Example sentences of "[vb -s] it quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think she uses it quite often , you know , I mean |
| 2 | As a matter of fact she finds it quite hard to teach more than one group at a time , and many children spend part of the day on low-supervision activities or ‘ busy-work ’ , which does n't really move their thinking on . |
| 3 | In preparing my speech I recalled ( as the reader also may ) the occasion during my first watch in Tartar when the first lieutenant had shown me the various instruments on the bridge , and that when I asked why one had a canvas cover , he had said , ‘ Oh , that 's the Mountbatten station-keeping gear , and we keep it covered because the captain finds it quite useless . ’ |
| 4 | So many people nowadays have , as I do , these nondescript ‘ squashy bags ’ that it distinguishes it quite easily . |
| 5 | No but he understands it quite well . |
| 6 | alright and if you look at the diagram on page thirteen and you look at the little arrow diagram you 'll see that it gives it quite nice and clearly there is that alright ? |
| 7 | She thought for some time before saying : ‘ In some degree ’ puts it quite well . ’ |
| 8 | said all I 'm worried about is did I wash my hair too early for you so she said it 's alright I 've got a spray that I can sort of cos she likes it quite wet when she |
| 9 | Secondly , in an exchange like the following ( from Lyons , 1977a : 668 ) : ( 94 ) A : I 've never seen him B : That 's a lie the pronoun that does not seem to be anaphoric ( unless it is held that it refers to the same entity that A 's utterance does , i.e. a proposition or a truth value ) ; nor does it quite seem to be discourse-deictic ( it refers not to the sentence but , perhaps , to the statement made by uttering that sentence ) . |
| 10 | Indeed it is difficult to imagine such a state of affairs , but in fact Marx , especially in Formen makes it quite clear that this is not what he meant at all ; it is only under the influence of Morgan in The Origin that Engels might possible by construed to have implied something so unlikely . |
| 11 | Yet the sequel to the story makes it quite plain that this appalling feast of destruction was in accordance with God 's will ( ch. |
| 12 | Indeed , the casual indifference of this earlier document makes it quite clear what the English were after ; France , as the later memorandum said , must not make Scotland a ‘ footstool ’ to look over England , and whether that be resolved , as the memorial of the 8th put it , by Mary 's heir Châtelherault or by her bastard half-brother lord James , should he have designs on the crown , really did not matter . |
| 13 | The law makes it quite clear that a member of a local authority may not be employed by that authority . |
| 14 | This interpretation makes it quite clear that the disposition in the will has failed , and that it is only thanks to the trust clause that the nurses do obtain this additional income . |
| 15 | Another of the original apple trees makes it quite shady here even in the heart of summer so the planting is a subtle mix of hostas , ferns and other shade loving foliage plants . |
| 16 | Article 5 of the convention makes it quite clear that a contracting state such as Libya must either extradite an alleged offender , or prosecute the alleged offender itself . |
| 17 | The mass of legislation governing the haulage industry makes it quite easy to step outside the confines of the law , albeit inadvertently . |
| 18 | While we ca n't say that we are in complete agreement with Barry Graham 's ‘ with one bound , IBM was free ’ analysis of the company 's manifold problems and its prospects , written up in today 's page two , there is no doubt that IBM Corp is suffering from a deep crisis of confidence , and his messianic defence of the mainframe makes it quite clear that the man who should be running IBM in succession to John Akers is — Barry Graham . |
| 19 | Reporting that Judge Vaughn Walker has entered an order establishing a hearing date on summary judgement motions for May 5 in the look-and-feel suit brought against it and Hewlett-Packard Co by Apple Computer Inc , Microsoft Corp makes it quite clear that it is not prepared to tolerate any nonsense from anyone : the lawyer retained as its vice-president of law and corporate affairs is called William Neukom . |
| 20 | Popper , for instance , makes it quite clear that his ‘ World Three ’ is a world of academics . |
| 21 | Interestingly , during the same conversation , discussion switches to Merseyside , when Hounam makes it quite clear he believes someone in the Conservative government has intervened to prevent an investigation into a serious instance of corruption . |
| 22 | This analysis of the history of the visitors ' jurisdiction before 1873 makes it quite clear , in our judgment , that when the judges were sitting as visitors to the Inns of Court to hear appeals by barristers who had been ordered to be suspended or disbarred they were acting as judges and performing judicial duties which were an essential part of the administration of justice in their courts . |
| 23 | I I think su surely Mr the next sentence makes it quite unambiguous . |
| 24 | This makes it quite difficult to get accurate figures about school-age mothers . |
| 25 | In Ephesians 3:16 Paul makes it quite explicit . |
| 26 | M m my translation I think m makes it quite definite . |
| 27 | However , the diary makes it quite clear that Beatrice did not want to be associated with what she viewed as primarily a celibate woman 's cause . |
| 28 | This makes it quite clear how the gap between apparent and real earnings increases with time . |
| 29 | The case of Donson & Frudd v Conoco Ltd , 1973 IRLR 258 , also makes it quite clear that a conviction does not permit the employer unlimited freedom in dealing with employees . |
| 30 | It certainly makes it quite clear that rape is about violence , power and control , and not a sexual act , but in doing so , it arguably indulges in a voyeurism equally sadistic . |