Example sentences of "piece of [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The GDR 's acceptance as a real country has been the function of the Cold War , a piece of make-believe reflecting tacit agreement by both blocs that the German Question is best put on hold . |
| 2 | ADAM & EVE is a simple to use but sophisticated piece of software to help all language teachers give their students a wide variety of exercise material tailored to their needs . |
| 3 | We believe that no one should be found guilty of a crime unless the statute or other piece of legislation establishing that crime is so clear that he must have known his act was criminal , or would have known if he had made any serious attempt to discover whether it was . |
| 4 | Use a straight piece of wood to remove surplus plaster while it 's still wet . |
| 5 | A piece of material contains equal number of positive and negative charges . |
| 6 | Ian Cocking just about manages to persuade the council that the ramp is worth keeping so the ramp is fixed up but a botch job on one piece of coping makes any trick other then just plain rock 'n' rolls virtually impossible . |
| 7 | One such piece of negotiation offered clear proof of the way in which local rather than national forces were driving the change . |
| 8 | What professional printers do at this stage or fine art printers would be to take their piece of paper using little paper fingerstalls so they did n't get their fingerprints on the paper . |
| 9 | Well I 'll have to get hold of your address and I 'll send you a birthday card but I might not actually send you a real birthday card , I 'll probably send you like a piece of paper saying happy birthday or something . |
| 10 | I have a piece of paper listing one traveller 's journeys during the first fortnight of this month . |