Example sentences of "a [adj] piece [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when curiosity got the better of us we found ourselves almost immediately drawn to a highland community where , like a long-awaiting gift , we were invited to build a house for about a thousand pounds on a verdant piece of property . |
| 2 | A trap is a specially-shaped piece of pipe in which water remains to make a seal after the basin , sink or whatever has emptied . |
| 3 | Most managers are happier with numbers and measurements than qualitative judgements , and there is , certainly , some risk that a small-scale piece of research will turn out to have been done on a sample of people who are rather atypical of the desired target audience as a whole . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He brings Abraham down to earth with a bump , by giving us a subtle piece of comedy in which he features as something of a country bumpkin and gets , to use unsubtle language for a moment , ‘ right done ’ ! |
| 6 | No one in his right mind would call the Delinquents a memorable piece of work . |
| 7 | I clutched a drink and a grubby piece of paper . |
| 8 | The woodwork frontage of the old gallery has gone and a solid piece of wood has replaced the balusters . |
| 9 | part of the process of universal involvement in recognition of Artai as Lord of the Earth now necessitated the removal of the Dragon Throne — a solid piece of carving of the weight of seven thousand diram — with its occupant from the top of the plinth down to the concourse from whence it was destined to be borne on a processional route on the shoulders of teams of men of every degree in the Khanate , most of whom had been selected by lot , although there were a few who had paid out considerable sums in gold koban for the privilege of inclusion . |
| 10 | Until last week this latter option might have been considered a possible piece of government lunacy . |
| 11 | This is a terrific piece of luck , Bridget . ’ |
| 12 | Like a drowning woman clinging to a frail piece of wreckage , she hung for dear life on to the bedpost while the images cluttered her mind : Benedict smiling ; Caswell shocked ; a loved face dying ; the wasted face of Lady Lavinia dead , eyes open ; Araminta 's bitter , hating mouth ; Rose 's pleading smile for Benedict . |
| 13 | It was a classic piece of Triad mischief — an attempt to unsettle the owners of the Dragon Cloud before they moved in in force . |
| 14 | That , of course , was a classic piece of management legerdemain . |
| 15 | The paper 's final wording is a classic piece of commission fudge . |
| 16 | Finally , in a classic piece of understatement , viewers are informed that the cavalry charge ‘ clearly worried the pickets ’ . |
| 17 | You need a strong piece of work . |
| 18 | Oh God do n't wan na do my fucking musical , I 've got ta make a flipping piece of music out from a stupid scale . |
| 19 | But even if it is n't , it is far better to start with a concise piece of information which can be built up into a bigger story if the circumstances are right than to send out a wordy release which is immediately discarded . |
| 20 | In Howell v. Coupland ( 1876 C.A ) , the seller agreed to sell 200 tons of the potato crop on a specific piece of land , which would normally have produced easily that amount . |
| 21 | Although the suggestions are for a specific piece of video , they have been selected because the ideas are transferable to other materials . |
| 22 | Secondly , and more importantly , the judgment on the ban illustrated that there was a specific piece of legislation , and legislation directly concerned with libraries , which could , in legal terms at lest , halt censorship in libraries . |
| 23 | Computers display information on screens using a specific piece of hardware to process screen data . |
| 24 | The Principal , a frightful piece of lava from a volcano long extinct , actually insisted that I relinquish domestic tuition , simperingly permitted the murky phrase sexual harassment to hover in the air between us , and indicated that in the course of the aestival recess he might be reconsidering the terms and conditions of my employment . |
| 25 | The most probable source of this innovation , however , would seem to be the nomadic herdsman of Central Asia , who possessed both an abundance of rug-making material ( i.e. , wool provided by their sheep ) and the need to combat the harshness of climate and terrain ; it is likely that they discovered — possibly by accident — that by looping or knotting short lengths of wool through a flatwoven piece of material they could produce much more comfortable and durable rugs . |
| 26 | The Criminal Justice Act was hailed as a far-reaching piece of legislature when it was launched last October . |
| 27 | ‘ I give you a toast , ’ he said , waving a doubled-over piece of waffle on his fork in salute . |
| 28 | Moderator it may seem a little strange to resist this er addendum but I do so really because er it 's never a good idea to er to be amending what is in a sense a liturgical piece of work on the floor of the house . |
| 29 | Recording technology can be used to produce extended , unique , individual visions ( Mike Oldfield 's Tubular Bells ) ; and , with the advent of ‘ portable studios ’ , a musician can produce a complete piece on tape at home , then teach it to the band , just like a bourgeois composer , rather than entering into collaborative work . |
| 30 | If these moderators are present ( we discuss what these are in a moment ) then work will be experienced as meaningful if it requires a variety of skills from the worker , if a complete piece of work is done ( task identity ) , and if the worker sees the task to be of significance . |