But potential Western partners insisted that the plant be insured, despite the near-total lack of coverage within Russia.

He finds that Charles, despite having a near-total lack of opportunities available to her, is actually quite intelligent.

He was convinced that he was possessed of genius, despite the near-total lack of hard evidence.

Fuentes seeks to create Laura and her loves by breath alone and a near-total lack of dust.

Still, it was the near-total lack of competition that drew the Federal Trade Commission's attention to the association's contract.

The near-total lack of obviously rehearsed zingers.

The dread derived from her shipmates' near-total lack of experience with wind boats.

The situation was eerily similar to what had happened with the older G200, with its near-total lack of credible OpenGL support.

His near-total lack of self-awareness is ridiculous and very funny.

A midengine design makes the new MR2 a great-handling roadster, but results in a near-total lack of storage.