Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adj] piece [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Speaking of rare things of the Orient , senator , let me show you my most treasured piece of chinoiserie . " |
| 2 | For many people — if not most — their car is , after their home , their most valuable piece of property . |
| 3 | Brides And Setting Up Home magazine is full of suggestions but their most valuable piece of advice is undoubtedly start planning early . |
| 4 | She visited Scotland twice ( 1803 and 1822 ) , the first time in his and Coleridge 's company , and her ‘ Recollections ’ of the tour form her most ambitious piece of writing . |
| 5 | Add to this easy slide show production for business presentations complete with a goodly selection of transition effects and you very useful piece of business software . |
| 6 | Let us take instead one comparatively small piece of country , which contains every variety of road from the prehistoric trackway to the modern by-pass , so that the detailed differences are brought out : for the interest of an inquiry such as this , and one can not say it too often , lies in the detail of the subject . |
| 7 | It is strong and not damaging and is probably the one absolutely essential piece of equipment you need above all others . |
| 8 | His most useful piece of advice concerned what to draw or paint . |
| 9 | John Maynard Smith , who was Haldane 's pupil , says his most remarkable piece of foresight was the suggestion in 1941 , 12 years before the structure of DNA was elucidated , that genes would replicate semi-conservatively , that is , by a molecule splitting in two and each half making a mirror image of itself . |
| 10 | In his most ambitious piece to date , called ‘ Street Crossing ’ , white-patinated urbanities confront one another in midtown ( have they got Giacometti 's 1948 ‘ City Square ’ on their minds ? ) . |
| 11 | Your most important piece of equipment will be a sewing-machine , and you should of course know exactly how it works . |