Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] piece [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was despite the fact that probably the most influential piece of evidence they received during the three years they sat , the Church of England Moral Welfare Council 's ( CEMWC ) updated report , Sexual Offenders and Social Punishment , recommended a universal age of consent of 17 . |
| 2 | But just as she was burying her head beneath the blanket in utter dejection Ella came to bed , and she passed on the most extraordinary piece of news . |
| 3 | Planning sets out to achieve a selection of the most suitable pieces of land for particular uses . |
| 4 | One of the most astonishing pieces of evidence for this comes from a study of two hundred and sixty eight female prisoners in the U S these are all convicted criminals . |
| 5 | This is one of the most progressive pieces of legislation in the world in attempting to establish equality between men and women as the rule in marriage . |
| 6 | Dick Hobbs ( 1988 ) lived with thieves and detectives as they set out to ‘ do the business ’ , and perhaps one of the most effective pieces of participant observation in recent times has been the four-volume Policy Studies Institute work on the police in London ( 1983 ) . |
| 7 | But I have met your brother at long last and Mrs Powers has been regaling me with the most fascinating pieces of village gossip . ’ |
| 8 | Although I must say I I mean , one of the most fascinating pieces of politics I was ever involved in , was when I had to defend Mrs Thatcher over the Belgrano incident . |
| 9 | If I can just join in the Scum-bashing here , am I the only person that thinks Sharpe is the most over-rated piece of crap ever to have pulled on a red shirt ( and they 've had quite a few ) ? |
| 10 | Zakrewski commented , ‘ This is the most ridiculous piece of legislation I have ever seen in my entire life . |
| 11 | Going against the grain of long split skirts and leather jeans , some of the most striking pieces of womenswear for winter come from Issey Miyake . |
| 12 | I had read it hungrily in Lima when for a time it was the most substantial piece of luggage I possessed . |
| 13 | The Dewey Decimal Classification Online Project is the most substantial piece of research available on the use of classification in online catalogues . |
| 14 | ‘ Alongside the coffee machine , a fryer is the most profitable piece of machinery in a restaurant — providing you use the right equipment for your purposes . |
| 15 | Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware that the Winchester bypass is one of the most dangerous pieces of road in the country ? |
| 16 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 17 | The same insincere welcome is used by Macbeth to Macduff : ‘ The labour we delight in physics pain' ( II.iii.48f. ) , and at the news of Duncan 's murder Lady Macbeth is given one of the most brilliant pieces of hypocrisy Shakespeare ever invented : ‘ Woe , alas ! /What , in our house ? ’ |
| 18 | The Customer Information Control Service once the most mainframe-esque piece of software , will ship on the AS/400 this month and on the RS/6000 in June . |
| 19 | He 'll instruct you to keep me away from all but the most harmless piece of equipment . ’ |
| 20 | Faced with arguably the most reactionary piece of legislation this century , with its major implications for basic civil liberties and education , not to mention lesbians and gay men , Labour reduced it to being for or against the ‘ promotion ’ of homosexuality . |
| 21 | The Royal Concert Hall will play host to a variety of performers including Victoria de los Angeles and Joan Baez , while the most inventive piece of programming will see the Glinka State Choir of St Petersburg perform in St Aloysius Church . |
| 22 | Your report on the Escort LX ( 3 October ) must be one of the most peculiar pieces of motoring journalism ever published . |
| 23 | Now that the shouting is over and the most homophobic piece of legislation for over a century is on the statute books , lesbians and gays are picking themselves up and asking if our involvement with local government was really worth the effort . |
| 24 | It was a marvellous plug for the record and probably the most deliberate piece of exploitation and manipulation that Best has fallen for , although the band still claim this was not their intention . |
| 25 | The most important pieces of legislation for our purposes are the Securities Act 1933 , the Securities Exchange Act 1934 and the Glass Steagall Act 1933 . |
| 26 | First , the hon. Gentleman should not underestimate the immense force of major legislation presented by the Lord Chancellor in the past three or four years — not least the Children Act 1989 , which has entirely restructured the law on children and paved the way for the family court , and the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , one of the most important pieces of legislation in this field to appear for decades . |
| 27 | The most important piece of equipment in our kitchen is a very large fridge so that the starters can be arranged on the plates well in advance . |
| 28 | The most important piece of legislation was the Prevention of Fraud ( Investments ) Act 1958 ( PF(I) Act ) . |
| 29 | The CSA 1985 , which is by far the most important piece of legislation , in that it lies at the heart of anti-insider dealing regulation in the UK , outlines the substantive elements of insider dealing offences . |
| 30 | There is a small stone ‘ seat ’ running the length of both walls , but the most important piece of masonry within the building is a stone slab in the centre of the nave that might be an old tomb or perhaps even the site of an old altar . |