Example sentences of "what this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , if Brahms knew his Rheinberger , what this CD makes clear is how well Rheinberger knew his Brahms , who stands over theses String Quartets , as Beethoven did over the young Brahms himself , only much more obviously : there are echoes of Brahms in the textures , the themes , the passage-work , the construction . |
| 2 | With Ghost , Spielberg 's ghostly sentimental comedy Always and the mismatched buddy ghost drama Heart Condition already out , it 's obvious what this year 's model is . |
| 3 | What this rejection consists in , however , is less than clear . |
| 4 | ‘ If what this girl says is true , you 'll find proof of their guilt in the car , sergeant , ’ said the stout man who had been talking to the keeper . |
| 5 | ‘ Nobody really knows what this girl is going through , not one person — except her . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ says Charles , the lumpish one now , ‘ that 's what this girl told me . ’ |
| 7 | Any claim to ‘ special knowledge ’ through faith or revelation or grace can not avoid the task of explaining just what this knowledge is knowledge of . |
| 8 | What this approach soon reveals is that you often spend large amounts of time not on the things that matter but on activities which are relatively easy to devote time to , while the more difficult tasks tend to be pushed aside simply because they are more difficult . |
| 9 | First , what this approach often fails to recognise is the importance of understanding the appeal of the ‘ images ’ that are criticised ; the relations they may have to women 's pleasures , desires , fantasies , fears and conceptions of themselves . |
| 10 | What this approach makes especially clear is that while we might want to say that the meaning of ( 17 ) remains constant across different occasions of utterance , the proposition that it expresses if Joe Bloggs utters it is different from the one it picks out if Sue Bloggs utters it . |
| 11 | Whether Hardy 's slightly impulsive way with phrasing is quite what this music demands ( all three works are in their different ways Classical in behaviour ) will be a matter of personal taste , but , given the highly personalised response , I found it a most pleasingly seductive recital . |
| 12 | That is what this issue is about — making British industry competitive , and that is what we have done . |
| 13 | but erm , have erm problems with what this lady has described who ca n't come to terms with |
| 14 | It was interested to hear what this lady said about putting on so much weight |
| 15 | ‘ And what this lady says , is true ? |
| 16 | Now if we try and get some idea of what this distance may correspond to , light travels at what sort of speed ? |
| 17 | What this bit ? |
| 18 | What this bit ? |
| 19 | What we were gon na do is see what this bit like |
| 20 | If anyone is educated with a goal in mind , to be a doctor , a lawyer or a computer programmer , then what this person is experiencing , whatever he , or his teachers , may think , is not education , but something else . ’ |
| 21 | What this person meant was that they were more about me than Spain or Copenhagen . |
| 22 | What this person meant was that they were more about me than Spain or Copenhagen . |
| 23 | What this pilot survey does illustrate is the widespread use of the community languages in various sectors of economy , public services and other institutions e.g. , the recent growth of the bilingual support teachers ' jobs in schools and the continuing need for bilingual ESL teachers for the adults . |
| 24 | The important thing to remember is that it does n't matter in the slightest what this garment looks like , as long as it boasts practicality and water-resistant qualitites . |
| 25 | It is by no means certain what this garment is . |
| 26 | Obviously the proposer and seconder of this motion do not remember what this scheme meant to people in the forties when it was demeaning and degrading and a great intrusion into their private lives and I do feel Mr Mayor that as it was a a it was demeaning and degrading in the forties it will be no less demeaning and degrading in the nineties . |
| 27 | But they disagreed about what this requirement actually requires when the " literal " meaning of a statute suggests a result that strikes them as odd . |
| 28 | The first thing you need is a sympathetic GP who will just listen and explain exactly what this illness is . |
| 29 | Mm Oh I 've put in for one to pay the erm interest on the mortgage , which I have to do and that 's all being seen to because I 've had another letter saying can you tell me what this second loan were for and I 've put down yes , it was for windows and sent a bit of paper er , you know , that we 've paid four thousand seven hundred and something , five thousand , nine hundred and something we 've paid for them windows and I 've spent that |
| 30 | What this evidence suggests is a particular stage in the specialization of functions which , at still earlier stages , would — as in many comparable cases — not have been clearly distinguished . |