Example sentences of "to quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | They look like young spinach and can vary in taste from bland to quite pungent . |
| 2 | Remarkable , she thought , how many of these terms were familiar to quite young children . |
| 3 | He had already been to quite a number of shows where he competed in halter classes ; but this wag the first occasion where he was ridden in a saddle class . |
| 4 | Earl , a classmate of North 's from the Naval Academy , was privy to quite a lot , including the diversion . |
| 5 | Back the maid went , only to reappear shaking her head sorrowfully and saying this headache was so very bad as to quite incapacitate the invalid and render her unfit even for Wilson . |
| 6 | He makes up for the boredom and emptiness of his own life by creating a dramatic emotional triangle for these puppets of his imagination , only to realise finally that his puppets are dancing to quite another tune . |
| 7 | Existing intermediate agencies differ considerably , responding to quite different circumstances . |
| 8 | ( Roza , in her more affluent days , had been accustomed to quite a bit of sophisticated luxury . ) |
| 9 | By 1660 , the mill had been built up to quite a substantial and sophisticated concern , now housing three pairs of fulling stocks , dye houses and shearing and warping rooms . |
| 10 | By the early part of the 19th century , the business had grown to quite a sizeable concern , and consisted of scribbling and burling shops , wool lofts , a dye house , as well as a rack teaze and Webb 's substantial home . |
| 11 | ( ii ) Teaching about language should draw attention to people 's sensitivity to quite small features of pronunciation that differentiate the speech of one area from others ; and to any grammatical differences between the speech of the area and spoken Standard English , eg in verb forms , pronoun use , prepositions . |
| 12 | This pattern of irregular loading subjects the vessel to quite different stress from that exerted by an evenly distributed load of coal . |
| 13 | THE MOST FREQUENT threat is to quite modest buildings in town centres . |
| 14 | My parents are dead now , and I moved away from our village to quite a big town in the hope that I would make friends . |
| 15 | To quite a large extent the interests of parasite genes and host genes may coincide . |
| 16 | Might I not go out and wander and be ‘ guided ’ to quite a different set of plants . |
| 17 | This type of sampling has given rise to quite a lot of criticism when used for political poll surveys . |
| 18 | Now the scene moves from the warm south to quite different territory . |
| 19 | An alternative explanation is that the person becomes sensitized to chemicals produced by the Candida yeast , and therefore reacts to quite small amounts of them . |
| 20 | When the use of the term ‘ reading readiness ’ in education is examined , it will be seen not to refer to readiness to read , nor even to readiness to learn to read , but to quite a different state of affairs , namely readiness to cope with reading instruction . |
| 21 | Little economies when they are added up , come to quite a lot of money each month . |
| 22 | I came to quite quickly , though , and heard them talking . ’ |
| 23 | Le Mesnil-sur-Oger , Oger and Verzy were long overdue this honour and Chouilly and Oiry , both very fine premiers crus , are far superior to quite a few traditionally established grand cru villages . |
| 24 | Most were reasonably conscientious in combining the religious life with extensive secular responsibilities ; few rose to quite the heights which the abbey 's chronicler noted in Odo , who ruled from 1175 to 1200 : |
| 25 | That may be so , but it does not prevent people in our field from continually falling into the error of supposing that a solution designed to match one problem must be applicable to quite a different problem as well . |
| 26 | Everything would be geared to quite ruthless war operations . |
| 27 | Simultaneously we had been in touch with Sir Hubert and had discovered that he did indeed give an interview to the representative in London and had spoken ‘ off the cuff ’ to quite an extent but not justifying the outright statement attributed to him . |
| 28 | She appeared to have gone to quite a lot of trouble over the meal , Although , at that time , rationing was still in force , she produced pâté , a savoury mince , a surprisingly light lemon soufflé and a passable bottle of claret . |
| 29 | On a purely practical note , all this added up to quite a bit in value and Ivy Cottage did not appear to have any extra locks or catches at the windows . |
| 30 | A considerable part of her book is devoted to quite detailed synopses of the lives of the 300-odd geniuses whom she evaluated . |