This estimate has however been criticized as exaggerated, lacking a proper scientific base.

They lack a national base and have little backing among the masters of force.

This party, like others before it, lacked a popular base.

Lacking a significant social base, this new leadership was quickly crushed.

Nor was it only that Bush lacked a loyal base of support.

Political scientists said the party lacked a more coherent organizational base if it was to survive.

Most lack an industrial base, and have little advanced technology as a result.

Also, they lack a sufficient base, or accumulation of mileage to draw upon as a foundation.

However the hypothesis is not accepted in the scholarship as it lacks a solid base.

If the economy lacks trust and an ethical and moral base, it cannot be developed.