Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] piece [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could operate rather like a personal TESSA and would be a er tax free savings account , which would allow a small business to save for a perhaps a major piece of machinery in a tax free environment . |
| 2 | So a final piece of advice . |
| 3 | It 's only a small piece of carpet . |
| 4 | There was quite a good helping of pudding but only a tiny piece of meat . |
| 5 | Chapman , 23 , of Norwood Road , Herne Hill , south London , was fined £80 and ordered to pay £50 costs by magistrates at Streatham , south London , for leaving Ziggy for six days without water and only a tiny piece of cheese to eat . |
| 6 | There were probably a number of them in Britain , but they must have left very little archaeological trace , needing only a flat piece of ground , probably outside the towns , marked out with wood rails and probably a stand at the finishing post for the local dignitaries and wealthy citizens . |
| 7 | I am out here alone , unprotected , only a thin piece of plastic-canvas away from lions , buffalo , leopards and hyena . |
| 8 | He referred to that witness 's testimony as ‘ only a formal piece of evidence . ’ |
| 9 | The remaining police officer contributed ‘ only a formal piece of evidence . ’ |
| 10 | Wary of the advantages the Kiwi teams had had on home ground , Fusil refused to name the route , but still made one vital error ( and gave away a crucial piece of information for the Costa Rican teams ) by saying it would be a coast-to-coast race across the Central American country . |
| 11 | I was just thinking rather than having plain which you 'd have to pay for anyway a plain piece of glass and , and er putting lead on it yourself I think that 's a brilliant idea that . |
| 12 | It gives details of Radio 4 's New Year Day item based on the Lady Chatterley trial , with this note by Michael Green , the controller : ‘ It 's not just a seminal piece of history … ‘ |
| 13 | ‘ On ‘ Into The Fire ’ , for example , I 'm really proud of Keith 's playing , especially on Native Son — just a fantastic piece of guitar work . |
| 14 | Oh , and maybe just a tiny piece of advice : next time you , quote , ‘ risk life and limb ’ I suggest you check first that the person does need rescuing . |
| 15 | This fascinating story is one of many such in Roger Lonsdale 's anthology of Eighteenth-Century Women Poets , not just a marvellous piece of scholarship but as richly entertaining and original a book as I have come across for some time . |
| 16 | It 's just a little piece of art . |
| 17 | So that they just needed more or less scrubbing out and put on Put into drainers , you know just a big piece of wood with holes cut in so that you could fit them in and would n't fall off , and dry them over the heat . |
| 18 | The man for the crisis proved to be Downton , who stayed with Gower till the end , which came when Botham declared on 302 for 6 ; they were helped by Marshall not being able to bowl , but it was still a fine piece of concentration of which Ken Barrington would have been proud . |
| 19 | The rear bar which protect-the back of the cab is hardly a substantial piece of engineering and i-too flimsy to tie anything to . |
| 20 | The levy in mass against the Gauls is still mentioned in the charter granted to the " colonia Genetiva Julia " in Spain in 44 B.C. , when it was presumably a simple piece of antiquarianism , if it did not allude to Caesar 's recent wars . |
| 21 | I 've had rather a surprising piece of news , that 's all . ’ |
| 22 | A water proof watch is also an important piece of equipment . |
| 23 | This is not really an outstanding piece of detective work , señorita . ’ |
| 24 | For example , commercial microwave ovens are now an essential piece of equipment in catering establishments throughout the UK . |
| 25 | Speakers make use of a very sharply limited inventory of phonological contrasts , and realizations of any given unit are likely to crop up quite frequently in even a short piece of text . |
| 26 | Let her take a favourite toy or comfort object with her , as sometimes a little piece of home can make her feel more secure among strangers . |
| 27 | His Grimes was really quite a nice piece of work . |
| 28 | The stove remains quite a complex piece of engineering however and careful handling and maintenance is necessary . |
| 29 | The balls are normally spheroid and enclosed in a cage consisting of either a cross-shaped piece of sheet metal , often silver , or two metal bands . |
| 30 | The six-day Royal Scotsman promoted by the L & R Leisure Group under the trading name The Great Scottish & Western Railway Company , was either a remarkable piece of opportunism , or a very shrewd example of business judgement . |