Lacking any mineral resources, being far from any navigable watercourses and being in close proximity to other larger centres such as Aalst, Dendermonde and Brussels, Asse never developed into an important commercial, political or industrial centre but remained a locally important market town.

Lacking the resources to continue the struggle, James then became reconciled to his brother Peter, and in 1311 the former was succeeded by his son Sanç I, or Sancho I, who founded the cathedral of Perpignan shortly before his death in 1324.

Lacking both capital and resources for the new, truly modern products it needed to offer, the company turned to Renault for a $ 90 million loan ( US $ in dollars ).

Lacking the financial resources and contract talent they once controlled, the studies now relied on independent producers supplying some portion of the budget in exchange for distribution rights.

Lacking resources, Yoshiteru nevertheless saw opportunities to assign his kanji " 輝 " on various samurai like Mōri Terumoto to become something close to a godfather.

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 resources of cultural significance such as greenstone and plentiful timber, they found outlets for their ritual needs in the carving of dendroglyphs ( incisions into tree trunks, called rakau momori ).

Lacking the resources to market his crops independently, the sharecropper was sometimes compensated in scrip redeemable only at the plantation.

Lacking the computer resources of its larger competitors, Texas International was overtaken by American's introduction of AAdvantage in May, 1981.

Lacking the experience and resources to design a tank, the Argentine Ministry of Defense contracted German company Thyssen-Henschel.

Lacking valuable resources, they can only offer food and shelter in payment.

Lacking the financial resources for a full redesign ( partly because of the expensive tooling costs of the coupe ), AMC dropped the large Ambassador after 1974, while the Matador was discontinued after 1978, around the same time as Ford moved their full-size nameplates to a smaller platform.

Lacking the pioneer spirit necessary to write of a new economy, these writers seem to be contenting themselves with an old one that is now as defunct as Confederate money.

Lacking his needed credits in those subjects, Fabian will not graduate with his old classmates next week.

Lacking access to material of value and out of touch with Soviet intelligence, he all but ceased to operate as a Soviet agent.

Lacking purpose-built landing craft and both doctrinal and practical experience with amphibious warfare, the Navy was largely improvising from scratch.

Lacking telescopes to work with, he increased his accuracy by increasing the length of his sextant ; the so-called Fakhri sextant had a radius of about 36 meters ( 118 ft ) and the optical separability of 180 " ( seconds of arc ).

Lacking in diplomatic skills, Dunmore maintained a contentious relationship with the colonists.

Lacking modern means of environmental temperature control, experimentalists struggled with continual fringe drift even though the interferometer might be set up in a basement.

Lacking an operating repository, however, the federal government owes to the utilities somewhere between $ 300 and $ 500 million per year in compensation for failing to comply with the contract it signed to take the spent nuclear fuel by 1998.

Lacking a sense of purpose, he spends most of his time lounging around his apartment, watching Passions with Spike.

Lacking modern means of environmental temperature control, experimentalists struggled with continual fringe drift even though the interferometer might be set up in a basement.

Lacking the capital with which to manufacture his lubricators in large numbers, he usually assigned his patent rights to his employers or sold them to investors.

Lacking customers and faced with dwindling funds, they are eventually hired by the Sedgewick Hotel to investigate a haunting.

Lacking stable employment, at age 25, Mackenzie decided to emigrate to British North America, along with his friend John Lesslie.

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 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 those qualifications, pupils are eligible to enter a university or university of applied sciences if they can present additional proof that they will be able to keep up with their fellow students through a Begabtenprüfung or Hochbegabtenstudium.

Lacking means of reconnaissance, he devised a plan to armour a train with iron plates, machine gun and cannon.

Lacking the power to put down the revolt unaided, Don Pedro made an alliance with the Black Prince.

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 bathrooms and with poor sanitary conditions this building, one of the last slum dwellings to exist in Central London, was still occupied until the early 1970s.

Lacking sufficient fuel to attempt a dock at the other end of the station and with battery power for only two days, they returned to Earth.

Lacking a job often means lacking social contact with fellow employees, a purpose for many hours of the day, lack of self-esteem, and mental stress.

Lacking the tools to do this and absent a political party with which to stake his run, he was approached by a founding member of the Likud party and participant in the Zo Artzeinu protests who proposed that Feiglin register for the Likud party and register, in turn, the thousands who participated in the protests, thereby building a support base for himself in the party and running for the party leadership, thereby attaining Prime Ministerial candidacy .< ref > Feiglin, Moshe .< u > מלחמת החלומות </ u >, Manhigut Yehudit: 2005, pp. 378-382 .</ ref > At present, Feiglin has an estimated 12, 000-15, 000 loyalists in the party, making Manhigut Yehudit the largest consolidated faction in the Likud's approximately 100, 000 strong party membership.

Lacking a strong general to control the by-now mostly barbarian Roman Army, Honorius could do little to attack Alaric's forces directly, and apparently adopted the only strategy he could in the situation: wait passively for the Visigoths to grow weary and spend the time marshalling what forces he could.

He wrote several chess books including Chess Springbok, My Book of Fun and Games, Grosse Remispartien ( in German ; an English edition entitled Draw !, edited by John Nunn, was published in 1982 ), and Lacking the Master Touch ( 1970 ).

Lacking enough landing craft for a major amphibious assault, the Regia Marina secured design plans from the German Kriegsmarine to build copies of the Marinefährprahm Type A ( MFP ) in Italian shipyards.

Lacking anti-tank weapons, the Norwegian troops could not hold back the German attack.

Lacking the experience and the necessary technology, the Argentine government sought collaboration with a foreign company, resulting in a contract with the German company Thyssen-Henschel.

Lacking armoured support, which had failed to arrive, they fought through the morning and into the afternoon, but when their position was assaulted by two German tanks they were forced to withdraw.