Sentence examples for a pier of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a pier of" is not correct in standard written English.
It is unclear without context what you intend to convey, but it may be a misinterpretation of "a piece of" or "a pair of."
Example: "I saw a pier of boats docked at the marina."
Alternatives: "a piece of" or "a pair of."

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Started in 1997, the National Piers Society decided to hold an annual ballot of its members to choose a Pier Of The Year.

But the last fifteen minutes which unfold on a pier of some sort--from which the now desperate Meg likes to swim--are so over-the-top and out-of-synch with what's preceded them that they alone may preclude the expensive production from traveling to Manhattan any time soon.

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Eric Stroud stands on a pier on the island of North Bimini in the Bahamas.

High waves knocked 40 people off a pier on Anjouan, killing 33 of them.

Not far away a man in hi vis jumper was standing at the end of a pier made of rocks.

Cruise ships dock regularly at a pier south of San Miguel.

They found the jet alone, tied down to the barge and surrounded by a pier full of empty chairs.

Below is a cutaway view of a pier, where scores of sleeping men are watched by a hulking cop.

Last Tuesday, as night settled into the soft blue of the East River, Luis Rivera stood at the end of a rough pier of cement just off 20th Street and hoisted a tall pole with two small American flags.

They suggest that the eigenvalues are close to those of a simply supported beam with uniformized transverse restraint and mass, except for relatively high pier stiffness and for a single pier of medium stiffness.

The pier once served as the causeway across the bay but was replaced in the 1960s and converted into a fishing pier of 3200 feet, billed as the longest in the world.

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