1.   This was due to the severe lack of communication between the Groups.

2.   Among the examples cited were a very high fever lasting several days, severely compromised lungs and a severe lack of oxygen in the blood.

3.   But the town, with no natural streams, suffered from a severe lack of water.

4.   Jeanniot was more specific, saying that the crisis was due to a severe lack of air traffic control capacity in Switzerland, parts of France and Italy.

5.   Morocco was never given a serious chance of winning because the North African nation had a severe lack of necessary stadiums.

6.   Secrecy, or at least a severe lack of communication, hampered the growth of science in Soviet times on both sides of the superpower conflict.

7.   The national championships and world team trials showed a severe lack of depth and consistency.

8.   The tech industry has been plagued by a severe lack of skilled workers and has struggled to fill jobs that require intense training.

9.   When they left a month later, they reported a severe lack of written procedures and a rampant contraband trade.

10.   A severe lack of funding and miserable living conditions in the Russian army have driven scores of servicemen to attack their own comrades or commit suicide.