11.   After the game, McNair was peppered with questions about the perceived lack of respect from those who said he would never lead his team to a Super Bowl.

12.   Afterward, he was ridiculed for both his perceived lack of ability and the way the fight was stopped.

13.   But Dmitri Khristich is hardly concerned about a perceived lack of production.

14.   But is that any worse than Palffy, who was benched for the final seven minutes Sunday night against the Ducks for a perceived lack of effort?

15.   Employers have historically regarded job jumpers as less desirable candidates because of their perceived lack of loyalty and lingering doubts about their performance, she said.

16.   For those pressed for time, distressed by a perceived lack of culinary prowess or depressed by the thought of a dirty kitchen, these desserts are for you.

17.   Her perceived lack of competitiveness has upset Kirby.

18.   If it does, China is said to favor relatively large yields to compensate for its perceived lack of technical expertise.

19.   In print, those words read like another tired rendition of an athlete finding motivation through a perceived lack of respect from parties unnamed and probably non-existent.

20.   Indonesia, also acting partly in response to a perceived lack of technology transfer by the Japanese, recently decided to start its own national car project.