Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] quite [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That bags quite old so it 'll smell like a lot of things , it 'll smell like school friends even Mum ? |
| 2 | Now , the reason why we 're getting a fairly high test statistic is that er , that distribution , although it looks normal on the left hand side , it does n't look particularly normal erm on the right and that we are missing some observations , we are missing some values of the residuals er in one area of the graph , nevertheless if we had a larger sample , right we probably erm , right it does n't look , that looks quite encouraging in actual fact , those residuals do seem to be er normally distributed er what the test statistic is doing er it 's saying it 's performing a , it 's a kiescraper two test , it 's making two restrictions , one of which is saying , is the distribution of these residuals symmetric er and also it 's testing whether there 's one of the tails is a lot larger or a lot longer than the other tail of the distribution and er test statistics fairly high but we would n't reject the null of normality at the five percent level so our test statistic is four point zero eight and the critical value is five point nine nine and that the five percent significance level , so we 've got reasonably er robust residuals . |
| 3 | That looks quite useful that . |
| 4 | That looks quite good actually . |
| 5 | a quarter , that looks quite good . |
| 6 | This has quite simple implications . |
| 7 | No , but this looks quite nice . |
| 8 | This looks quite unlike the particulate , all-or-none quality of gene transmission . |
| 9 | Er this looks quite good . |
| 10 | This looks quite good . |
| 11 | An example may be found in Mozart 's third sentence from the Andante just quoted : This looks quite different from the previous section ( Example 26 ) , yet it is really made up of semiquaver groups which end the second sentence , with the addition of the dotted rhythm which begins the second full bar of the music . |
| 12 | In theory , this sounds quite simple , but in practice it is not so . |
| 13 | In theory this sounds quite unrealistic but the worker is reassured that none of these topics need be committed to memory . |
| 14 | This seems quite antiquated and unnecessary but it seems to appear in virtually all commercial leases and landlords ' solicitors seem reluctant to start a new trend by agreeing to its deletion . |
| 15 | 5.13.2 If called upon to do so to furnish to the Landlord the Surveyor or any person acting as the third party determining the rent in default of agreement between the parties under any provisions for rent review contained in this Lease such information as may [ reasonably ] be requested in writing in relation to any pending or intended step under the 1954 Act or the implementation of any provisions for rent review This seems quite innocuous but an unreasonable landlord could become a nuisance and apart from ensuring that " reasonably " is included , the tenant should also begin each subclause as follows : If called upon to do so ( but not more frequently than may be reasonable ) |
| 16 | The Committee did not meet again until August 30th , a break of almost three months , and when it did , it was without any reference to the course ; this seems quite remarkable . |
| 17 | This seems quite difficult at first , but you should soon be able to weave more quickly as you find out when you move your hand to release the yarn ready to lay it over for the next row . |
| 18 | This becomes quite clear in some of the significant details of Schleiermacher 's account . |
| 19 | The average income elasticity of demand for imports was of the order of 1.5 to 2.0 between the late 1950s and the early 1970s , but this obscures quite wide variations between goods and there are strong grounds for believing that in expansionary phases the ratio rose to as high as 5.0 or 6.0 ; and even the average for manufactured goods was just over 3.0 [ Eltis , 1979 ] . |
| 20 | I know that sounds quite sad and it 's embarrassing that I copied him , but I ca n't help it because I thought it looked so great on him . |
| 21 | Hm that sounds quite good . |
| 22 | Stirrer and on to more important business , I think that sounds quite good actually , important right at the bottom of the page business drink |
| 23 | and a cable tidy , that sounds quite good , these are half price things for ten days only There 's a remote control colour television for one thirty nine , ninety nine , save fifty pounds they 've got the dear tapes here look , erm six and a half hours video tapes , recommended price seven ninety nine can get for three ninety nine and there 's another one here three pack , twelve hours video tape for six ninety nine must end Saturday November the twenty ninth , oh perhaps I 'll buy you one of those , oh I have bought you a birthday present have n't I ? |
| 24 | That sounds quite nice . |
| 25 | Sounds , that sounds quite exciting ! |
| 26 | But nevertheless , at that stage in your career , the tendency is to be in so much of a hurry , that if the opportunities present themselves , it all seems quite logical in a way . |
| 27 | ‘ It all seems quite obvious . |
| 28 | Right , I mean , that seems quite sensible actually . |