Example sentences of "quite [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now the French government had become quite brazen about the whole affair and the new French prime minister , Jacques Chirac , publicly stated that France had good reason to be proud of what Mafart and Prieur had achieved , a view that was evidently shared by most people in France . |
| 2 | Most ‘ Eminence ’ recordings are now digital as opposed to CfP 's largely analogue list , but frankly I find little to choose between them in quality of performance or recording , and there is a quiet sense of purpose behind this less publicised side of EMI 's work that I find quite refreshing . |
| 3 | After being in The Birthday Party , where everybody wanted their part to be as loud as is humanly possible , it 's quite refreshing to find someone who does n't even care if he 's on the record or not ! ’ |
| 4 | It was quite refreshing to see and read that someone else saw these things and could articulate them in a better and more entertaining way than I could |
| 5 | Yet when the band first appeared , they were quite refreshing . |
| 6 | So it had been quite refreshing when Luke had said goodbye with no more than the lightest brush of his lips against her cheek . |
| 7 | It was/is quite refreshing to have crosses/corners snuffedout by someone who comes and catches the bloody ball . |
| 8 | quite refreshing , I 've had a lot of coffee already today . |
| 9 | It starts to get rockier too , as you soon realize driving along the valley road past Bid array , which has been cut through the often quite garish sandstone . |
| 10 | It is quite possible that a number of other political changes would have got under way more recently were it not for the direct intervention of Pope John Paul II and the Vatican . |
| 11 | It is quite possible , he wrote , that it will lead nowhere , even when one has begun at the right time in the right spirit , or at least not at the wrong time , in the wrong spirit , with the wrong plans and having made the wrong preparations , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception . |
| 12 | Is n't there something suspicious about making the performance of intentional actions the acid test of objective knowledge when it is quite possible that young babies have a very rich knowledge about the unseen existence of objects but that they lack the capacity to co-ordinate this knowledge with their motor skills at object removal ? |
| 13 | In principle it would be quite possible for the study of English poetry to begin in a similar ab initio fashion , except that it would be fruitless for someone to embark on it who did not have at least some familiarity with poetry and a wish to read more . |
| 14 | It 's quite possible you wo n't be leaving here tonight ! ’ |
| 15 | It was quite possible that it would be still open for business . |
| 16 | A Minority Government will hardly be able to deal with the situation , and it is quite possible that Your Majesty might be asked to approve of a National Government . |
| 17 | This is because it is quite possible that the laws in both cases may be much the same . |
| 18 | Football has become the focus for a new kind of identity for working-class male youth and it is quite possible that other forms of sport — cricket for instance — will be similarly used . |
| 19 | The approach of the police to the investigation of rape cases has been subject to much criticism — and then to considerable improvement — and it seems quite possible that these improvements , together with the advent of rape-crisis centres and victim-support facilities , have led more women to report rapes than did so formerly . |
| 20 | It was not quite possible to communicate the horror of examination by McCarthy . |
| 21 | She warned that when things vanished as quickly as this , it was quite possible that they might come back . |
| 22 | I had to train myself to deal with people and situations and it 's quite possible — once you make your mind up . |
| 23 | It was impossible to extend it to the front of the Villa without blasting the cliffs and destroying exquisite country , but quite possible to reach the gates at the rear of the park . |
| 24 | It is also quite possible to grow several exotic-looking annuals from direct ground sowings ; the trumpet-like salpiglossis , so ornately marked , the schizanthus usually seen as an early summer pot plant and zinnias , the closest thing you can get to those expensive gerberas . |
| 25 | It has been particularly effective in providing a secure home base for families that have been physically scattered by emigration and it seems quite possible that small-scale farming of this kind may enjoy a new vogue , with the greater appreciation of self-provisioning , especially for fuel , to say nothing of the scenic beauty of the places where it is carried on . |
| 26 | It is quite possible to discriminate in their favour by allowing their relative advantages to play a greater role . |
| 27 | The resources of the NVC were limited , and they were not able to survey every vegetation type in the Outer Hebrides , so it is quite possible that there are more communities present than have been recorded . |
| 28 | It is quite possible to fit V8 and Auto parts to a Land Rover either by mounting the transfer box further back remotely or by fitting an adaptor between the auto box and transfer box The whole job needs a lot of re-engineering of the vehicle Depending on your disability you may find a hand operated clutch which is easy to fit or an automatic Range Rover may be the answer |
| 29 | It is quite possible to put a 4 cylinder engine into your 6 cylinder Land Rover The gearbox bell housing needs changing for a 4 cylinder version and the engine mountings must be cut off the chassis and moved backwards 6 inches Use a 4 cylinder exhaust system and cut 6 inches from the front pipe Use the 6 cylinder clutch Throttle linkage can be adapted from 4 cylinder cable , fuel pipes need modifying and the electric fuel pump removed Water pipes can be lengthened or use One Ten pipes cut to suit . |
| 30 | So , to uprate an early Land Rover to 5 speed is quite possible as is fitting an auto box to a V8 One Ten , which is not a factory option . |