Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] piece [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a highly instructive piece to the extent that it foregrounds not only Nizan 's unequivocally realistic perception of the USSR , but also his own personal commitment to the revolutionary achievements of the Soviet people . |
| 2 | Anyway , it ran a filthily rude piece about the party and Tina rang up Nigel in tears — ‘ Why would they do this ? ’ |
| 3 | Her first detective novel , The Man in the Queue , a highly accomplished piece of a work for a novice hand , was published in 1929 under the pseudonym of Gordon Daviot — the name by which she preferred to be known , in both public and private — though for her seven other works in this genre she took the name Josephine Tey . |
| 4 | You will have seen , with as much surprise as pleasure , a child of nine play the harpsichord like the great masters ; & what will have astonished you even more was to hear from trustworthy persons that he already played it in a superior manner three years ago ; to know that almost everything he plays is of his own composition ; to have found in all his pieces , and even in his improvisations , that character of force which is the stamp of genius , that variety which proclaims the fire of imagination & that charm which proves an assured taste ; and lastly , to have seen him perform the most difficult pieces with an ease and a facility that would be surprising even in a musician of thirty … . |
| 5 | there is a tendency to standardize different time-scales — but in fact different musical types , and sometimes different pieces within a type , may sell at different rates over different time-spans ; thus the Beatles ' ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ sold a million copies in a week while Ken Dodd 's ‘ Tears ’ took five months to do the same ( Harker 1980 : 98–9 ) . |
| 6 | There was no recording at that time , and it was a very difficult piece for the orchestra to bring off but I was determined to do it . |