Example sentences of "have quite a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The peak itself has quite a past . |
| 2 | This particular film has quite a strong political statement to make , which is something that I 'm not really known for . |
| 3 | He has quite a lot of nasal resonance . |
| 4 | Onslow 's has quite a scoop with the keys of Ernest Hemming , lamp-trimmer — each stamped Titanic and estimated at £4,000 ; it also has a doll found floating around the wreck and which was mistaken for the body of a child , at £1,500/3,000 . |
| 5 | It is necessary to rely on the accounts published since the embargo on absolute secrecy was lifted in 1977 , and there seems little advantage in repeating here what has been told so well already ; and , after all , this book has quite a different purpose . |
| 6 | But once one assumes that accumulation is taking place — and Marx asserts that this is the chief aim of capitalism — then the proportion of surplus-value which is unproductively consumed has quite a different significance . |
| 7 | It is heavily influenced by Richard Strauss and Wagner , but it is by no means absurdly derivative : in fact Schillings has quite a flair for arresting harmonic ideas . |
| 8 | He stayed at the hospital until 1949 , when a Bloomsbury House visitor reported : ‘ He looks extremely well , but unshaven … he is in an open ward and has quite a lot of freedom … |
| 9 | Main Picture : The grand piano lends a dramatic air to the dining room which has quite a modern look with its black chairs and stark glass table . |
| 10 | Should the discussion stray just once from generic to specific advice , however casually ( ‘ the Borsetshire Union has quite a good deal on offer at the moment ’ ) , investment business has been carried out . |
| 11 | With a sword in one hand and a pair of scales in the other , it symbolizes British justice and law — and the law has quite a lot to say about self-defence . |
| 12 | The bus has quite a history of service and is described in the Autumn 1992 edition of the ‘ Swanage Railway News ’ , just published and obtainable from the bookshop at Swanage Station . |
| 13 | The watch was kept to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project which still has quite a lot of work to undertake but is sufficiently complete now to welcome visitors . |
| 14 | I 'm told that Brian Summers put up some money to get the company started and now has quite a significant slice of the Supersight action . ’ |
| 15 | To me , the smell is not unlike fresh human ‘ BO ’ , but a bit sweeter ; it also has quite a peppery hint to it and a touch of wood smoke . |
| 16 | He came from the er amongst other things Inland Revenue and er very welcome addition to staff and er has quite a , a good grasp of many er sort of national bodies and institutions and so on and is very helpful , and is settling in very well and well-liked . |
| 17 | This neglected village has not done much to draw attention to its grand literary connections , though it has quite a prepossessing seventeenth-century church with a delightful octagonal tower and a two-storey cloister . |
| 18 | Whatever we may think of Oliphant 's views , we have to assume there would be little point in attacks on [ h ] -dropping by the educated elite unless it was highly salient and widespread , and it is reasonable to assume for these reasons that it probably has quite a long history in the language . |
| 19 | Professor Uitsmijter has quite a deft touch in translation . |
| 20 | The old laibon has quite a reputation . ’ |
| 21 | Erm number one strength Alan erm although he does n't see to eye T eye eye to eye with er a lot of the city institutions and a lot of the shareholders erm he he does know his business erm and he has quite a strong character , very forceful and . |
| 22 | So you 're saying it actually has quite a lot of advantages ? |
| 23 | Karate has quite a high drop-out rate because of the hard work involved and the constant repetition of techniques . |
| 24 | The defendant who accidentally offends a passer-by or the neighbour has quite a heavy burden to discharge , having to show that he was not negligent in acting as he did . |
| 25 | ’ I think he has quite a genuine scientific interest in how promotions may be engineered . |
| 26 | Vargas Llosa has quite a few fine novels behind him but this is the most directly political . |
| 27 | The BCR ticket number 7400 has quite a history . |
| 28 | The other thing there is the evidence from the Law Society in England to the committee appointed by the government to look into the question of press self-regulation which has quite a lot to do obviously with privacy for everybody , but also |
| 29 | I think centenary park has quite a ring to it . |
| 30 | Maria has quite a long job . |