The lack of interest might be a classic example of the chicken-or-egg syndrome. |
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The aforementioned findings suggest that immune activators produced anhedonia, or lack of interest in pleasurable stimuli. |
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As I chewed my food, I shook my head and pretended to be appalled by his lack of interest. |
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I regret that in our own country there has been a lamentable lack of interest in our common European inheritance. |
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I was never any good at anything in this department, though not for lack of interest or want of trying. |
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This type of attack brings politics into disrepute and goes some way to accounting for the lack of interest in local elections. |
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President Reagan's lack of interest in the details might be fine fun for the coveys of arms control quails. |
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An unusually stringed instrument, the sarangi is being forced into oblivion because of lack of interest. |
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We must hope that when we all come to look back, after a decent interval, we shall not regret our lack of interest. |
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This is what happens when you combine profligate spending with a complete lack of interest in balancing your checkbook. |
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In fact, lack of interest led some of the audience to decamp during the break. |
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I don't know if it was for lack of interest or lack of confidence in the current system, but the youth voter turnout was only marginally higher. |
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Financial services in Bulgaria are still branded by formalism, bureaucracy and lack of interest, analysts said. |
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I suspect this was due to a horrible hangover and my lack of interest in small talk. |
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There is, however, no lack of interest in self-advancement and the utilitarian. |
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Over the next couple of weeks, her daughter's lack of interest in nursing turned into outright refusal. |
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The boy's lack of interest in his father's hobby visibly disappoints the man. |
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The filmmakers are relatively open about their lack of interest in the problem. |
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Despite the apparent lack of interest, it seemed to be a rollercoaster of some substance. |
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What is most disappointing is the lack of interest in this matter from the somnolent Australian electorate. |
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He said he was frustrated by people's indifference and lack of interest in the work of the town council. |
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This year's campaign will follow the dismal showing of 2004 where the event didn't even get off the ground because of a lack of interest. |
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I have seen a number of women on the side and always justified it by my wife's lack of interest. |
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This should not be construed as a lack of interest in this offer of funding. |
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So our nation, through shiftlessness and lack of interest, is losing the war on cancer. |
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To be fair, much of that is probably due to the general lack of interest in Howard's drab party. |
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Despite his lack of interest in street art, he's not confined to the canvas. |
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It's a wonder any books get published at all, what with the lack of interest that publishing companies show in getting them out into the world. |
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Bart tires of Homer's lack of interest in him and chooses another father from the Bigger Brother program. |
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Additionally, the respondents perceived lack of personal resources and lack of interest among perioperative nurses to be possible barriers. |
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After a couple of years we closed down because of lack of interest by adults in the village. |
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Chattering about tabloid trivia or television celebrity shows, he can barely conceal his lack of interest. |
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It looks set to outlast the previous such establishment which folded a couple of years ago, apparently due to lack of interest. |
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However, I do not want my brevity to be taken as any indication of a lack of interest in what is happening in Sierra Leone. |
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What makes the new policy's promulgation politically possible is the lack of interest most Americans evince in foreign affairs, save matters of war and peace. |
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There is no succession planning as fleets are not viable and there is a lack of interest from the younger generation to become fish harvesters. |
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Seek to understand the lack of interest of international organizations and reawaken their interest and commitment. |
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They may misinterpret it as a lack of interest in certain activities or a desire to be alone. |
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This partly explains their comparative lack of interest in training which lays emphasis on the tools rather than their subject area. |
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As mentioned above, the few responses to the questionnaires from users of the product concerned revealed a lack of interest in the proceeding. |
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I was struck by the lack of interest in looking at the issues underlying poverty. |
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This means that there is a lack of interest in politics, in representation in Parliament and in political parties. |
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On the other hand, if the body is away from the group, pressed against the chair back, it can indicate a lack of interest in the conversation. |
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Nevertheless, there is now a comparative lack of interest in our profession by the engineering schools and universities. |
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Additional factors identified included lack of interest in mining and concerns about the impact of mining development in a region. |
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The Committee expressed concern at high drop-out rates due to such causes as lack of interest in school and poverty. |
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This unity does not imply a lack of interest in the world but rather a service to the world. |
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It might seem like a minor point, but to me it demonstrates a lack of interest on the part of IC on the specifics. |
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The tedium sets in for two reasons, repetition and lack of interest. |
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Sharon did wonder early on about John's uncharacteristic lack of interest in learning new computer systems in his work as an engineer. |
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On the other hand, however, if we look for the cause of this lack of interest, we find them in the proposals of the Coelho report itself. |
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The lack of interest and action and the resulting lack of will to act do not reduce our duty to act. |
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This outlook for this strategy is also questionable given the manifest lack of interest on the part of market operators in purchasing the yard. |
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The variation in findings pertaining to partner lack of interest for the research area is difficult to interpret. |
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The next most frequently mentioned constraints were lack of information, followed by lack of political will or support and lack of interest. |
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This low number of responses seems to reveal a lack of interest for this subject in spite of the quality of the responses collected. |
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What we also have is a lack of interest and engagement in formal politics. |
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We used to be able to make the budget on half a year's worth, but now the lack of interest seems to be the trend for baseball in Canada and I hope that it bottoms out soon. |
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At this point in his life, Denton has enough filthy lucre in his bank account to affect a certain lack of interest in the stuff. |
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The event was almost abandoned because of the lack of interest. |
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Nothing can prepare you for the passion, atmosphere, humour, hatred and complete lack of interest in the quality of football that the majority of fans display. |
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Working with animals is remarkably effective with students who have attentional difficulties, disruptive behaviors, or a general lack of interest in reading. |
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Although certain businesses have donated paint, wood offcuts and other items over the year, he said it was disheartening to see the lack of interest by the public. |
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Early attempts by mogul Ted Turner to colorize classic films went almost nowhere, thanks to a lack of interest from consumers and underwhelming results. |
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There's a lack of interest in American religion. |
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However the resources to acquire the transport that would be required have always been lacking, mainly because of the government's lack of interest when it comes to national defence. |
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Still, the lack of interest puzzles preservationists. |
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That lack of interest in the business aspects of country squiredom became fatal. |
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This does not reflect lack of interest in a better environment. |
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In fact it is sometimes disdained and neglected because of the lack of interest shown by politicians, at certain levels, in scientific knowledge and above all culture. |
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We in the SDP had serious disagreements with her over a broad range of issues from the NHS, apartheid, the poll tax and her lack of interest in alleviating, let alone eradicating, poverty at home and overseas. |
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Lowry joked about retiring from the art world, citing his lack of interest in the changing landscape. |
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The letter scheduling your examination interview informed you that failure to appear for this interview could be perceived as lack of interest in permanent residence and your application could be refused. |
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There are a number of programmes aimed at keeping students in school and dissuading them from dropping out due to such factors as poverty and lack of interest. |
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In the case of asset-building and financial literacy, a key example is the lack of interest of banks and other financial institutions in providing services to low-income populations. |
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For practical reasons, it had not always been able to participate fully in inter-committee work, but that in no way reflected a lack of interest or will to do so. |
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Mr. Speaker, in February I asked a question in this House concerning the federal government's lack of interest in the recent job losses in Canada's automotive industry. |
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There is a gulf between parliamentarians and their constituencies deriving from poor communications arrangements and or lack of interest on both sides. |
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From informal soundings, it would nevertheless appear that this does not reflect any lack of interest in the International Criminal Court or in the Review Conference. |
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Although virtual resource centres are provided for teachers, they are often not used because of lack of accessibility, lack of skills or lack of interest. |
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Jesus' teaching on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount displays a distinct lack of interest in the external aspects of prayer. |
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Austria, Finland and Ireland chose not to participate, because of lack of interest or concerns about the expense of the project. |
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Furthermore, a lack of interest from other major states promoted regionalism in the region. |
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Despite the lack of interest of his fellow scientists, he did conduct several experiments on the antibiotic substance he discovered. |
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The pattern has developed from local needs, handicapped by lack of interest, lack of knowledge, lack of funds, and lack of unity of understanding between the authorities whose areas adjoin. |
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But in the case of black women, another study found no lack of interest. |
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This may be indicative of the lack of experience with providing funding mechanisms for people with disabilities, but also a lack of interest in the topic. |
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This practice clearly shows a lack of interest in the victim. |
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Today's young people continue to place a high value on family and work, and do not reject the political system in which they live, nor do they demonstrate a massive lack of interest in politics. |
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Parental neglect also contributed to such personal and social problems as truancy, lack of interest in schooling, mental and emotional difficulties, and crime. |
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The most popular reasons for the unlikelihood of Canadians visiting CCR within the next few years were lack of interest and the perception that it was too expensive. |
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It seems that in only a few exceptional cases is this lack of interest replaced by an intelligent use of film sound, thus providing new dramaturgical possibilities. |
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In some cases, the evidence shows an obvious lack of interest in minority French-language issues outside Quebec by Francophone majority-language reviewers. |
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This could clearly be interpreted as a lack of political will on the part of the major Powers but not as a lack of interest by the international community as a whole on this vital issue. |
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Yet their lack of interest and involvement and sometimes even their distaste for all things political requires us to take specific action to tackle their problems. |
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Negative experience in education has resulted in apathy and lack of interest in education, therefore education is not promoted nor valued by family members who have been negatively impacted by education. |
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Finally, the complexities of these diseases and a lack of interest by some patients in being involved in their own care made it difficult to adopt the integrated care pathways. |
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The latter is license proof of the failure of political models and the lack of interest by the masses, which explains the high rates of people who refrain from voting during elections. |
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The lack of interest in vocational education meant that some governments, like his own, were obliged to import technical workers from abroad and support higher rates of unemployment at home. |
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Two types of situation were characterised by such lack of interest. |
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The product, known as DJ Spuddles, was first launched four years ago by Peter Johnson's Park Group but failed due to a lack of interest from supermarkets. |
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Pitt's lack of interest in enlarging his social circle meant that it did not grow to encompass any women outside his own family, a fact that produced a good deal of rumour. |
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He began by outlining his proposed reforms in pamphlets, professional journal articles, and legislative testimony, but met with a discouraging lack of interest. |
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A total of 97 of its 154 members of staff were laid off after its principal trading arm, Baris Facades and Linings, had to be closed because of lack of interest in a takeover. |
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He also declared his growing lack of interest in the Rolling Stones. |
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The children displayed an utter lack of interest in the performance. |
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