Below you will find example sentences with "brass bands". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Brass Bands in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: bands
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.2 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "brass bands" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as against other brass bands of a, almost all brass bands in britain, band, marching and city stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with marching bands, metal bands, brass band and marching bands, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with brass bands
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Brass bands have mostly been linked with coal mines. (9 words)
Almost all brass bands in Britain perform regularly, particularly during the summer months. (13 words)
There will also be a variety of brass bands such as Bayou City and Boomtown. (15 words)
He is not expected to join the banner groups and brass bands on the historic city’s cobbled streets today, but North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll has said the leader should be there ‘to see what unity looks like’. (40 words)
Alongside street music events, Tim founded his own 8 piece band twenty years ago – Tongues of Fire – which features musicians drawn from the worlds of free jazz, brass bands, contemporary classical, theatre and samba. (34 words)
The Netherlands also has a strong corps of drums tradition present with several civil corps plus few military brass bands presently active, plus veterans bands made up of retired musicians and reservists. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Brass bands Drogheda has a number of brass bands and is home to the Drogheda Brass Band, National Brass Band Champions of Ireland 2007–12, and the Lourdes Brass Band.
Spanish band traditions include military style brass bands, marching bands (using brass, woodwinds and percussion) and bugle bands and the Asturias region's unique pipe bands.
New Orleans style Brass Bands like the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Rebirth Brass Band use a sousaphone as the bass instrument.
A total of ten bands competed at the event’s third edition of the National Carnival Commission’s competition aimed at showcasing brass bands for Carnival.
The bands are brass bands and along with the parade’s leaders and organizers, they make up the main or first line.
A large number of bands also enter contests against other brass bands of a similar standard.
The Netherlands also has a strong corps of drums tradition present with several civil corps plus few military brass bands presently active, plus veterans bands made up of retired musicians and reservists.
The second instrument is used in modern brass bands and marching bands, and is more accurately called a "marching mellophone" or mellophone.
He is not expected to join the banner groups and brass bands on the historic city’s cobbled streets today, but North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll has said the leader should be there ‘to see what unity looks like’.
Most of the city’s celebrations occur in the streets and squares, where brass bands known as “Zate Hermeniekes” perform throughout all three days.
The choirs will be joining two brass bands, one of which, the Goodshaw Band, has a Bury firefighter, Martin Foran, as a member.
Alongside street music events, Tim founded his own 8 piece band twenty years ago – Tongues of Fire – which features musicians drawn from the worlds of free jazz, brass bands, contemporary classical, theatre and samba.
During the ceremony, the Tongan royal family honoured the unidentified men by bestowing them with names with symbolic meaning, while local church choirs and brass bands filled the air with music.
With brass bands and fancy dress characters also taking centre stage during the parade, the procession led towards Meadowbank fields where there were more than sixty stalls to keep residents entertained.
Festival in Somerville, which brought more than 25 brass bands from across the world together with a wide variety of non-profits for a weekend of performance and activism around Davis Square.
There will also be a variety of brass bands such as Bayou City and Boomtown.
It was the kind of feeling that is best expressed with brass bands, confetti, American flags and parades.
The jukebox is stocked with Delta blues and brass bands, ’60s soul, and a hint of jazz.
Almost all brass bands in Britain perform regularly, particularly during the summer months.
Brass bands have mostly been linked with coal mines.