Example sentences of "or piece of [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Where the bottom is weedy ( ordinary soft weed , not algae ) you can incorporate a cork or piece of polystyrene into the feeder to keep it on top of the weed ( see Fig. 3 ) .
2 A newspaper heading ; title of an article or piece of news in a newspaper , journal , magazine , etc .
3 On other occasions a user may want every document or piece of information on a topic traced , and then high recall must be sought to the detriment of precision .
4 When dry , thread a ribbon or piece of string through the hole and your decoration is ready to hand on the wall .
5 Erm I , I er much of the compliment that you paid t to me and the department in terms of the efficiency that we 've , which we 're dealing with the correspondence , I , I am conscious of the fact that in something of this nature those er members that you mentioned , some of them are , are here this morning erm are , are not er s receiving er a regular erm series of er erm letters or , or pieces of information from the department and it 's very much an ad hoc situation erm and at the moment as far as is concerned , we are waiting for the the completion of some of the reporting before we erm er submerge them with er a , a , a , a lot of paper , but if there are any particular issues that erm any of those members or indeed any other members erm particularly wants to pursue , er th th the position is as it is on , on any matter , please do get in touch .
6 The commercial baby foods often have whole peas or pieces of carrot in the puréed food which the child will spit out or refuse to eat .
7 We would line up across the parade ground , shoulder to shoulder , and in a slow forward walk , eyes fixed on the ground , would pick up any cigarette ends or pieces of paper on the gravel .
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