Example sentences of "[adj] be [not/n't] quite [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not quite the end of the matter . |
| 2 | The performances are certainly very competent , but this is n't quite the vintage Kantorov we 've come to expect from some of his later Denon recordings ; a degree of blandness gives the playing a slightly ‘ automatic ’ quality . |
| 3 | This was not quite a case of the bitten getting up and rewarding the biter because Kent exposed Hollwyood , which is not quite the British movie industry . |
| 4 | This was not quite the end , however ; there were one or two loose ends to be tidied up . |
| 5 | Charity was not sure why she suddenly felt so … uneasy was not quite the word . |
| 6 | But that is not quite the end of the story . |
| 7 | That is n't quite the question I asked . |
| 8 | ‘ But that 's not quite the way it was . |
| 9 | That 's not quite the way to say it ! |
| 10 | ‘ That 's not quite the sort of husband I 'm looking for , so just as well . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That 's not quite the picture you had of our Dr David Markham , is it , Rachel ? ’ she said quietly . |
| 12 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA had been looking to 1992 as a year of recovery , but that was not quite the way things turned out , and after provisions , the French state-owned company saw even worse figures than in 1991 , losses equivalent to $847m at the current $0.18 rate of exchange compared with $595m a year ago . |