1.   He recalled lacking basics, like soap, and fruits and vegetables.

2.   One friend recently used an online agency to rent a villa in France, only to arrive and find that the house lacked such basics as a telephone line.

3.   Ration stores often lack basics like cooking oil and soap.

4.   TCI representatives say fly-by-night consultants sometimes present towns with feasibility studies lacking such basics as maintenance budgets.

5.   The good news is that two decades ago, the proportion of women lacking the basics of well-being would have been much higher.

6.   The independent work is necessary at a school where the three science laboratories lack such basics as electrical outlets and adequate exhaust systems.

7.   The site lacks many basics such as unbleached flour, cornmeal, shoelaces, light bulbs and antibiotic ointment.

8.   Hospitals lack such basics as blankets and sheets for hospital beds, and patients often have to bring their own food and medicines.

9.   Millions of Mexicans are lacking the basics.

10.   She said Hagai was being treated unfairly in prison and lacked basics, such as a radio, a heater and a wool hat.