Example sentences of "[adj] be quite [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I like to use a Drennan Super Specialist pattern in these circumstances , the size 10s are quite a tough hook and with the thick wire gauge relative to the size of the hook they retain the boilie very well . |
2 | Some are quite a major commitment , some a small but regular commitment , others no more than an hour or even a few minutes of your time . |
3 | This is quite a steady climb but well worth it for the superb views . |
4 | This is quite a find nonetheless . |
5 | This is quite a common feature of sensory cells , including tactile ones . |
6 | This is quite a common preservation in coal measures . |
7 | ‘ This is quite a story you 've uncovered , my boy ! |
8 | This is quite a lot to achieve with a single process . |
9 | This is quite a feat , for not even when a lunch is offered do my parliamentary colleagues turn up in droves for a morning seminar . |
10 | This is quite a wide range of profit-making prices . |
11 | This is quite a challenging assignment , but you 'll find it worth the effort . |
12 | I accept that this is quite a basic and simplistic way of expressing what has to be a deep and complex theory , but the story of Martin may provide more clues . |
13 | This applies especially when teaching a dog to sit , because this is quite a relaxed posture and any distractions will upset the dog 's concentration . |
14 | More generally one can say that for attitudinism ethical statements invite the hearer ( or perhaps the speaker when in discourse with himself ) to express his agreement or disagreement in attitude , or perhaps join in a shared attempt to arrive at some stable and better based attitude , towards what is in question , and that this is quite a different matter from any discussion concerning the psychological state , of approving or disapproving , on either the speaker 's or hearer 's part . |
15 | You may not realise that this is quite a recent phenomenon . |
16 | This is quite a nice bird |
17 | When you have seen an egg broken into a frying pan of hot fat so that it turns from a clear fluid into a rubbery opaque solid , you are inclined to believe that this is quite a good way to cook an egg . |
18 | Anyway , she talked to her doctor about it , unbearably , and he says that this is quite a common male reaction to pregnancy . |
19 | This is quite a long way down for coins of this period and it would explain why I was n't finding anything earlier . |
20 | This is quite a nice keyboard , it 's a , yeah I like it . |
21 | As this is quite a difficult idea , which I have no space to elaborate here , readers are recommended to read Scott-Hodgetts ' paper cited above . |
22 | One might try to construct formal models in which the phrases of ( 15 ) and others receive distinct representations , on the grounds that differences do exist in the types of situation which the phrases correspond to , and indeed such attempts have been made ( cf. for example Kamp , 1975 ) ; but this is quite a different matter from trying to model the syntax by which the phrases are assembled as phrases . |
23 | This is quite a battery of questions . |
24 | This is quite a simple cake to make as it is based on plain round sandwich cakes . |
25 | If I can bring a report by March I will do so but it , this is quite a complicated area . |
26 | I mean this is quite a good idea actually . |
27 | This is quite a novelty for me . |
28 | Why were the shepherds on a hill side afraid ? this is quite a good one shall I |
29 | Paragraph , this is quite a major job , as I am sure you will appreciate it and I think a consultant is very likely a must for us , bearing in mind our various units . |
30 | This is quite a scandal . |