Example sentences of "very [adj] piece of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two very strong pieces of evidence confirming that the examples of inherently restrictive predicative adjectives accompanied by articles must indeed be regarded as entity-identifying expressions : First , they can quite generally appear where entity expressions appear , including positions which are not even superficially available to an ordinary adjective : ( 24 ) the rudest came from your cousin she gave motherly advice to a second , and a stern warning to a third the oldest of the aircraft should be scrapped ( 25 ) the honest deserves the appointment Bert offered a peanut to the untidy the elegant of the vases lay on its side |
| 2 | Not only was this untrue but it was a very foolish piece of disinformation , since Stokes Bay is a good three miles away from where Crabb was last seen alive . |
| 3 | Until today , that was , when suddenly two very different pieces of information had come to hand . |
| 4 | There are several very popular pieces of software available for this , in particular PKZIP and ARC . |
| 5 | For very tiny pieces of piping , you could even put a little icing directly into the nozzle and press out with your thumb — messy but simple . |
| 6 | Of course , it is quite another matter to go on to argue from this very limited piece of evidence that loss of the fricative in /xt/ was embedded in the English language as a whole as a completed sound-change at this early date . |
| 7 | ‘ I think it is a very bold and very clever piece of work indeed . |
| 8 | A very dangerous piece of theology . |
| 9 | When the time comes it will be important to oppose strongly this very dangerous piece of legislation . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a very unusual piece of jewellery . |
| 11 | It has been done but it is a hell of a thing to repeat , it will be a very , very fine piece of mountaineering if they pull it off . ’ |
| 12 | And I think it 's a very fine piece of work for which he received a first class mark incidentally . |
| 13 | Whether your aims are physique development or figure improvement , the vast majority of the exercises you will need to do can be carried out with these very basic pieces of equipment . |
| 14 | Erm there are all sorts of little rules , the every black sack that comes in has to be gone through , no matter how grotty , somewhere inside it there might be some really very , very valuable piece of equipment . |
| 15 | What we 've got here is a very conventional piece of logic that implements what I 've talked about . |
| 16 | Additionally , says Millerand , elaborate Louis XIV furniture has a much narrower audience than later eighteenth-century styles , and those that like it may simply not have the space to accommodate such a very large piece of furniture . |
| 17 | ‘ In the second coat pocket we found two very large pieces of wood , and inside them were great pieces of metal , very sharp . |
| 18 | An outline plan is not only a very useful means of focussing attention on all the important issues before implementation , it is also a very useful piece of evidence for assessment purposes . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They 're very useful pieces of documentation . |
| 21 | At the teacher 's suggestion I then found myself colouring some swing tickets at happened to be in my knitting bag and attaching these to a very poor piece of knitting . |
| 22 | You had one very good piece of news , which was ‘ During the past year the Environmental Health Department has run fifteen courses for food handlers , and one hundred and eighty-seven people have passed the examination . ’ |
| 23 | a very good piece of negotiation on your part erm that er there must be a reason why industry 's prepared to a lost leader . |
| 24 | This is n't a very good piece of paper . |
| 25 | It 's a very complicated piece of code and there is a question whether it [ Microsoft ] can produce a mass market operating system out of something that complex — look at Unix . |
| 26 | Disgorgers are a minor but very important piece of tackle . |
| 27 | Really , two things brought up investigation to consider the first is with trusts the very important piece of work that 's done by trusts on behalf of the provence another provence may or may not know that there are the trusts have now been er , between trusts erm South Wales trusts erm |
| 28 | ‘ That 's a very important piece of evidence , ’ said the King . |
| 29 | I have what I believe to be a very important piece of information for marine fish keepers which I have picked up from the marine scene in the USA . |
| 30 | I do n't think anybody appreciates just how much , and I would like to put it on record , how much George does on behalf of the provence a very considerable piece of work ! |