Because the structure lacks a fire escape or alley, the upper floors can no longer be occupied.

Its structure is granular, weak, not very rocky and lacking in organic material.

According to experts, the structure, which was built using bricks, lacks a stone foundation.

But the ramshackle four-story structure lacks some features considered common even before the Renaissance.

The structure of the nest lacks density and is transparent.

There has long been a "community" of precision engineers within the United States but a formal structure and common focus for the activities was lacking.

The language and the paintings are vague; the structure itself lacks satisfactory finish.

The outerlip has an even structure, lacking teeth, and is smooth on the inside.

Many readers feel that though the structure lacks symmetry, it coheres in a profound and moving way.

Yet despite the flow of movement from one form to the next, the structure of the painting lacks profundity.