Example sentences of "of this [is] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 To create a quality of life that is admired by all your friends who do not live alone , demands thought , planning , perseverance and a degree of practicality , although in essence all of this is determined by the will to live rather than merely exist .
2 Pacific Telesis Group Inc expects to report a net loss for full year 1993 after estimated charges of $2,000m related to accounting changes and other restructuring and disposition reserves : the accounting change on future retiree health benefits will reduce first quarter pre-tax profit by $2,600m and first quarter net by $1,600m , and an accounting change on post-employment benefits , such as long-term disability and workers ' compensation , will reduce first quarter net by $151m ; it will also establish reserves that will lower net profit by about $260m — some $210m of this is related to the recent decision to dispose of its property portfolio over the next three to five years , the balance to withdrawal from or restructuring of cable and equipment businesses , and costs following spin-off of the cellular operation ; its Pacific Bell subsidiary will recognise employee benefits liability over 20 years , consistent with a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission .
3 Answer guide : Although the students have met the realization principle before it is important that the treatment of this is highlighted in the discussion which should revolve around the question of the point at which the earnings process is substantially complete .
4 Much of this is conducted through the news media , where the political atmosphere is reflected quite clearly .
5 As I said I had one quiff from Jane that was erm because somebody had n't filled in the date by which it was agreed that the Client should get a reply and suggestion was that the procedure should be changed should be non compliance , erm and then the rest of this is based on a suggestion from Rita , and I have several here now , erm .
6 Most of this is obtained from the lakes of the Lake District ( see page 134 ) but the largest reservoir in Britain , Kielder Water , has been formed since 1980 by flooding low value farmland in the northern Pennines .
7 Further discussion of this is made in the chapter on school library user education .
8 As 30% of this is generated from the public sector , Compaq has , at a stroke , become the front-runner for contracts worth tens of million dollars each year , especially given the local preference for Unix server-backed personal computer networks .
9 The practical effect of this is illustrated by the case of Strange ( SW ) Ltd v Mann [ 1965 ] 1 WLR 629 where at the time of entering the contract the business was exclusively a credit-betting business and it was accepted by all parties that the validity of the covenant fell to be tested without regard to the fact that subsequently betting shops became legal and that a betting shop had been set up by the plaintiff .
10 Then one teaspoonful of this is given to the patient .
11 Ample , if often contentious , evidence of this is given in the literature on urban social movements .
12 The effect of this is seen in the frequent yellow staining that resists detergent action .
13 Over the next seven years , as some £1,000 million of this is released from the Fund for the Bank of Savings ( a national fund in which TSB deposits have hitherto been placed , taking them out of TSB control ) , the TSB 's predominantly working-class customers should gain relatively easy access to an attractively-priced new source of credit .
14 Today , all of this is reduced to a church , a public house and a small shop-cum-post office .
15 None of this is meant as a criticism of the Founding Fathers ’ project .
16 Communications and the media are important in our business , and our recognition of this is shown by the Transport Journalist of the Year and Transport Photographer of the Year Awards presented this year with the sponsorship of TNT ( UK ) .
17 More than a hint of this is contained in the example with which the previous section concluded .
18 Much of the main three storey mill dates from the mid-19th century , although a large part of this is masked by the addition of later industrial plant and buildings .
19 All of this is reflected in the collective news hole , that becomes a mechanical representation of society sorting out its priorities . ’
20 A good illustration of this is provided by a recent study of surgery for otitis media with effusion , in which 34% of children operated on were found not to have the condition at the time of surgery .
21 An example of this is provided by the case of Stacey v Babcock Power Ltd ( 1986 ) .
22 A good example of this is provided by the tactics of Treasury officials in the preparation of the 1947 autumn budget [ Rollings , 1985 ] .
23 One of the clearest examples of this is provided by the building societies .
24 A good example of this is provided by the reaction provoked by the influx of the Palatines , fleeing religious persecution in Germany , and the Whig ministry 's decision to allow them the benefit of naturalisation in 1709 .
25 Experience in the 1970s in particular has shown us that high rates of inflation can coexist with high rates of unemployment and no explanation of this is provided by the Keynesian theory .
26 One evidence of this is found in the National Curriculum , which has created two different schedules .
27 The proof of this is found in the number of championship trophies they brought home from national competitions , in different parts of the British Isles .
28 The most famous evidence of this is offered by the events which led to ‘ Red Friday ’ in April 1921 .
29 The general consequence of this is outlined in the literature on urban to rural migration by the middle class .
30 No proof of this is needed beyond the tragic conditions of the world today .
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