The current American initiative sounds reasonable, but it is essentially unrealistic.

Of course, it may be that humanity has always been short on critical thinking.

They are grievously short of funds.

It's missing features. It's too slow.

They lack novelty.

And, once again, these new urban developments have few of the networks that would make them a habitat.

In any event, China s power may be vast and rapidly growing, but it lacks the ability to compel.

At the end of a conflict, the labour force usually lacks education and skills. Skilled labourers may have died, left or become disabled.

This is a problem that is currently lacking a solution.

The occasion seems a little lacking in enthusiasm, Henry.

Why does this girl lack discretion?

Seems to lack nothing.

Of course, dogs are a pretty poor judge of human beauty.

What China lacked was not demand for consumption goods, but a supply of high quality financial assets.

They lack organization and strategy.

They also lack a vibrant civil society.

It also lacks any pigmentation in its skin.

The police however lacked basic equipment.

I notice in you an unpleasant tendency toward abrupt transitions.

India is not about to become a second China it lacks both the means and the ambition.

First, it lacks content it is unclear what any eventual Bretton Woods II discussions will be about.

Similarly, in World War II, Japan feared for the stability of its foreign supplies of oil and other natural resources. Will similar tensions arise between resource challenged China (where even water scarcity is a problem) and the West?

Access to justice for women is lacking.

At present, the Organization does not have these funds.

Some states lacked the resources to pay.

This practice is also unwise.

I believe that such views lack historical perspective.

The state of Palestine would lack legitimacy among Palestinians themselves.

It lacks support at home and respect abroad.

Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Unfortunately, the process lacks the necessary transparency and credibility.

Municipalities are lacking qualified solid waste managers.

Bosnia and Herzegovina still lacked a coherent agricultural policy.

The border units are not well equipped or resourced, however.

Moreover, the measures as whole usually lack visibility.

Perhaps the Government lacked the capacity to do so.

Fortunately, there is no lack of ideas in the United Nations system.

There is also a noticeable absence of livestock in the countryside.

But many developing countries lack such resources.

And, you know, that's a personal relationship to expression that is lacking in the technological sphere.

You're no fun. You don't have positive emotion. Get lost.

Four Member States indicated that they may lack the necessary legislation, and seven have not provided any information on this point.

However, within the mining sector, word appears to have spread that the Government lacks the capacity, and UNMIL lacks the mandate, to enforce such a policy.

The faipule noted that Tokelau had reached a certain degree of self government, but that it lacked a formally constituted government structure.