Object

• confidence: Many lacked confidence in the strength of their case.

• capacity: In cases of doubt, healthcare professionals should make every effort to decide whether the patient lacks capacity.

Converse of object

• perceive: Finally, the table points to a perceived lack of opportunities for women.

• bemoan: The club currently lie in 15th place, but manager and director Jeff King has bemoaned the lack of support the club has received.

• cite: Some cite lack the bill's passage this type of.

Converse of subject

• hamper: To date, the resolution of this problem has been hampered by a lack of reliable experimental data at a large scale.

• frustrate: NPAs are frustrated by the lack of legislation to enable them to secure proper management of the commons.

• hinder: Its practical application, however, is hindered by the lack of information on the complex relationship between the building and its urban environment.

Adjective modifier

• apparent: There is an apparent lack of genuine leadership on Climate Change.

• distinct: There is a distinct lack of traffic lights at the dozens of city center crossroads.

• relative: The relative lack of expertise on the other side may appear to present you with an advantage.

• seeming: Fourthly we have seeming lack of compassion for the suffering.

Modifies a noun

• luster: Now I wonder why weren't the lack luster Tories queuing up to talk about that to every available newspaper and TV Company?

• credibility: I did not find that persons post to lack credibility.

Preposition: of

• clarity: Again, lack of political clarity was the major handicap.

• confidence: Our greatest enemy will be our own lack of faith in ourselves, our own lack of confidence.

• understanding: A lack of understanding about the scope of the ' justification ' defense in DDA cases.

• awareness: For example, women who are deaf face a lack of awareness by health staff of how to communicate with them.

• knowledge: There is, however, a lack of knowledge of mountain ecosystems.

• sleep: Over time I did improve - lack of sleep probably helped too.