Example sentences of "[be] quite [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are in fact top of the charts so we 're quite pleased with the progress we 've made within those four weeks . |
| 2 | I think this year speaking from memory it was something like fifteen , sixteen percent er , increase this year erm , but er , we 're getting to the stage now where it 's , it 's getting into profit and so we 're quite pleased with the growth there . |
| 3 | They 'll probably be rather dusty , but they 're quite separate from the house and I can guarantee that Eleanor 's never set foot in them . |
| 4 | Erm the the particular case of Richmondshire having been referred to I I felt I ought to point that er we 're quite content with the concept of Policy E two as giving the strategic weight to the question of protecting the open countryside and the balance , the very difficult balance , decisions that we and other authorities are going to have to come to in preparing our local plan . |
| 5 | Let's face it , we 're quite selfish in the fact that we want to ensure that the area that we live in is safe for us and not too concerned that three or four estates down the road unless it starts to affect us . |
| 6 | If someone is hell-bent on controlling you through criticism you stop them by agreeing with what they say ( 'Yes , you 're quite right about the report' ) and then remaining quiet . |
| 7 | But I mean a fixed rate is a bird in the hand , really , and I think they 're quite good at the moment . |
| 8 | They 're quite expensive at the outset because what we 've got to do is pay the lecturers to put a lot of work in on those lectures — it 's not a simple thing writing this lecture for a thirteen year old and we also pay the school teachers for coming along and helping the lecturers . |
| 9 | Erm I think we 're er er we 're quite clear at the moment that the correct erm interpretation of it from our point of view is as a fixed asset investment and unless something changes in the er constitution of the company , erm although it may be erm the guiding thing become profitable I think one 's got to play by the rules and the rules at the moment say it is n't one . |
| 10 | And er , we 're quite satisfied with the process that has taken place . |
| 11 | Cos you 're quite interested in the weather are n't you ? |
| 12 | ‘ There is no doubt ’ , wrote an LNU MP of his constituents during the 1935 Election campaign , that ‘ they 're quite prepared for the Navy to have to fight . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm quite hopeless at the set auditions , I think . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm quite disappointed by the sound of the amp — it 's just not there for me — although I would say that I 've always thought Trace Elliot had a kind of soul-less sound . |
| 15 | You see I 'm quite good in the summer , if I get up and have a proper breakfast , like cereals and toast |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm quite pleased with the way it turned out , ’ said Dave . |
| 17 | As for the future , well , I suppose I 'll have to move on at some time but for the moment I 'm quite happy at the theatre . |
| 18 | I 'm quite happy with the service giving |
| 19 | Well , no security is one hundred per cent , it 's impossible to make any area completely secure , but it 's as tight as it possibly can be and I 'm quite happy with the security at the present time . |
| 20 | and er I managed to get er do forty odd years and erm now I 'm quite happy on the pension that they gave me . |
| 21 | I was n't sure how to vote , er , I think , like a lot of people erm I 'm quite fond of the monarchy and th the the constitutional monarchy |
| 22 | Mr was well aware because he 'd been told by the plaintiffs solicitors that the plaintiffs received terms for cover or to obtain interest on their costs , the plaintiffs solicitors wrote specifically to Mr enquiring was his offer in , in the sum of forty two thousand pounds , that 's er the possible agreed settlement figure for costs , er if it was inclusive or exclusive of interest erm there were some delay but er Mr wrote back in due course making clear that interest was n't included , I should also say that in Mr er proposed bill of costs he had disallowed interest for a fairly short period in respect of both the plaintiffs bill of costs and the defendants bill of costs and the plaintiffs solicitors do n't appear to have erm taken any point on that , but as I say it , the point as to interest was specifically raised by the plaintiffs solicitors letter and er I 'm quite satisfied on the correspondence that they when it came to the matter were seen , were desires of obtaining interest in respect of their costs . |
| 23 | From initial investigations , it appeared that some measure of the number of letters in a word , and the word shape , would be quite restrictive for the list of possible candidates ( for Case 1 ) , as discussed below . |
| 24 | In principle it would be quite possible for the study of English poetry to begin in a similar ab initio fashion , except that it would be fruitless for someone to embark on it who did not have at least some familiarity with poetry and a wish to read more . |
| 25 | erm I think it could be quite time-consuming for the teachers , at least initially , until they 'd got used to some reasonably easy form for doing it . |
| 26 | It is important to realize that the scope of a scheme which apparently focuses on a relatively narrow area may be quite wide by the time all fringe topics ( which are relevant to or have some impact upon the core area ) have been noted . |
| 27 | If the house was formerly in the sole name of the husband it would be quite appropriate for the wife 's solicitors to insist on a full abstract of title commencing with a good root of title ( although in practice it seems to be accepted that the title was properly investigated at the time of the husband 's purchase ) ; but in the case of a house already in joint names it is thought that this could be dispensed with , the wife 's solicitor assuming that a proper investigation of title to the property was made at the time when the house was purchased by the husband and the wife . |
| 28 | It might be quite instructive for the reader to select an algebra text at random and see how many , if any , holes he can pick in the proof of the following theorem given therein . |
| 29 | This problem , which , where conflicts of interest are involved , becomes one of ideology , need not lead to overt conflict , however , because the groups concerned may be quite unaware of the discrepancy . |
| 30 | Lévi-Strauss ' attack , together with Sartre 's own theoretical difficulties which have already been charted , was effective enough to be quite devastating to the project of the Critique — which was never completed . |