavailabilityof organic foods, inconvenience and high search cost.
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The most common reasons given were:lackofavailability(25.3%), price (21.5%), not aware or not certain if item is pasture-raised (17.3%) and lack of interest (13.5%).
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The gap in our knowledge on this topic in early childhood stems, in part, from thelackofavailabilityof appropriate measures of victimization for young children.
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The negative impact was not only due to the ill parent'slackofavailability, but also to the other parent, who was increasingly focused on taking care of their spouse.
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Minault may have legitimate reasons for not including these histories - reasons that, for example, have to do with thelackofavailabilityof primary research material.
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The concentration on litigation and thelackofavailabilityof wider services are the two factors which justify the changes.
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There will be alackofavailabilityof land, and builders will have difficulties in acquiring land.
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There is alackofavailabilityof more unskilled work since high minimum wages make that kind of work unprofitable for companies.
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No other industry suffers from thelackofavailabilityof capital as severely as agriculture.
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Many small firms complain about thelackofavailabilityof finance, especially for development.
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Furthermore, there is alackofavailabilityof spare parts.
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In magistrates courts, they are often due to the distances between courts following closures or thelackofavailabilityof solicitors in criminal practice.
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Are not many of the imports at the moment coming in because oflackofavailabilityin this country?
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Thelackofavailabilityof alternative sites can be a consideration when appeals against enforcement notices are determined.
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I was referring to thelackofavailabilityof finance and to high interest rates.
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What matters is that individual citizens should realise thatlackofavailabilityand financial disadvantage are no longer excuses.
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The situation is aggravated by the growing problem of thelackofavailabilityof suitable labour during the excavating season.
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