Example sentences of "few pieces of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A coach 's kit consists of a pain-relieving cold spray , a couple of medium width crêpe bandages , a roll of adhesive strapping , a roll of micropore tape ( for securing injured fingers and toes ) , some adhesive tape , a few pieces of gauze , absorbent cotton wool , a package of baby-wipes , a roll of toilet paper or kitchen towel , some steristrip closures , waterproof plasters , an eye-pad , some pain killers and a pair of strong scissors . |
| 2 | It seems to have been this last line which caused the editors of the Annotated Index to the Cantos of Ezra Pound to provide one of the few pieces of misinformation in that admirable work . |
| 3 | The road goes through a small hamlet where there is a pond , a few square metres of tired water with a few pieces of rusty iron breaking its surface . |
| 4 | There are , unfortunately , few pieces of software that can be called useless . |
| 5 | Jet beads , bone needles and pins and spoons , bronze horse-trappings and a tile of the IXth Legion lay on a stone table with a collection of coins and a few pieces of gold jewellery . |
| 6 | The control of Parliament is perhaps even better illustrated by the fact that few pieces of legislation have been lost in the Commons in the ten years since Mrs Thatcher became prime minister — the Shops Bill comes to mind , but there is talk of its reintroduction in a future session . |
| 7 | Bryant 's 1983 article is one of the few pieces of work which touches on the subject , noting the number of selections made by seven public and academic libraries during an eight-week period in 1982 . |
| 8 | Thus an opportunity had to be missed by the Library Association to assert its outright rejection of library censorship , using one of the few pieces of legislation that ensure that libraries exist and in a manner free from censorship . |
| 9 | The girl , who looked as though she had been made in heaven out of peaches and cream , was wearing a few pieces of string arranged as a bikini , high heels , the goose-pimples , and nothing else . |
| 10 | I used silverweed leaves , with a few pieces of sea lavender , or statice , tucked in between them . |
| 11 | There were a few pieces of wire among the rubbish , and he picked one up . |
| 12 | It is essential to provide places where the more sensitive species of marine fish can retire and a few pieces of rock to simulate their natural reef environment makes for a much more natural and stress-free environment . |
| 13 | Sitting in his office , Mr Johnson offered us both cold beers from a pail of water in which a few pieces of ice floated . |
| 14 | To serve , turn out the puddings onto individual , heatproof serving plates and add a few pieces of fruit to decorate . |
| 15 | Curiously , most of the rules seem to have been conceived for print media : there are few pieces of TV and radio ‘ folklore ’ of this kind . |
| 16 | He bent to throw a few pieces of turf on the fire and was reminded that the locals called them sods of turf . |
| 17 | There was a small desk , a lined pad , a tea mug holding a pencil and two pens , a stack of train and airline schedules , and a few pieces of personal clutter that could have been in any room in the house . |
| 18 | And indeed it was something very different — the bones of a human skeleton , a few pieces of clothing still on it . |
| 19 | The few pieces of furniture looked old , solid , and unprepossessing , the kind of stuff that Pete would have expected to see at the bargain end of a market-town auction . |
| 20 | Just inside the hallway , behind the speaker grille and the numbered bell-pushes , there was a shelf with a few pieces of mail ; a couple of them were for Carson but they were junk mail , expensive waste paper from a motoring organisation . |
| 21 | She had added a large floppy white collar bought in Spaxton , and one of her few pieces of jewellery — a Victorian cameo on a gold chain . |
| 22 | Float a few pieces of marshmallow on top of each drink and decorate with grated chocolate . |
| 23 | ‘ Apart from a few pieces of glass and steel which had been gifts from my family and had sentimental value , I let her run riot among my other acquisitions . |
| 24 | The chambers themselves were bleak , containing truckle beds , a few pieces of furniture , a table and a bowl and jug for washing . |
| 25 | Take a few pieces of this stuff , it looks like gravel |