1.   Its conspicuous lack of charm took two major hits in the national media in the last month alone.

2.   Such a conspicuous lack of self-knowledge has its dangers.

3.   Despite the total chaos that followed their introduction there was a conspicuous lack of corpses.

4.   Meanwhile, the conspicuous lack of support for equal opportunities from the Scottish Law Society is galvanising the Glasgow-based Association of Women Solicitors.

5.   But investigators now say there is a conspicuous lack of evidence for that theory.

6.   But what sets Macedonia and Johnson Grove apart is a conspicuous lack of attention to their loss.

7.   For similar reasons, the government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has been cool to the bill, welcoming it with a conspicuous lack of enthusiasm.

8.   On the road, there has been a conspicuous lack of Cordero-bashing.

9.   The annual get-together at the Grand Kempinski Hotel was notable this year for its conspicuous lack of suspense.

10.   Torborg believes the conspicuous lack of glare has helped Castillo.