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 | 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 ) ? |
| 4 | Zakrewski commented , ‘ This is the most ridiculous piece of legislation I have ever seen in my entire life . |
| 5 | I had read it hungrily in Lima when for a time it was the most substantial piece of luggage I possessed . |
| 6 | The Dewey Decimal Classification Online Project is the most substantial piece of research available on the use of classification in online catalogues . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He 'll instruct you to keep me away from all but the most harmless piece of equipment . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The most important piece of legislation was the Prevention of Fraud ( Investments ) Act 1958 ( PF(I) Act ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Perhaps the most important piece of advice of all is to trust your own instincts . |
| 20 | Perhaps the most important piece of advice with problems , as with all examination questions , is to read every word of the problem . |
| 21 | And people say that the APR is the most important piece of information about credit terms for them . |
| 22 | Undoubtedly the most important piece in sale was lot 241 , the Edward Webb chocolate pot of around 1710 , one of only four known examples of the form in American silver . |
| 23 | I thought and still think that John and Mary is the least film-like of novels ; most of the wordage is devoted to the thoughts of the characters , and the most dramatic piece of action is the accidental breaking of a glass … |
| 24 | Perhaps the most startling piece of reasoning occurs in Dobson 's long argument against accepting early ‘ occasional spelling ’ evidence for raising of [ a , ae ] to [ Ε ] . |
| 25 | And , in true dramatic irony , the most apt piece of rhetoric comes from Rita who could well be summing up the everlasting appeal of the Russell classic as she tries to tempt Frank out to an evening at the local theatre : |
| 26 | Friends remarked that it was a measure of Branson 's single-minded approach to conversation that you could be regaling him with the most scandalous piece of tittle-tattle in London and he would turn on his heel and walk away , leaving you talking to thin air , while he made yet another telephone call about business . |
| 27 | ‘ This must be just about the most far-sighted piece of journalism since Alistair Cook 's notorious ‘ Portrait of a Failure' on Harry Truman appeared in the Manchester Guardian after the United States Presidential election of 1948 . |
| 28 | The most persuasive piece of evidence here is the language used by Papinian in discussing the rescript . |
| 29 | The most significant piece of information which resulted from the study was that after a world wide search no evidence emerged that a serious outbreak of fire had occurred in a high-bay warehouse over 10 metres high . |
| 30 | In the third instance the most vital piece of equipment required is a page printer , ideally one with a page description language built in but that 's not completely essential as we 'll see later . |