Example sentences of "and [adv] [adj] piece [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps the longest and most controversial piece of business transacted was the disestablishment of the Hong Kong Branch . |
2 | Thus Foxton retained its importance as a place of special interest to canal people , and reinforced its reputation by becoming the site for one of the oddest , most technologically ingenious and most spectacular pieces of engineering in the whole canal system . |
3 | The plot may not be the simplest and most direct piece of story-telling that Hofmannsthal gave to strauss — but look below the surface and investigate the symbols . |
4 | Excitement fades to disillusionment , and so another piece of technology goes to gather dust on a storeroom shelf . |
5 | From the ergonomic and looks point of view , at any rate , the EPL 4300 is , to me , a good looking and easily manageable piece of equipment . |
6 | It is a savage and immensely powerful piece of sculpture , reminding one that Christianity is not a religion of sweetness and light and that much of its appeal must have lain in its very primitivism . |
7 | Yet the need is such that our spending at home and overseas has doubled in the last two years and still vital pieces of work in the U K and overseas await funding . |
8 | The musical result is usually somewhat enigmatic and intangible , and inevitably one piece of music tends to resemble another . |
9 | When the castle fell to the queen 's forces in 1327 they found there £1,000 in coin belonging to Despenser , together with royal treasure of £13,000 in coin in twenty-six barrels and over 600 pieces of plate and jewellery . |
10 | Ten years ago , a computer was a large , static and very expensive piece of machinery , operated by an expert elite who communicated with it in a language which only they understood . |
11 | ‘ I think it is a very bold and very clever piece of work indeed . |