Example sentences of "of [Wh det] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is remembered chiefly for his series of twenty Organ Sonatas , but there is much more besides ; a substantial corpus of choral music , including three Requiems and no fewer than twelve Masses , two operas , a Symphony , symphonic poem , two Concertos for Organ ( once upon a time available from E. Power Biggs on a CBS LP ) and one for Piano — and a fair amount of chamber music , sixteen opus numbers in all , of which this Thorofon CD ( the least of seven ) rounds off a complete recording . |
| 2 | No-one can accuse lawyers within the peace movement of failing to seize these opportunities , and yet despite all the energy directed towards establishing that the use — or even possession — of nuclear weapons would be illegal , and drafting treaties and campaigning for their adoption by states , few lawyers have attempted to establish the assumptions on the basis of which this activity takes place . |
| 3 | It was ( as I have written elsewhere ) " ironic that the war of which this slaughter was part had been initiated , allegedly , to save Spain from the " " barbarity " " of the " " atheistic hordes " " which were supposedly about to invade Spain from eastern Europe " . |
| 4 | As in previous years , the Festival will be the launch for the new programmes made for the Black Arts Video Project , three of which this year come from Birmingham and West Midlands based filmmakers . |
| 5 | The problem , notwithstanding the alarming nature of such rockfalls ( of which this correspondent has had an uncomfortably close experience ) , is how best to stabilise the areas open to climbers . |
| 6 | Welfare , in the broader view of which this approach to child care might be deemed a part , is construed in individual terms : individuals are deemed responsible for their conduct , and little weight is given to structural , environmental and material determinants of behaviour . |
| 7 | So is it safe to be sanguine about Labour 's procedures , given the mood which deepened in the early 1980S and which strives for even greater accountability in the Labour Party , of which this rule is an example ? |
| 8 | The only water course in this area of which this department has carried out a flood study is the Gogar Burn , which discharges to the River Almond at Edinburgh Airport . |
| 9 | ( 7 ) The secretary of any club to the premises of which this section applies shall notify the licensing board for the area within which such premises are situated of any reconstruction or extension of , or alteration in , the premises which affects the facilities available in the premises for the provision of the customary main meal at midday , and if the secretary of any club contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 10 | ( 7 ) The secretary of any club to the premises of which this section applies shall notify the licensing board for the area within which such premises are situated of any reconstruction or extension of , or alteration In , the premises which affects the facilities available in the premises for the provision of substantial refreshment , and if the secretary of any club contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 11 | Importantly , Sahlins does not privilege one perspective over the other : the British perspective is not treated as better or more informed because to treat it as such would be to accept unquestioningly the categories out of which this perspective constructed its realities . |
| 12 | Probably not in this essay as such , but in that area of Pound 's conversation of which this essay is a distillation , we find the reason — so I believe — why Yeats said admiringly of Landor in 1917 : ‘ He had in his Imaginary Conver - sations reminded us , as it were , that the Venus de Milo is a stone . ’ |
| 13 | The series of which this book is a part was intended to go beyond the conventional textbook by introducing its readers to sources and methods . |
| 14 | The bi-centenary of the death of John Howard in 1990 has given rise to a number of commemorative events in varying parts of the world , of which this book is one . |
| 15 | The journey starts in Majorca where the TV series was made and of which this book is the progeny . |
| 16 | In order to find out more of what this writer thinks about imitation , we are in a position to consult a work by him where a treatise on the subject is developed at intervals and where he writes in propria persona . |
| 17 | A bare narrative of the details of what this man lived through , of their effect upon him , would alone deserve classic status . |
| 18 | You had to read the newspapers to understand the depth and thrust of what this campaign was all about . ’ |
| 19 | This article is concerned with the question of what this plan might be , or in other words , with the relevance of reformulations . |
| 20 | Now if we try and get some idea of what this distance may correspond to , light travels at what sort of speed ? |
| 21 | Thus one account of what this speaker is talking about would contain the following elements : a joke — the taw — smoke — into houses — out of houses — people get trolley — the use of the trolley . |
| 22 | I wan na put this er question of what this playhouse is about a back to a stage to the platform because I think that 's where it belongs er were here to criticize but not to initiate . |
| 23 | She had wanted to be strong to the end , give no evidence of what this overthrow was doing to her . |
| 24 | And then they get this terrible jolt and er they come out with a totally different perception of what this play is than than they went in with . |
| 25 | Mr Ford has shown an absence of leadership and an absence of grasp of what this country is and what it ought to be . ’ |
| 26 | By that time , we shall have a better idea of what this country wants its accountants to do . |
| 27 | I feel rivalry and anger at most groups but the cream of what this country has can co-exist quite amicably together . ’ |
| 28 | No mention in the Greater York Study , no mention in any plan before us of what this reserve might be required for , or where it might be located . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , let's send a copy of what this treaty means to every home in Britain , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Moving round the archways of Valencia 's bull-ring where , that night , Nirvana would give Spain its first in-the-flesh taste of what this nonsense was all about , it was almost a relief to greet Kurt Cobain once again , a paler , bleached-haired , bespectacled Kurt Cobain , but recognisably the same lovable scruff who late last year turned rock 'n' roll upside down with a song named after a deodorant . |