A certain lack of dramatic focus is built into the form.

With a certain lack of charity, Caroline made sure that he saw her.

I think people are ready for a certain lack of political correctness.

It tended to make for a certain lack of contact with one's fellow men.

Over and above all this, music has a certain lack of urbanity about it.

There seems to be a certain lack of cultural solidity today.

The book's five authors admit to a certain lack of knowledge about the issues.

A certain lack of social skills is only to be expected.

This demonstrates that there is a certain lack of reason in the debate.

On the other hand there was a certain "lack" of "law and order"!