Example sentences of "this [adv] [adj] piece [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The object of this rather clumsy piece of administration is to place some check on the expenditure of local money on the arts — and also to provide a further checkpoint on students who have already received educational grants for other careers . |
| 2 | Sir , I invite you attach no importance at all to that ridiculous concept in relation to this highly important piece of land . |
| 3 | Dealers have been showered with complaints about this highly sophisticated piece of equipment which has apparently developed a serious fault . |
| 4 | There was a moment of silence while Lisa took in this frankly astonishing piece of information . |
| 5 | One was to paint the roofs of LA big armaments plants to look like suburban gardens ( for fear of Japanese bombing ) ; the other was this quite extraordinary piece of cartoon propaganda . |
| 6 | Of course , it is quite another matter to go on to argue from this very limited piece of evidence that loss of the fricative in /xt/ was embedded in the English language as a whole as a completed sound-change at this early date . |
| 7 | When the time comes it will be important to oppose strongly this very dangerous piece of legislation . |