Example sentences of "[is] quite [adj] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's quite probable that extensive cultivation here has erased any traces there may have been . |
| 2 | It 's quite possible that some MPs will try and talk the bill out . |
| 3 | In Bohemia especially , with its long tradition of industrialisation stretching back to the 1830s , where there has always been a strong commitment to the idea of social equality , where the call for national equality against the Germans had a strong social context , it 's quite logical that some kind of socialist or social thought will in the end prevail . |
| 4 | It 's quite good that that chap had actually showed you the right quote were n't it ? |
| 5 | Some kind of social democracy in Russia , erm on the other hand in central Asia as for example , I think it 's quite likely that former communists , although they may disavow their former allegiance , will in practice take over as national communist parties and continue to run their economies , well there will be private economies but with a large state sector and run on a pretty tight reign . |
| 6 | Now it 's quite likely that next time I come we can spend quite a bit of time doing this same thing again yeah cos there 's a lot in it there 's angles using a protractor adding things up to check they come to the total that the angles come to three sixty and there 's this thing about fractions there 's cancelling fractions and then there 's working with quite big numbers three hundred and sixty what 's two fifteenths of three hundred and sixty mm that 's quite hard . |
| 7 | It 's quite poignant that ninety percent of the people here were protestant . |
| 8 | It is quite probable that religious symbolism was once exclusive to each particular faith . |
| 9 | It is quite appropriate that moral philosophers should group together children and madmen as beings not fully responsible for their actions , for as madmen are thought to lack freedom of choice , so children do not yet possess the power of reason in a developed form . |
| 10 | Is n't there something suspicious about making the performance of intentional actions the acid test of objective knowledge when it is quite possible that young babies have a very rich knowledge about the unseen existence of objects but that they lack the capacity to co-ordinate this knowledge with their motor skills at object removal ? |
| 11 | It is quite possible that that arrangement is the one that is most conducive to the public good . |
| 12 | Football has become the focus for a new kind of identity for working-class male youth and it is quite possible that other forms of sport — cricket for instance — will be similarly used . |
| 13 | It is quite possible that some selection factors may point towards your retention while others will , in comparison , favour colleagues . |
| 14 | In the absence of an animal , or even in addition to it , it is quite possible that some form of comfort was found at a particular place or sanctuary , and even within the minute span of evolutionary time measured by a single generation , it is possible for such a retreat to have become a very special place for a whole family , or even a tribe . |
| 15 | Now it is quite possible that these players could all bounce back through the mini tour , or through invitations gained in 1991 , but it does indicate what an unpredictable game golf is . |
| 16 | It is quite obvious that each type of violence varies considerably in its degree : physical force can be anything from a mere push to a brutal beating which leaves the victim close to death , and a sexual assault may be anything from a brief touching to a gross form of sexual violation . |
| 17 | Now , it is quite obvious that three months of non-stop rain is highly unlikely . |
| 18 | It is quite likely that qualified privilege would not apply here as there is no duty , as part of the teacher 's work , to compile an informal , unofficial record . |
| 19 | But if the necessary very gentle offshore gradient can be produced on any type of shoreline it is quite likely that offshore bars may form . |
| 20 | As Laffin and Young ( 1985 , p. 59 ) conclude , ‘ it is quite clear that chief officers are going to have to live with an increasingly uncertain and tempestuous political environment and any new ground rules will be of limited value ’ . |
| 21 | In the Irish case , it is quite clear that close relationships existed between various politically influential individuals and officials of foreign mining companies ; the president of the Northgate group , for instance , was a personal friend of the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party , and of a number of senior Fianna Fail ministers . |
| 22 | Since electricity generation is the world 's largest source of man-made carbon dioxide , it is quite clear that nuclear power can and does make a very significant contribution to its reduction . |
| 23 | It is quite clear that British society is racist . |
| 24 | It is quite clear that this thread of non-incrimination is at variance with the recent emphasis on obtaining confession evidence . |
| 25 | The belief that different treatment methods are needed for and tried on different populations of sufferers does not stand up to critical examination : the stories of those in recovery from addictive disease through the Anonymous Fellowships are so immensely varied that it is quite clear that this population has not been selected in any way . |
| 26 | It is quite clear that this power available to the courts is essential to deal with contempt of court when it emerges as a result of abuse of trade union power or trade union positions . |