Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] quite [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’ |
| 2 | Ever since my schooldays , I 've been aware that , mathematically , I am not quite the full shilling . |
| 3 | The orchestra 's apparent refusal to play at anything less than mezzo-piano robs the music of atmosphere in such magical moments as the lead into the second subject of ( ii ) , and the violins are not quite the matchless section they once were , yet the sheer bravado and infectious confidence of the whole venture carries an unmistakable stamp of authority . |
| 4 | The answer is not quite , because the boundary conditions are not quite the same . |
| 5 | The reason is that the laws of physics are not quite the same for particles and antiparticles . |
| 6 | But the software houses ( as , a little pretentiously , they like to be called ) are not quite the innocents they pretend . |
| 7 | However , having a wife and protecting the traditional family are not quite the same thing , and the system is really an indiscriminate subsidy to all married men . |
| 8 | And they 're away quite a lot . |
| 9 | They 're not quite the same . |
| 10 | Yeah , that 's , that 's the answer really and er if they 're not quite the same you can get away with two carvers ca n't you ? |
| 11 | Above the eyes yeah , we 're still quite a few of these short are n't we ? |
| 12 | And they felt he was bored at home because they 're out quite a lot |
| 13 | You know where he lives in England we 're very quite a generally quite a tolerant or comparatively quite a tolerant society . |
| 14 | In all the shock and horror of such an incident there are usually quite a number of people involved and a sort of group mourning sets in which allows those people to react sometimes quite dramatically very quickly . |
| 15 | As much a part of the scenery as the granite tors are the Dartmoor ponies , and there are usually quite a few around the hut circles . |
| 16 | They are usually quite a mixed group , some of whom have had bad experiences at school or have been long term truants . |
| 17 | However , there are still quite a few rather heavily marked White Parks and sometimes a completely black calf is thrown , which is never the case with the pure Chillinghams . |
| 18 | These reactions may fade over time , but at the moment they are still quite a strong influence in Zimbabwean society . |
| 19 | There are still quite a few trees and bushes festooned with the fruits of last year . |
| 20 | I have the impression that there are still quite a number of anthropological research workers who conduct their enquiries by such question and answer methods , but they are gradually being superseded . |
| 21 | As a matter of fact , the hunt is a very ineffectual way of controlling foxes , er they record the number they kill and it 's very , very few , a tiny percentage of the number of foxes there are in the countryside clever foxes er , as indeed I think Mrs mentioned , live in towns nowadays er , but there are still quite a lot in the countryside fortunately and they will survive er , though zoologists tell us er that er by instinct er they see that their numbers are controlled . |
| 22 | Even though they 're now five years old , I gather that the twins are still quite a handful . ’ |
| 23 | Er it seems to me that erm there are probably quite a few policies in the structure plan that could be omitted if we just took the all the P P Gs as read . |
| 24 | There are also quite a few different colours ranging from black and bay ( light brown ) to grey and palomino ( cream ) . |
| 25 | ‘ There are now quite a few sources from which firms can obtain this finance . ’ |
| 26 | And conversely , if you find that you 're just not a dab hand at paint techniques , or have n't got the time to find out , there are now quite a few wallpapers available which reproduce the effects , but require not painting : just hang , and you have instant sponged , rag-rolled or marbled walls ! |
| 27 | There are now quite a lot of members from the village who have joined . ’ |
| 28 | And anyway , ’ he nodded in the direction of the dance floor where a young girl in a T-shirt and torn jeans was entwined in the arms of a dreadlocked Rastafarian , ‘ I 'm not quite the type for the regulars here . ’ |
| 29 | V.W. I 'm not quite the loony that I was seen to be six years ago , when I first came in the school . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not quite the sloth you imagine me to be . ’ |