At best, that shows certain lacunae of knowledge. From Wordnik.com. ["Never glad confident morning again"] Reference
"There is some kind of lacunae which needs to be worked out," she added. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
Stock found the same lacunae in eight cases of myopia. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
The administration drives wars through smaller lacunae. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Absolutely, Positively, And Completely Rules Out Permanent Bases In Iraq] Reference
Such lacunae may be occurring through an absence of will. From Wordnik.com. [Why is this man not prosecuted here?] Reference
Every morning, I pay for the lacunae of the night before. From Wordnik.com. [Disbelief] Reference
Simon both advised me about lacunae of Middle East Studies. From Wordnik.com. [About This Edition] Reference
But Spain, and the lacunae and skips and hops in the story have me all confused. From Wordnik.com. [Random Bullets « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
You might want to reconsider your, "... but Verdi's precursor has its share of lacunae.". From Wordnik.com. [Pretty Woman] Reference
As for the reviewer's lacunae in ancient Greek history, one could not enumerate them all. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle for Macedonia] Reference
The ensemble has noticeable lacunae — alto flute but no flute, trombone but no trumpet. From Wordnik.com. [Magna Carter (3): The stuff that dreams are made of] Reference
Now, even the lacunae are eloquent — plausible verbal models are quite easy to formulate. From Wordnik.com. [/ubu Editions, Third Series: 12 New Titles : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
We have followed the most recent critics in filling up the numerous lacunae in this chapter. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
P.S. You might want to reconsider your, "... but Verdi's precursor has its share of lacunae.". From Wordnik.com. [Pretty Woman] Reference
The discovery of this tablet, while supplying the lacunae in Prism B, has made this part useless. From Wordnik.com. [Assyrian Historiography] Reference
Listening to myself, it became increasingly clear to me that there were many lacunae in that story. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Wind]
Our instinctive disposition to infer deplorable lacunae in the region of morals from the possession of. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
About a fourth, comprehending with lacunae the first portion of the dialogue, is preserved in several MSS. From Wordnik.com. [Timaeus] Reference
My first drafts are chaotic, jumbled, lumpy, with weak denouements, and infodumps alternating with lacunae. From Wordnik.com. [GUIDOLON and AGOH stint!] Reference
"We will look at whether there is a lacunae in the system or if this was an individual case," Mr. Bhave said. From Wordnik.com. [India Regulator: Examining if Front-Running Exists] Reference
They intersect with and supplement the storylines of the main books, filling some of the larger lacunae there. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Diana Gabaldon pt. 2] Reference
Assuredly: but may we not now, Stranger, prescribe these studies as necessary, and so fill up the lacunae of our laws?. From Wordnik.com. [Laws] Reference
David Schwartz gives a deadpan yet affecting account of a poor fellow with a lacunae-ridden memory in "The Lethe Man.". From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Anybody who listens to the everyday lacunae, repetitions, and stutterings of speech knows: Almost nobody speaks in prose. From Wordnik.com. [Nowhere’s Vernacular : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
The conceit, the almost childish concentration on self, the lacunae in a mind which obviously held no respect for the Law. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
We learn from Ch ` ao Kung-wu that Wang Hsi revised the ancient text of Sun Tzu, filling up lacunae and correcting mistakes. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of War] Reference
Adjoining lacunae are supposed to fuse to form larger cavernae and these finally merge and constitute the final glaucoma cup. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
Dialog is as close as possible to actual words spoken, but please allow for human error and unintentional lacunae and/or elision. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Conference Call 3/25/08 - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
Because of the clandestine nature of crypto-Judaism, it is characterized by additions (such as debaptizing) as well as by lacunae. From Wordnik.com. [Conversas.] Reference
The more one concentrates upon this author, the more apparent these faults become and the more one regrets the lacunae in the text. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
Aside from these lacunae, the admiration for this opponent revolved around his formidable memory, demonstrated by the play of chess. From Wordnik.com. [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference
The two intertwine to make a vivid, flawed, revealing book whose botches and lacunae are as interesting as its flights of brilliance. From Wordnik.com. [Now, Voyager] Reference
The most serious, as also one of the earliest, examples of lacunae in strategic planning had followed immediately on the collapse of France. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarossa]
Thus whole tribes of scholars battled for and jealously guarded their access to Wun, who could interpret or explain lacunae in the Martian text. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
By stretching the urethra, we render its sides sufficiently tense for facilitating the passage of the instrument, and the orifices of the lacunae become closed. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
I willingly admit that my knowledge is riddled with lacunae, and I read your very knowledgeable post with interest, but your own answers are so one-sided, so absolute. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The text we possess -- marred, however, by several considerable lacunae -- is now generally allowed to be that of the piece as played at the later date, when it won the prize. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
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