Example sentences of "[adj] [be] quite a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 This was quite a journey since the guests were obliged to traverse a large anteroom , the room occupied by the Cent-Gardes on duty , plus several other large rooms before reaching their destination .
2 This was quite an achievement as there were many well-known archers at the meeting — the captain had arranged for the northern championship meeting to be held at the same venue on the three days prior to the Scorton shoot .
3 This was quite an accomplishment and the boss was very pleased .
4 Now that is quite an implication when you think about it !
5 And that 's quite an achievement because the Gold Star award is only given to five per cent of resorts in the world .
6 I thought , ‘ This name looks good in print , ’ and that was quite a relief because Aspel is not a good name to pronounce — people always want to say Aspirin or Cesspool … .
7 So that was quite an experience and quite a contrast from er life in good old England .
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