1. The performance lacked sparkle.

2. The performance lacked verve.

3. We have lacked nothing.

4. It died, in large part, because it lacked constituent buy- in; it lacked stakeholder traction.

5. 24 This case lacked documentary proof.

6. 13 The flats lacked basic amenities.

7. The trainer version lacked armament.

8. Latin America lacked skilled labour.

9. The flats lacked basic amenities.

10. Her arguments lacked intellectual rigour.

11. He has lacked for nothing...

12. I lacked a sense of responsibility.

13. Eusebius also lacked artistic skill of presentation.

14. His expression lacked warmth or encouragement.

15. She lacked any inclination for housework.

16. The players lacked the killer instinct.

17. He lacked profundity and analytical precision.

18. He lacked the common instinct for survival.

19. I lacked the thoughts that precede speech.

20. Her performance was technically brilliant but lacked feeling.

21. Many of the fresh recruits lacked discipline.

22. The obscure charges against him lacked specification.

23. Worms from slugs generally lacked such papillae.

24. He apparently lacked the desire to learn.

25. Her performance was adequate but lacked originality.

26. It was a disappointing performance which lacked finesse.

27. She thought that her husband's family lacked polish.

28. She was tired, and lacked her usual spark.

29. They lacked both proof and means of verification.

30. They lacked the money to send him to university.

31. He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern.

32. Her heels gave her the height she otherwise lacked.

33. Its spectrum lacked any emission or absorption lines.

34. He lacked the requisite skills for the job.

35. Maybe you lacked confidence during your formative years.

36. The old-fashioned type of plastic lacked transparency.

37. Many workers lacked skills in language and computation.

38. Many of the houses lacked even basic amenities .

39. The governor has never lacked vision or Articulateness.

40. He lacked the moral fibre to be leader.

41. His music lacked that vital spark of imagination.

42. A good fighter, Toyne, but he lacked stamina.

43. Her performance has lacked Consistence over the last year.

44. The committee lacked a correct estimate of his ability.

45. 26 They lacked the money to send him to university.

46. The young teacher lacked assurance in front of his class.

47. He said he agreed but his voice lacked conviction.

48. They lacked the wherewithal to pay for the repairs.

49. However, it lacked the troops on equipment and fuel.

50. And yet they lacked the most rudimentary academic habits.

51. Cells of the amoeboid stage lacked the methanogenic endosymbionts.

52. 1 It was a disappointing performance which lacked finesse.

53. 8 He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern.

54. The girl lacked Assiduity so she rarely finished her classroom assignments

55. And what if you lacked the capacity to delude yourself?

56. The clergy had a financial independence which the laity lacked.

57. Until 2000, the Russian Far East lacked officially defined boundaries.

58. He lacked the flamboyance of other members of the band.

59. We lacked nothing, even though we were far from home.

60. Their latest performance of My Fair Lady really lacked sparkle.

61. The newcomers lacked immunity against local strains of the disease.

62. Almost every business sector lacked specialist and well-qualified staff.

63. The most precious lacked the no less vital requirement of uniformity.

64. Before the Codification, accounting standards lacked a consistent and logical structure.

65. As the only child of wealthy parents, he lacked for nothing.

66. Onyx notably lacked inclination for housework, not to mention motherly instinct.

67. We faithfully paid our tithing every month and never lacked anything.

68. What Jay lacked in experience, he made up for in enthusiasm.

69. The teeth were small and peg-like, and lacked any serrations.

70. These mutants lacked a vital protein which gives them immunity to the disease.

71. Orion was a gentle, Accommodating soul, but he lacked force and independence

72. He suggested that it was because she "lacked sex appeal on stage. ...

73. The XB-24B version also lacked the engine slots of the original.

74. They felt that he lacked sufficient poise and confidence for the job.

75. Liu Jingsu therefore started his uprising, but his forces lacked good generals.

76. After the crash, I lacked a strong parental figure to confide in.

77. They lacked simple things, like barbed wire and bags for sand bags.

78. He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman.

79. They lacked the scientific personnel to develop the technical apparatus much further.

80. It lacked that toleration and regard without which the home is nothing.