Example sentences of "[noun] is quite [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So isolation is quite a common defence mechanism , particularly in obsessionals , who 're very good at isolation . |
| 2 | No-one could look at our council offices on Cregagh Road with any sense of civic pride and indeed some would argue that having nondescript and dowdy council offices is quite the proper thing . |
| 3 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 4 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 5 | This result is quite a general one . |
| 6 | The result is quite the opposite . |
| 7 | ‘ One has always heard whispers , ’ remarked Googol , ‘ yet to behold with one 's own eyes is quite an experience . ’ |
| 8 | Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government . |
| 9 | Wattle fencing is quite a feature of this part of the garden , making an excellent rural background for climbers . |
| 10 | The next matter is this , that it is known that unfortunately the plaintiff will require an operation in due course to correct a I 'm not sure whether deformity is quite the right word , mm , mm but it is close enough of the foot . |
| 11 | Bear in mind that Nottinghamshire is quite a large county there are about one million people living in Nottinghamshire . |
| 12 | ‘ Spilt blood is quite the untidiest thing I can think of — much worse than milk . ’ |
| 13 | These days Airlift is quite a big and respectable business , and , judging by the tans of the proprietors , a healthy one . |
| 14 | Yet in fact the principle at stake is quite a different one : these texts are dealing with a special type of trust of the residue of an estate , under which a trustee was requested on his death to hand over whatever was left of the estate he had inherited . |
| 15 | Preferably , the sound recorder will be a reel-to-reel machine with ¼ in tape as this is much easier to work with , but a cassette machine is quite a practical alternative . |
| 16 | As you can see , sir , this lady is quite a redoubtable lady and it was with great difficulty that we persuaded her to await the outcome of this enquiry before insisting on seeing you personally , sir . ’ |
| 17 | The possibility of accidental or deliberate pollution of our rivers is always going to be present therefore , and unless some sophisticated measuring device is installed in all our rivers which can quickly detect pollution and hence lead to urgent action , this argument about allowing fishermen to continue to carry out their sport is quite a strong one from an environmental point of view . |
| 18 | ‘ A target of £10,000 is quite a challenge but we will all be going for it . ’ |
| 19 | Yes , erm , and , and we , were prepared to subsidise as far as our finances would allow , you know people who are going , but Ex Exeter is quite a long way , so the travel is going to be something is n't it ? |
| 20 | The learning process for Composers Pen is quite a lengthy one , partly because of the complex ground that it covers , but do not be put off by this as the effort expended will be more than worth it in the end . |
| 21 | So it 's quite an interesting , whatever you think about Woodrow Wilson in the First World War is quite a interesting book , in drawing a character study of the kind of person who Freud must have seen many times in his practice . |
| 22 | Well St Aldate 's in the Civil War is quite a problem to talk about really , erm in half an hour , because it 's so enmeshed in the story of Oxford in the Civil War which is a long , very interesting one , so what I 'm going to try and do is erm to pick out some of the local landmarks that did survive in the 17th century and relate them to what we know about some of the people and in this short half an hour , just try and picture what it was like to live in St Aldate 's during the civil war . |
| 23 | Going to the bathroom these days is quite a heavy trip : the can becomes a kind of geyser , and Tod has to look lively with that bucket of his . |
| 24 | But we do think that the fact that they chose to launch it on the last day of our Conference is quite a compliment ; it was after all the Green Party that forced the government to produce the White Paper as a result of our fifteen% in the European Elections last year . |
| 25 | Well the disk is quite a separate thing from the memory so let me er try and explain , what the what the two are . |
| 26 | But the company 's mainframe business is quite the opposite . |
| 27 | However , it is important to realise that double jacquard is quite a different fabric to single-bed Fair Isle and usually requires different yarns . |
| 28 | ‘ Our ’ MPs seem to think so ( if the word ‘ think ’ can be applied to Ulster MPs ) , but the truth is quite the opposite . |
| 29 | As far as modern marriages go , 20 years is quite an achievement . |
| 30 | Daddy is quite a philosopher , I could hear Mrs Hobbs saying . |