Lacking clean air to deploy his reserve parachute, he was eventually forced to risk deploying it with the others still attached, and the reserve also entangled.

Lacking vocal cords, they produce sounds using six air sacs near their blow hole.

Lacking control of the air, the forces at Åndalsnes were withdrawn in early May 1940.

Lacking everything except unskilled volunteers, Mukti Bahini fought a conventional battle against an enemy enjoying superiority in number of trained men, firepower, and complete air superiority and played to the strength of Pakistanis.

Lacking cover, Doc, Johnson, and McMasters retreated.

Lacking reliable data for some of the variables, we are relying on experimental data of about 20 percent internal losses for 1/4-inch long, small ( 5 - 10 M ) diameter fibers.

Lacking access to a professional darkroom, their films and prints had to be developed in a makeshift darkroom set up each time ( and then dismantled again ) in the small bathroom of whatever apartment they were occupying.

Lacking opposable thumbs and not being especially strong, they proceed upwards in a series of slow hops, gripping onto the bark of trees with their small, sharp claws.

Lacking the support of infantry or heavy artillery, the mounted force was too small to capture this strong rearguard position, but the threat from the mounted advance was enough to force the enemy to evacuate the position.

Lacking any real style ( and appearing to be shot with a standard consumer-level DV-cam ), they were designed to " fill in the gaps " between the five films and featured a man who appeared to be tracking " The Driver ", finding " clues " usually scribbled, in pen, on small pieces of paper.

Lacking a darkroom, a photographer can make use of a changing bag, which is a small bag with sleeved arm holes specially designed to be completely light proof and used to prepare film prior to exposure or developing.

Lacking coherent organisation, small bands would advance, either following the original orders to reach the third ridge or new orders to reinforce the " firing line ", wherever that was.

Lacking the inclination for regular labour, the clan thrived by laying careful ambushes at night to rob and murder individuals or small groups.

Lacking a dedicated small SUV platform, the Blazer was based on their existing full size pickup which was a larger and more powerful vehicle, offering greater luxury, comfort and space.

Lacking a harbour, Cavendish was primarily a small farming community throughout the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.

Lacking military training, they armed themselves with small arms captured from the Germans.

Lacking in numbers, Eugene could not seriously disrupt Tallard's march ; nevertheless, the French Marshal's progress was proving pitifully slow.

Lacking the capital to do it themselves, Jack Webb offered to put up some of the money to build live-action stages in exchange for their use ( Webb used it to shoot much of the Dragnet TV series ).

Lacking a common language and before the invention of the Universal translator, he used mathematics alone to communicate his ideas for a faster-than-light drive system and its prototype, the WD-1.

Lacking any news channels, Hubbard instead used its in-house All News Channel, operated as a cooperative of Hubbard-owned stations.

Lacking military discipline, in what likely seemed to the participants a strange land ( Eastern Europe ), Peter's fledgling army quickly found itself in trouble despite the fact they were still in Christian territory.

Lacking enough water to put out the flames, buildings in the fire's path were dynamited to deny the fire fuel.

Lacking the ability to offer utilities as an inducement for developers to annex to Kildeer, other concessions were negotiated so as to expand the village limits.

Lacking proper equipment and instead only using multiple cameras Campbell and Curtis were unable to confirm stars ' deflection.

Lacking the influence of American pioneers such as Big Star and Raspberries, these bands were more directly inspired by 1960s beat music bands, particularly The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles.

Lacking transportation home, the couple were preparing to spend the night.

" Lacking for Keats were the central and indispensable qualities requisite for flexibility and openness to the world, or what he referred to as negative capability.

Lacking the amateur boxing experience common to most Western professional boxers, Khaosai's skills originally were limited, and he relied on toughness and his fearsome punching power to win.

Lacking room to maneuver by the surrounding woods, the French gendarmes were surrounded and systematically killed.

Lacking water, the Nabataeans were forced out of their camp for battle, but were defeated in this last battle.

Lacking prior record, sentencing guidelines at the time were 6 to 10 years ( average time served by a convicted rapist in Michigan is 5 years ), and this was reinforced by a " highly favorable " report that concluded William's personality seemed to " substantiate his explanation of what has occurred ", and that " this is not a man who would force himself sexually or hostilely on another individual ....

Lacking medicines, the troops were cruelly decimated.

Lacking specialist ships, it had to improvise a fleet train from whatever RN, RFA or merchant ships were available.

Lacking videotaped studio material, this also meant that it was the only story, to date ( excluding the TV movie ), to be shot entirely on film ( other stories in the original series intercut material from either source as required or, especially in the last four years when film was eschewed even on location, were entirely on tape ).

Lacking beds, the soldiers tried to sleep on insulation wool torn off pipes but were subjected to harassing fire every night in order to try and break their resistance.

Lacking proper documentation however, they were stopped upon landing, and returned to Florida the same day and rented a red Kia Rio from Avis Rent-A-Car agency.

Lacking a geographically central organizing feature ( such as a national capital ), the rails were laid in webs, linking towns and markets within regions, regions within larger regions, and so on.

Lacking a vocalist, they were strictly an instrumental band until the addition of singer Al Jackson in 1963 ; they began playing rock and roll songs and secured a residency at Solihull Civic Hall.

Lacking amphibious vehicles, they had to wade ashore from the edge of the reef where they were dropped by their landing craft.

Lacking immunity against common diseases of the Eurasian mainland, the large Jarawa habitats on the southeastern regions of South Andaman Island were likely depopulated by disease within four years ( 1789-1793 ) of the initial British colonial settlement in 1789.

Lacking the financial resources to pursue a university education, Calwell read very widely, acquired substantial skill in speaking to audiences, and became a clerk in the Victorian Public Service, in which he worked for the Department of Agriculture and the State Treasury.

Lacking the oratory skills of Duplessis, his main political competitor, Godbout is sometimes judged very severely.

Lacking scaling ladders, Procter finally realized that the attackers could do very little against the fort.