| The Glamorgan gentry patronized the boisterous village wakes, and even established new ones in communities which lacked them. |
| The results could be quite elegant, but sometimes lacked the feeling of abandon and adventure present in the music's greatest improvised solos. |
| Like the house that Jack built, it had accreted new bits and pieces and additions over the years and lacked overall coherence. |
| Its accidental properties, by contrast, are those that it just happens to have but might well have lacked. |
| That gave them a chance and all they lacked was the ability to dominate less experienced opponents. |
| His shot across the penalty area after good work by Neal Ardley lacked the power to trouble Paddy Kenny. |
