Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] pieces [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Planning sets out to achieve a selection of the most suitable pieces of land for particular uses . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | But I have met your brother at long last and Mrs Powers has been regaling me with the most fascinating pieces of village gossip . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware that the Winchester bypass is one of the most dangerous pieces of road in the country ? |
| 9 | 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | Your report on the Escort LX ( 3 October ) must be one of the most peculiar pieces of motoring journalism ever published . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Furthermore , there is little doubt that within the Hebrew scriptures , there are recorded some of the most valuable pieces of wisdom and rules for righteous living , as are to be found anywhere , and it is these particular tenets and doctrines , which need to be separated , completely and utterly from the dogmatic claims of ‘ god-given ’ rights and superiorities which have always been , and always will be , unacceptable to the rest of the human race . |
| 14 | But as a Labour Group , we welcome this motion because it demonstrates the dishonesty of the Conservative Government in passing one of the most enlightened pieces of legislation without any of the resources to implement it . |
| 15 | Reclaiming the former steel site , reckoned to be one of the most polluted pieces of land in the country , would be one of the biggest urban redevelopment projects ever tackled in Europe . |
| 16 | It was one of the more bizarre pieces of colouring but the spread of the riots indicated that the problem was even more fundamental . |
| 17 | The time and expense involved in manufacturing some of the more individualistic pieces of metalwork may ultimately reflect the greater social standing of their users , and this must be appreciated when considering the controls over their distribution pattern . |
| 18 | I still have some of the more interesting pieces at home — bases with pontil scars and necks with ridges to accommodate tie strings . |