Example sentences of "quite [adj] [noun pl] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farmers had purchased land at quite unrealistic prices at the time of the reform and were not burdened with long-term borrowing . |
| 2 | Hooker , Huxley and the other scientists supported Spencer 's evolutionary liberalism and thus united around the figurehead of Darwin despite their quite different interests at the level of scientific research . |
| 3 | The present landlord and the alternative landlord then enter into lengthy and quite complex negotiations at the end of which a price is agreed . |
| 4 | But the early experience of monarchy had its advantages , at least from the viewpoint of those trying to impose a more central control ; the ‘ ealdermen ’ , or earls , eventual successors to the ‘ kings ’ , were expected to collect quite considerable taxes at the behest of their overlords . |
| 5 | Plant these in quite dense clumps at the front of beds and borders , for bold pockets of colour as the summer flowers finish . |