Example sentences of "was quick [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Churchill was quick to repudiate the Munich agreement , but we still remember it with shame . " |
| 2 | Franco was quick to exploit the lack of unity in Allied attitudes to Spain , accusing the United States of intransigence and ingratitude and stating defiantly that Spain would not curtail its aid to Germany under Allied duress . |
| 3 | And he was quick to acknowledge the threat posed by the vastly-experienced Houghton as Leeds bid to build on Saturday 's opening win over Wimbledon . |
| 4 | Mr Don McKinnon , New Zealand 's Deputy Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister , was quick to welcome the French decision yesterday , saying it would remove a contentious issue in relations between the South Pacific countries and France . |
| 5 | The Chancellor was quick to welcome the signs of recovery and repeat his view that he has cut interest rates far enough already to ensure a recovery . |
| 6 | But Bryan was quick to deny the gossip , while the finger of suspicion moved to his old buddy and fellow Texan Longhorn Wyatt . |
| 7 | He was quick to see the possibilities for travel which the newly invented railways presented , and he reacted speedily when the SS Great Britain ran aground in Dundrum Bay by organizing an excursion to view the stranded ship in 1847 . |
| 8 | This new generation of artists was quick to see the advantages of the , exciting paints . |
| 9 | Billing was quick to see the military significance of air power , and this gave purpose to an otherwise chaotic life . |
| 10 | Master-in-charge , Austin Jessop , was quick to stress the excellence of the Newington side and to suggest that they would almost certainly have won either at the end of the tour or into a domestic season . |
| 11 | The newly established British Medical Journal was quick to stress the general benefits to public morality if the legislation were imposed on the northern cities . |
| 12 | NEW Darlington manager Ray Hankin was quick to applaud the volume of vocal backing after the Quakers ' 1–0 win at Bradford last weekend . |
| 13 | Pierre Reverdy , a young friend and supporter of Picasso and Braque , was quick to realize the fact that true Cubism had not been the product of pictorial doctrines and theories , and also that the search for the means of expressing a new concept of form and space had made Cubism a style of almost unequalled pictorial discipline . |
| 14 | He must have learnt a great deal from Thomas May , and from him also acquired an enthusiasm for pottery , but he was quick to grasp the crucial principle that the changes in the form of some vessels was due to a chronological development , an idea that had eluded May , who never rose much above the level of that of ‘ an indefatigable draughtsman ’ , as his Antiquaries ' obituary rather dismissively calls him . |
| 15 | Again Law succeeded by unorthodoxy ; he was quick to grasp the essentials of an opponent 's argument and quite prepared to be rude or direct if the situation demanded it . |
| 16 | Stephen was quick to appreciate the sense of Jonadab 's advice . |
| 17 | Wordsworth was quick to take the measure of his new acquaintance . |
| 18 | Laurent was quick to take the opportunity of correcting his first impressions in several places after Green 's maps were published and Charles Roeder is strong in his contempt . |
| 19 | The Prime Minister was quick to claim the credit for abolishing the tax on workplace nurseries . |
| 20 | ‘ There 's nothing to worry about , ’ Lindsey was quick to offer the smiling reassurance . |
| 21 | China was quick to repay the favour . |
| 22 | However , promoter Tommy Gilmour , who also manages the 26- year-old Scottish challenger , was quick to quash the accusation that Clinton uses his head illegally . |
| 23 | Lowe was quick to learn the various practices of the law profession , and decided upon conveyancing — transferring property from one person to another by purchase , lease or deed — as that branch of the law where his deafness was less of a handicap , and did so well that in the Michaelmas Term of 1829 , he took the prescribed oaths publicly in the Temple Hall and emerged as a Barrister of the Middle Temple — a most unprecedented event which created a sensation in the profession . |
| 24 | Gay was quick to seize the idea . |
| 25 | Buoyed up by a wave of patriotic outrage rooted in the well-established propensity of liberal England to display shame at the actions of its Governments , the left was quick to seize the opportunities presented by Munich . |
| 26 | When Arafat met with King Husayn and President Mubarak in Aqaba in October 1988 amid reports of negotiations on a Palestinian Jordanian confederation , UNLU was quick to condemn the idea and express its own concern : ‘ when the Palestine National Movement is increasingly united around clear , unambiguous political proposals , rumors of confederation negotiations are worrying and confusing . ’ |
| 27 | The MP for the area , Peter Butler , was quick to condemn the attack . |
| 28 | She was quick to tell the world that Britain would not stand for anything which undermined the role of the queen , ‘ our beloved monarch ’ , or of our 700-year-old parliament . |
| 29 | After the shooting , Joaquin Villalobos , an FMLN leader , was quick to denounce the police , saying that ‘ this is the kind of thing we thought was over . ’ |
| 30 | Carling was quick to praise the Aussies , insisting : ‘ I have tremendous respect for Australia , who are great world champions . |