Example sentences of "[art] piece of [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to her she must have on every piece of jewellery the family owned . |
| 2 | One day he excelled himself , turning up with a piece of furniture the size of a large sideboard which housed the coveted television set along with a radiogram and a place to keep your records . |
| 3 | The Minister will remember that in Committee , he regularly boasted about how powerful a piece of legislation the Bill was — saying that it was the most far-reaching legislation in Europe , and so on . |
| 4 | Then she sent Nara to fetch the things she would need : a piece of rope the length of the space between her hands when she held out her arms ; a supple willow twig , the length of the space between Nara 's hands : a sprig of the dā telo bush in flower : and some wheat flour and tobacco for her own payment . |
| 5 | To make up a box , get a piece of hardboard the same size as the panel for the box bottom . |
| 6 | Any citizen attending could inscribe on a piece of pottery the name of the person he wanted ostracised , without speeches or debate . |
| 7 | He had been stabbed a number of times but , before he died , he used his own blood to etch on a piece of parchment the name Raphael . |
| 8 | There 's a piece of glass the size of your fist in his neck . |
| 9 | Jot down on a piece of paper the names of three people whom you are close to . |
| 10 | As a piece of hardware the Touchmaster tablet appears to have a lot going for it compared with its rivals like the Grafpad and the Koala-pad . |