Example sentences of "[adj] be quite [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to use a Drennan Super Specialist pattern in these circumstances , the size 10s are quite a tough hook and with the thick wire gauge relative to the size of the hook they retain the boilie very well . |
| 2 | Some are quite a major commitment , some a small but regular commitment , others no more than an hour or even a few minutes of your time . |
| 3 | This is quite a nice keyboard , it 's a , yeah I like it . |
| 4 | This is quite a nice bird |
| 5 | Paragraph , this is quite a major job , as I am sure you will appreciate it and I think a consultant is very likely a must for us , bearing in mind our various units . |
| 6 | You may not realise that this is quite a recent phenomenon . |
| 7 | This is quite a long way down for coins of this period and it would explain why I was n't finding anything earlier . |
| 8 | Now this is a good idea , and in fact there 's a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that geologists and astronomers who know something about the earth 's atmosphere have looked into to suggest that this is quite a feasible mechanism for the formation of prebiotic molecules . |
| 9 | I mean this is quite a good idea actually . |
| 10 | When you have seen an egg broken into a frying pan of hot fat so that it turns from a clear fluid into a rubbery opaque solid , you are inclined to believe that this is quite a good way to cook an egg . |
| 11 | Erm , on appendix B , erm there is an item which erm members of the committee erm will know about very well it 's the laboratory services that we give and have a great relate to them , erm the item goes under seven I believe , the figures there have dropped , is that because we 'd had a successful income erm there , we 've got a hundred and ten thousand for both up ninety two and ninety three and ninety , sorry ninety two three and ninety three ninety four , is it that er , could we know or are we estimating that we 're going to get a nice income because we have been told in earlier reports that this is quite a good slice of income to us and those figures are amended accordingly is that right ? |
| 12 | This is quite a challenging assignment , but you 'll find it worth the effort . |
| 13 | This is quite a specific issue , and I 'm not sure that this committee on this day is in the best position to discuss it in detail . |
| 14 | This is quite a wide range of profit-making prices . |
| 15 | This is quite a simple cake to make as it is based on plain round sandwich cakes . |
| 16 | If I can bring a report by March I will do so but it , this is quite a complicated area . |
| 17 | And this is quite a lengthy procedure , and you might have made mistakes at all sorts of different point . |
| 18 | This is quite a steady climb but well worth it for the superb views . |
| 19 | As this is quite a difficult idea , which I have no space to elaborate here , readers are recommended to read Scott-Hodgetts ' paper cited above . |
| 20 | This applies especially when teaching a dog to sit , because this is quite a relaxed posture and any distractions will upset the dog 's concentration . |
| 21 | More generally one can say that for attitudinism ethical statements invite the hearer ( or perhaps the speaker when in discourse with himself ) to express his agreement or disagreement in attitude , or perhaps join in a shared attempt to arrive at some stable and better based attitude , towards what is in question , and that this is quite a different matter from any discussion concerning the psychological state , of approving or disapproving , on either the speaker 's or hearer 's part . |
| 22 | One might try to construct formal models in which the phrases of ( 15 ) and others receive distinct representations , on the grounds that differences do exist in the types of situation which the phrases correspond to , and indeed such attempts have been made ( cf. for example Kamp , 1975 ) ; but this is quite a different matter from trying to model the syntax by which the phrases are assembled as phrases . |
| 23 | This is quite a common feature of sensory cells , including tactile ones . |
| 24 | This is quite a common preservation in coal measures . |
| 25 | This is quite an elegant cake on a theme popular with children — other pond life could be included if you wish , such as goldfish or tadpoles . |
| 26 | Because this is quite an important distinction to make . |
| 27 | erm This is quite an interesting cartoon , and really has no connection with either St Aldate 's or Oxford , erm but it was actually published in 1642 , and it shows the two sides , the Roundheads and the Cavaliers , and what I think is interesting about it is that it does seem to be quite objective , it does n't seem to be particularly getting at one side or the other , which is very rare for the kind of erm cartoons that were later issued during the war . |
| 28 | This is quite an energetic section of the walk with steep slopes covered in beautiful maritime heaths . |
| 29 | This is quite the easiest way to learn to sail . |
| 30 | This is quite the worst case I have ever heard of.It 's an outrage and proves that the government is quite wrong to claim that the health service is improving |