severe lack

collocation in English

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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Where we have aseverelackof knowledge, however, is on the proximal processes involved in these person-environment correlations.
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The test forseverelackof perceived social support was significant in one subgroup only, female non-cases (p=0.04).
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However, tests for interaction betweenseverelackof social support by both baseline mental status and by gender were clearly not statistically significant.
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Subjects were divided into those with no lack of support, a moderate lack and aseverelack.
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But there is still aseverelackof tools which could allow a full assimilation of the sound object.
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Therefore, there has been aseverelackof provision of resources in terms of both capital programmes and manpower.
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There is aseverelackof available accommodation into which young homeless people may be moved, and that most especially affects young asylum seekers.
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Theseverelackof resources in the past meant poor housing conditions as well as failures in delivery by many local authorities.
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It is aseverelackof judgment that he did not.
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The rather striking thing is the reallyseverelackof interest on the part of the general public at large.
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The report also starts from another premise: that at the same time there is in fact a veryseverelackof access to painkillers.
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Aseverelackof resources in the past led to poor condition housing.
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Let us assume that local management makes a mistake and does something which shows aseverelackof taste.
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We face also aseverelackof transparency in the accounts and open government.
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Either that is the case or there is aseverelackof intelligence—that point must be underscored.
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It is aggravated by theseverelackof opportunities in the service sector generally, and specifically in office employment.
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Does that take into account theseverelackof rateable value that will be suffered by the derating of outside plant and machinery?
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There is aseverelackof sponsorship from the private sector.
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There is aseverelackof effective medicines in developing countries.
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Fourthly, there is aseverelackof funding for research aimed at fostering economic development.
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