lack of control
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandcontrol
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noun
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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One of the most forceful and powerful means of combating disorder andlackofcontrolis language.
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A final significant limitation affecting some investigations has been thelackofcontrolfor the co-morbidity between depression and medical illness.
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Concerns that introduction of telemedicine might lead to disruption of established referral patterns, linked to a possiblelackofcontrolof healthcare services.
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The respondents expressed concerns regarding the publication of my research and theirlackofcontrolover this process.
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Due to thelackofcontrolwithin the administration, they were not obliged to systematically report transactions to their supervisor.
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Thus, thelackofcontrolassociated with religious virtue fails to subvert it as doeslackofcontrolin the case of moral virtue.
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Another limitation of the study is thelackofcontrolof intellectual ability or intelligence, which, unfortunately, was not measured.
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Perhaps the medical system is only partly responsible for the patient'slackofcontrol.
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This ability to modulate the tension field was the mechanism for both control andlackofcontrolof the surface topography and section.
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Dependency and feelings oflackofcontrolare not unique to residential care.
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Some composers will reject suchlackofcontrolover the reception of their product (we shall return to this); others will celebrate its potential.
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The decerebrate animal was both an ideal generator of emotions and the emblem of the experimenter'slackofcontrolover an object of knowledge.
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According to the latter, however, this immunity is compatible with humanlackofcontrolbecause it is achieved through divine control.
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A factor describing "lackofcontrol," characterized by poorly regulated expression of impulses, low persistence, and negative response to challenge, was derived.
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Second, there was alackofcontrolover the input data, combined with a lack of access to the company servers storing those data.
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The results for past tense forms also showlackofcontrolof tense marking.
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What was evident in some cases was thelackofcontrolover the electorate, and whatever control there was, this was not always unconditional.
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This may be an underestimate, because oflackofcontrolfor haemodilution, as discussed above.
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Thelackofcontrolover the ghetto by the authorities elicited much concern at the planning conference.
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There appears nolackofcontrol, no sense of disintegration.
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