Example sentences of "piece of [noun sg] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may include lecture preparation , presentation , research for a publication or article in the members ' own name or research for a new piece of work to be undertaken . |
| 2 | They do n't produce a piece of vinyl to be sold in a retail outlet . |
| 3 | Hanging equipment on hooks and pegs , where there is one hook or peg for each piece of equipment to be stored in this way — perhaps labelled with a picture symbol . |
| 4 | I was just a piece of luggage to be labelled and sent wherever they wanted . |
| 5 | This violent event , described at length in hysterically colourful terms , is the only piece of history to be woven convincingly into the plot . |
| 6 | It goes without saying that everything depends on the nature of the piece of music to be scored . |
| 7 | She realized that everyone looked at her with new eyes , handling her like a precious piece of porcelain to be admired but not touched . |
| 8 | Among the extra work which required a special piece of plant to be brought onto the site for one week and then returned 200 miles , there must be some extra work which just happens to be within the scope of a piece of plant which is already on site which would otherwise have been idle during the week in question . |
| 9 | ‘ If there is a particularly nasty piece of business to be got out of the way , a quick dose of this will bring it to a head quickly . |
| 10 | The first piece of information to be released through this channel each day is the Bank 's estimate of the overall cash shortage or surplus in the money market . |
| 11 | Whenever a place is being furnished for the use of young children , a set of blocks is generally considered one of the basic pieces of equipment to be provided . |
| 12 | These are probably the most basic , simple and commonly-used pieces of equipment to be found in home aquaria . |
| 13 | Text entry is not quite so simple and a little and time consuming , but it does allow for individual pieces of text to be attached to specific notes and symbols which stay attached to the correct notes even when you have edited a piece extensively . |
| 14 | Mr McFarlane said a ‘ temporary ’ jetty , built to allow large pieces of plant to be delivered to the site , would not be dismantled before a decision was made on the C station . |