A certain lack of dramatic focus is built into the form.
With a certain lack of charity, Caroline made sure that he saw her.
I think people are ready for a certain lack of political correctness.
It tended to make for a certain lack of contact with one's fellow men.
Over and above all this, music has a certain lack of urbanity about it.
There seems to be a certain lack of cultural solidity today.
The book's five authors admit to a certain lack of knowledge about the issues.
A certain lack of social skills is only to be expected.
This demonstrates that there is a certain lack of reason in the debate.
On the other hand there was a certain "lack" of "law and order"!