Example sentences of "very [adj] piece of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I think it is a very bold and very clever piece of work indeed . |
| 4 | A very dangerous piece of theology . |
| 5 | When the time comes it will be important to oppose strongly this very dangerous piece of legislation . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a very unusual piece of jewellery . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | And I think it 's a very fine piece of work for which he received a first class mark incidentally . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | What we 've got here is a very conventional piece of logic that implements what I 've talked about . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This is n't a very good piece of paper . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Disgorgers are a minor but very important piece of tackle . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | ‘ That 's a very important piece of evidence , ’ said the King . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | A very small piece of lead , like a tiny cupola with a lightly-milled edge . |
| 25 | erm it might well look like that for that very small piece of graph , but the overall picture you 've lost completely by not going far enough so you , you want minus infinity to plus infinity . |
| 26 | Compensation had to be fought for , it was n't a matter of right , and a piece of a very small piece of coal fell down the shaft , the onsetter 's the man at the bottom , and it through his hand and he got compensation and then my father was sacked for the shovel . |
| 27 | I like the way they splice on their headstocks ( almost invisibly underneath the headstock facing ) but not the way they make up the depth of the heel with a very different-coloured piece of mahogany — although I suppose some people might . |
| 28 | A very practical piece of software . |
| 29 | Indeed , the very first piece of family self-revelation is the way they choose to sit together , for this can show the observant counsellor the existing pattern of alliances and tensions , as revealing as any words . |
| 30 | The Datapath Magician is a very impressive piece of equipment and must rate as an absolute must either for those users wanting more colours than their 512K card can manage or for those who find the screen redrawing speed of Windows too slow . |