Here are advanced examples of using the determiner THIS + noun + OF + a possessive pronoun to highlight:
I’m impressed at how the students have picked up on this war of his.
In this world of theirs, nothing is bad or evil.
An iWeb search for:
this _NN of _PPGE
1 THIS WAR OF MINE 1147
(This is ranked as common because of a board game title)
2 THIS WORLD OF OURS 397
3 THIS POST OF YOURS 314
4 THIS COUNTRY OF OURS 297
And yet it goes on and on and on in this country of ours.
5 THIS FRIEND OF MINE 231
6 THIS HEART OF MINE 228
7 THIS POST OF MINE 112
8 THIS BODY OF MINE 112
9 THIS DREAM OF MINE 95
10 THIS SON OF MINE 93
11 THIS FRIEND OF YOURS 89
12 THIS PLANET OF OURS 71
13 THIS ARTICLE OF YOURS 69
14 THIS LIFE OF OURS 64
15 THIS THING OF OURS 62
16 THIS PASSION OF MINE 61
Collider.com17 THIS SON OF YOURS 61
18 THIS LIFE OF MINE 60
19 THIS IDEA OF YOURS 60
20 THIS BLOG OF YOURS 57
21 THIS RECIPE OF YOURS 53
22 THIS CITY OF OURS 51
23 THIS HOBBY OF OURS 51
24 THIS LAND OF OURS 49
25 THIS DAY OF YOURS 49
26 THIS PROBLEM OF MINE 47
27 THIS COMMENT OF YOURS 43
28 THIS EARTH OF OURS 43
29 THIS STATEMENT OF YOURS 43
30 THIS AGE OF OURS 36
31 THIS PROJECT OF MINE 33
32 THIS NATION OF OURS 30
33 THIS THEORY OF YOURS 29
34 THIS JOURNEY OF OURS 27
35 THIS PROJECT OF YOURS 27
36 THIS LOVE OF MINE 26
37 THIS THEORY OF MINE 26
38 THIS BLOG OF MINE 25
39 THIS ARTICLE OF MINE 25
40 THIS BODY OF OURS 25
41 THIS HOBBY OF MINE 25
42 THIS JOURNEY OF MINE 25
43 THIS JOY OF MINE 24
44 THIS PROBLEM OF YOURS 23
45 THIS PLAN OF YOURS 23
46 THIS IDEA OF MINE 23
47 THIS LIBERTY OF YOURS 22
48 THIS HABIT OF MINE 22
49 THIS DREAM OF YOURS 22
50 THIS MATTER OF OURS 22
51 THIS SOUL OF MINE 22
52 THIS QUESTION OF MINE 21
53 THIS BRAIN OF MINE 21
54 THIS COMMENT OF MINE 21
55 THIS FAMILY OF MINE 21
56 THIS SITE OF YOURS 21
57 THIS WORK OF MINE 21
58 THIS LETTER OF MINE 20
59 THIS HOUSE OF MINE 20
60 THIS STORY OF MINE 20
61 THIS HEART OF YOURS 19
62 THIS ISLAND OF OURS 19
63 THIS LIGHT OF OURS 19
64 THIS STATEMENT OF HIS 19
65 THIS WORLD OF MINE 19
66 THIS MIND OF MINE 18
67 THIS FRIEND OF HERS 18
68 THIS GIRL OF MINE 18
69 THIS STATEMENT OF MINE 18
70 THIS UNIVERSE OF OURS 18
71 THIS HAND OF MINE 17
72 THIS BROTHER OF YOURS 17
73 THIS SON OF OURS 17
74 THIS CHILD OF MINE 16
75 THIS DREAM OF OURS 16
76 THIS AFFAIR OF OURS 16
77 THIS FLESH OF OURS 16
78 THIS GOAL OF MINE 16
79 THIS ISSUE OF MINE 16
80 THIS QUESTION OF YOURS 16
81 THIS OPINION OF MINE 16
82 THIS WEBSITE OF YOURS 16
83 THIS WORK OF YOURS 16
84 THIS PAIN OF MINE 15
85 THIS JOURNEY OF YOURS 15
86 THIS HUB OF YOURS 15
87 THIS BOOK OF YOURS 15
88 THIS TOWN OF YOURS 15
89 THIS VIDEO OF MINE 15
90 THIS ARTICLE OF OURS 14
91 THIS BIRTHDAY OF YOURS 14
92 THIS EXPERIENCE OF MINE 14
93 THIS CHILD OF YOURS 14
94 THIS GAME OF OURS 14
95 THIS GLOBE OF OURS 14
96 THIS FEAR OF MINE 14
97 THIS FAMILY OF OURS 14
98 THIS MONTH OF YOURS 14
99 THIS STORY OF YOURS 14
100 THIS WORLD OF YOURS 14
In the NOW corpus:
this _JJ _NN of _PPGE
1 THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE 297
(common because of a song title)
2 THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS 274
3 THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS 123
4 THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF OURS 99
5 THIS GREAT CITY OF OURS 49