Example sentences of "this [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 He called this the law of effect .
2 Add to this the complexity of the political system , with its perversities and special interests , and the potential power of economic logic is reduced to a low order .
3 Many Bolsheviks saw in all this the realisation of their aims as communists , but the reality was far from what the founding fathers of Marxian socialism had envisaged as being communism or socialism .
4 Add to this the imperfection of scientific knowledge , and it would then take a low place in the stratification of priorities .
5 and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ?
6 Was this the work of Rose 's killer ?
7 By doing this the work of the council is expedited and the officers of the council are able to get on with the instructions of the committee without waiting for confirmation by the council of the decisions of the committee .
8 Is all this the work of dragons ?
9 Is this the beginning of a mated pair ?
10 Is this the beginning of a Peninsula campaign ?
11 The stars of Christie 's sale of Spanish Works of Art on 28 and 29 May , dubbed ‘ The Unique Spanish Sale ’ is this the beginning of a Christie 's campaign for the Spanish market ? will be El Greco 's ‘ Disrobing of Christ ’ and Zurbarán 's ‘ Christ and the Virgin in the house at Nazareth ’ , both offered anonymously .
12 Outlining plans for a rededication service by the Bishop of Clogher , Dr Brian Hannon , next Sunday , Mr Knowd said : ‘ We want to make this the beginning of a new chapter in the life of the church , which is a vital part of the heritage of the area , reaching back to a time when there was no denominational difference among Christians .
13 Against this the presence of the large male and his spectacular charging displays is an ample response .
14 Was this the crux of the matter ?
15 Add to this the price of rinse aid ( between £1.29 and £3.50 for 500 ml ) and salt ( about £1.40 for 3 kg of supermarket own brand ) , and a litre of washing-up liquid seems a bargain .
16 Add to all this the price of a well deserved holiday from it all at the end of your final term , and it is quite likely that you could be stretching your finances to the limit .
17 Is this the type of filtration you would recommend ?
18 Is this the origin of the phrase ‘ as thick as thieves ’ ?
19 Is this the sign of wrinklydom !
20 Was this the land of Shakespeare , with his spontaneous carnival of images ?
21 ( This trend has been so insistent that when men find themselves in part-time work economists have begun to call this the feminisation of labour . )
22 Is this the secret of rapid growth and low inflation ?
23 Not only was this the evidence of a wonderful and mysterious world in which I had no place , I was being given the chance to destroy the evidence .
24 I think it 's wrong to underestimate erm i i it 's particularly initially , how , how positively reinforced it can , it can be around you erm , just this the idea of losing weight and that er you know , people will be wha , for whatever reasons are , either envious or they want to know how you can do it , they want to know , and particularly if it 's linked with exercise then it 's all very good things to do and you know , the media 's telling you and a , everyone 's telling that this healthy lifestyle that actually then goes out of control through being so controlled erm e e , there 's a , well there 's a thin line between it , being a very positive experience , and you 're suddenly buying smaller jeans and erm you know , it 's just everything is is feeding , if that 's the right word , this idea that it , that that it 's tremendous to be
25 Because of this the range of content and contexts for the programme of activities is very wide-ranging .
26 Was this the fate of Halling Registers ?
27 We term this the level of computer architecture , at which a set of logically integrated hardware functions are programmed to carry out the processing of data .
28 This the name of the association shall be the Scottish Old Age Pensions Association .
29 Upon this the name of Cornelius Murphy was writ in letters big .
30 ‘ Is this the kind of thing you want , old thing ? ’ he enquired kindly , obviously feeling that she needed to be humoured .
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