Sentence examples similar to yard piece from inspiring English sources

Denise M. Richardson, the acting managing director of the General Contractors Association of New York, said a highway contractor had been prepared for a "400-yard piece of work" on Tuesday morning, but when concrete-mixing trucks failed to show up, the crew "worked around it and got as much other work done as they could".

Some also dug in at The Nek, a 20 yards piece of high ground between Malone's Gully to the north and Monash Valley to the south.

Cut a 2/3-yard (.61 m) piece of 1 1/2-inch (3.81 cm) wide wire-rimmed ribbon.

6. Attach the webbing and handle to the flaps Cut the remaining webbing into two 1 1/2-yard pieces and mark a line across the centre of each piece.

For a medium to big dog, two, two-yard pieces of fabric will do the trick.

For a small dog, two one-yard pieces of fabric will be enough.

His first was The Verdict (1946), a solid Scotland Yard period piece that was the eighth and last movie to feature the popular on-screen team of Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.

My proudest invention was an unpatented static-elimination device, a yard-long piece of aluminum Christmas tinsel tied to a length of fourteen-gauge lamp wire that I wrapped around something grounded.

Jesse Marsch's team were dominant, and finally showed the form of last year, when they won the Supporters' Shield, but there was no wonder-strike from 30 yards, no piece of individual brilliance – and no red card or dodgy decision as a mitigating factor.

"It's very important for us to have a player at the club who can score like that," reflected Poyet of Harley, whose curling 30-yard set-piece in the 64th minute came after Craig Noone's long-range opener.

But Wigan midfielder Maloney curled a 25-yard set-piece into the top corner to give Scotland a second Group A win.