Owing to an______ lack of lower-income housing, the municipal government is embarrassed by the impressing housing issue.

A movie studio lobbying governments to introduce harsher penalties for the mass copying of pirated DVDs is an example of an organisation attempting to influence its _________.

Performance appraisal of an employee is assessed according to ______.

Sam __________ the gift of imagination from his family, but he lacked the driving power to take action.

________ can be used to show an uncertain tone of the speaker.

_______ and lack of exercise appear to play roles in causing diabetes.

Of course doing sports is an excellent way to keep______.

The purpose of writing an argumentative essay is to determine the degree of ______ of a conclusion.

Because it is a mass medium capable of being seen by nearly anyone, _____lacks the ability to deliver an advertisement to highly targeted customers compared to other media outlets.

________ is the delegation of decision-making power to segment managers of an organization.

The timing of appointments is very important to members of monochronic cultures. An American or Australian might allow a ______ delay for an appointment. However, people of Middle Eastern and Latin American cultures attach ______ urgency to appointments.

Symptoms of a disease are attributed to a / an ________ of the five elements.

211. Owing to old data of the survey the positions and the number of the beacon show on this chart are not to be ____.

______ Many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most of them lack confidence.

We thought the plants all died from lack of rain, and were delighted to see new______ appearing.

To our surprise，the stranger ______ to be an old friend of my mother’s．

Poor health and lack of money may both be ______to educational progress.

Lack of confidence is the biggest ________ to his success.

During the war there was a serious lack of food. It was not unusual that even the wealthy families had to______bread for days.

Poor health and lack of money may both be______to educational progress.

Poor health and lack of money may both be to educational progress____.

His poor performance amy be due to lack of motivation________ to reading difficulties.

He decided to take an _____ leave of absence to deal with his health issues.

She ________ each of the children to an ice-cream（）

A（an）_____（3 words）is an formal recognition of change from one stage of life to another