How To Use By the piece In A Sentence

Any problems that occur can be solved by the piece of plastic in your wallet. Times, Sunday Times
she sold the plates by the piece
Driving herds long distances to quench their thirst runs off their fat, and as cattle are now sold by the pound, instead of by the piece, as formerly was the case, the heavier a steer is the more money he brings. The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders
The rest of the audience will probably have been struck by the piece's easily digestible, often lyrical manner. Times, Sunday Times
The rest of the audience will probably have been struck by the piece's easily digestible, often lyrical manner. Times, Sunday Times

My plan was simple: create a conflict between those who would be offended by the piece and those who would say its offensiveness gave it merit as powerful, thought-provoking art.
The rest of the audience will probably have been struck by the piece's easily digestible, often lyrical manner. Times, Sunday Times
I was intrigued by the piece as I had never before seen a textile that was woven to mimic quilting actually used as the base for a quilt.
As she was an excellent chirographer, with a clear head for business, and was paid by the piece and not by the month, she made money fast, as matters were then reckoned, and she was very liberal with it. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
Yet for all the cosmopolitan complexity of this interlingual exercise, this zone of reading appears to be incommensurable with the broadened geopolitical terrain and heightened speeds of globalization suggested by the piece.
In harvest they hay-make -- chiefly light work, as raking -- and reap, which is much harder labour; but then, while reaping they work their own time, as it is done by the piece. The Toilers of the Field
The big wrinkle on the hip is done by the piece that holds the socks up, not the corselet. E!: Baroquey Dokey
His initial pitch had been that the stories only needed to be inspired by the piece of art – mine was an upside down Harlequin, hanged from the bottom of a Ferris wheel seat. Relatively Speaking...