Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] piece of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the longest and most controversial piece of business transacted was the disestablishment of the Hong Kong Branch . |
| 2 | This is a rather strange piece of behaviour , which gave rise in the l9th century to the belief that the female cuckoo swallowed her egg after laying it and then regurgitated it into the host 's nest . |
| 3 | This is one of the most progressive pieces of legislation in the world in attempting to establish equality between men and women as the rule in marriage . |
| 4 | Going against the grain of long split skirts and leather jeans , some of the most striking pieces of womenswear for winter come from Issey Miyake . |
| 5 | ‘ Alongside the coffee machine , a fryer is the most profitable piece of machinery in a restaurant — providing you use the right equipment for your purposes . |
| 6 | The plot may not be the simplest and most direct piece of story-telling that Hofmannsthal gave to strauss — but look below the surface and investigate the symbols . |
| 7 | Your report on the Escort LX ( 3 October ) must be one of the most peculiar pieces of motoring journalism ever published . |
| 8 | Objectors and supporters wanting to speak at the inquiry were asked to complete forms listing the witnesses they intended calling and roughly how long each piece of evidence would take . |
| 9 | Another group , exclusively male , was gathered around what Sendei guessed was a highly advanced piece of technology . |
| 10 | The Public Order Act was a necessary but highly controversial piece of legislation . |
| 11 | Excitement fades to disillusionment , and so another piece of technology goes to gather dust on a storeroom shelf . |
| 12 | We should also remember that just as not every piece of writing need go through one or more stages of drafting , so some pieces of writing need not be pursued to a finished stage . |
| 13 | The carpenter puts together shaped pieces of wood to make a table . |
| 14 | Dealers have been showered with complaints about this highly sophisticated piece of equipment which has apparently developed a serious fault . |
| 15 | In our view , though , every developer believes his own particular case to be unique , with ‘ special circumstances ’ to consider ; and every developer will seek to demolish existing listed buildings by arguing that they will be replaced by a much better piece of architecture . |
| 16 | There had been so many pieces of paper ; 50 million at least , someone else had told him , generated during his eight years as President . |
| 17 | long , long plain pieces of area you could |
| 18 | Sir , I invite you attach no importance at all to that ridiculous concept in relation to this highly important piece of land . |
| 19 | In fact , the Act ( which is an extremely complicated piece of legislation ) did not succeed in abolishing the tied cottage . |
| 20 | He was already gathering together various pieces of paper . |
| 21 | There was only one piece of mail behind the door . |
| 22 | Take only one piece of hand luggage to minimise security-check time |
| 23 | But there 's only one piece of advice that matters really : think of the general public , in other words do n't produce something that leaves 99 per cent of the public behind . ’ |
| 24 | DRAINED by the exercise of inferring what was holding together two pieces of stick inside a cardboard box , a first-year science pupil at Gillingham comprehensive school in north Dorset advanced the opinion that the national curriculum was ‘ just another posh name for different subjects ’ . |
| 25 | it 's only two pieces of bacon |
| 26 | When creating a curved shape always try to use as many naturally curved pieces of plant material as possible — their shapes will help to accentuate the mood and rhythm of your design , as well as add continuity . |
| 27 | He told various parables to illustrate what the Kingdom of God is like : it is like a person discovering treasure in a field , so he sells everything he has and buys the field ; or like finding an extremely expensive piece of jewellery . |
| 28 | It 's a constant amazement how an apparently harmless piece of rubbish can become an animal 's enemy . |
| 29 | Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware that the Winchester bypass is one of the most dangerous pieces of road in the country ? |
| 30 | If I can just join in the Scum-bashing here , am I the only person that thinks Sharpe is the most over-rated piece of crap ever to have pulled on a red shirt ( and they 've had quite a few ) ? |