Example sentences of "[adv] quite [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one , the six typewriters began clacking again , not perhaps quite so loudly as their operators strained to hear the rest of the conversation . |
| 2 | I do not think that anyone has ever seen a state wither away quite as fast as the Soviet state has in recent weeks . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'm feeling slightly sceptical about the situation , but if you ask me as blankly as that of course my immediate reaction , my old reaction would be ‘ but of course I feel confident about the future of British music ’ , you know , in my more sceptical mood now I still would say ‘ yes ’ , but not quite so enthusiastically as before . |
| 4 | Not quite so confidently as in Stratford ; or in Oxford , of course , where he had memorised whole sentences from the Jan Morris guide . |
| 5 | We knew each other before the Expo , though not quite so intimately as now . ’ |
| 6 | She had been expecting him to call , though not quite so soon as this . |
| 7 | The Ministry did tell us not to waste effort growing flowers , but somehow one always felt they were not quite as right as they might have been on that one . |
| 8 | Once he had recovered he played on , not quite as convincingly as before , until 1979 . |
| 9 | I got up quite late today as I do not do anything important and it is my one real chance for a lie-in . |
| 10 | There are occasions when the Nelson touch is needed and a blind eye turned when events are not turning out quite as well as planned . |
| 11 | They still drive her up the wall — and no one acts it out quite as well as Kirstie . |
| 12 | IT has always been tough being a woman , but never quite as hard as now . |