lack of opportunity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandopportunity
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opportunity
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈtʃuː.nə.ti/us/ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t̬i/
an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of ...
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(Definition oflack-ofandopportunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It includes positive and negative items describing the perception of the future in terms of success, darkness,lackofopportunityand faith.
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It is here thatlackofopportunityto consolidate and develop new learning in the classroom may gradually erode the impact of a university course.
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They are there at the frontier because oflackofopportunity.
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Many of the sample said they had delayed first intercourse because of such things aslackofopportunityand fear of pregnancy or venereal disease.
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The absence of syntax and morphosyntax may therefore be said to be down to tradition, rather thanlackofopportunity.
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It is interesting to note, however, that impairment that could be attributed tolackofopportunityor other environmental constraints does not count in making this rating.
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In addition, alackofopportunityto utilise more complex techniques, and thus higher-order skills, may lead to therapists feeling they are getting left behind professionally, possibly losing their marketability.
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Nor did anyone implicitly or explicitly refer to boredom, task monotony,lackofopportunityto use his\\her creativity, or the menace of an unsafe work environment.
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Furthermore, thelackofopportunityfor local product processing is one great weakness of these economies.
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I am thinking of the majority of youngsters who never become juvenile delinquents, but who suffer from frustration andlackofopportunityin these respects.
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It justified this by reference to an allegedlackofopportunityfor implementation in the countries concerned.
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That is certainly not due to any lack of motivation or ability—it is due tolackofopportunity.
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First, schools in my constituency continually complain about thelackofopportunityfor long-term planning because of the late settlement of the budget each year.
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I am convinced that it is merelylackofopportunitythat keeps voters from taking an interest.
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We have to build up adequate technology to ensure that the future shall not be an era of barren waste andlackofopportunity.
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There has been a greatlackofopportunityfor the blind to exercise whatever faculties they may possess.
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Lackofopportunitywill turn young people away from their homes and community vitality will be hit.
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The first thing to which we should give attention is thelackofopportunity.
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Butlackofopportunitydoes not always stimulate appetite—certainly not in the realm of art.
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I regard the low level of the previous year's equity issues as having nothing to do with lack of capacity but merelylackofopportunity.
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