You can tell which girls lack mothers by the look of their hair.

Perhaps that's all I'm lacking by way of becoming a great painter.

It was a new experience, being found lacking by a woman.

Making them calls for a competence and democratic legitimacy that Federal courts lack by design.

But these works lacked the originality, energy, color and excitement of those by his father.

A reserve is located right next to the station, but lacks interest by local residents.

It lacked by a few moments of the hour set for the barrage.

Still others may lack any formal leaders, either in principle or by local necessity.

Proper investigations of police officials still remains lacking by western standards.

What the items lack by way of quantity, they more than make up for in quality.