Example sentences of "it [be] this lack [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is this lack of control which we have to think of when arguing on the merits of strengthening participatory democracy to achieve active citizenship .
2 It is this lack of codified certainty that makes a study of it so fraught with difficulty .
3 It is this lack in the Rules of Lautro of any such rights for persons affected which forms the general basis of the applicant 's complaint in these proceedings .
4 It was this lack of independence which so appalled her , while at the same time she knew , when it came down to fundamentals , that she had such a vulnerable appendage permanently dependent on her .
5 It was this lack of division that most effectively concealed from Clara the basic , classic structure of the building , for she had been brought up with the notion that walls must be above eye-level , lace curtains impenetrable , bedrooms facing discreetly into the void .
6 She wanted to make some sarcastic retort about his being so bossy , but he was already clearing away the plates , not paying the slightest scrap of attention to her , and she realised that it was this lack of attention that really annoyed her .
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