Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] quite a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Florence of Worcester draws elements of his account of the battle of Assandun in 1016 from Sallust he is revealing quite a lot about the classical interests of twelfth-century historians , but also raising doubts about his own reliability , and William of Malmesbury , whose methods so often find favour with modern scholars , nevertheless records miracle stories which his critical faculties ought to have led him to doubt , and perhaps did ; and like historians of all periods , William , Florence and their colleagues were at the mercy of the bias and inadequacy of their sources , as well as their own prejudices and errors . |
| 2 | It 's not desperately moist , although certainly one of them is cracking quite a bit , and if that helps to dry it up and make it more comfortable then it 's worth giving them a soak ten minutes a day . |
| 3 | A Black Hairstreak has been spotted , and it 's causing quite a flutter . |
| 4 | An argument over which bulls are best ; British or Canadian and American is causing quite a rumpus . |
| 5 | That 's sending quite a signal is n't it . |
| 6 | As well as the speed , he 's getting quite a taste for the adulation from friends and relatives . |
| 7 | Larry Ellison 's having quite a month : not only did Oracle finally get version 7 out , his house got a to-die-for spread in Architectural Digest . |
| 8 | ‘ We would like to see the council address the issue seriously because it is affecting quite a lot of pensioners . ’ |
| 9 | The man behind the famous rooftop shark in Oxford is creating quite a stir in another city centre . |
| 10 | The former is making quite a name for itself , as it works well under Windows and as its device driver can be set up as a ‘ printer device ’ within Windows , the output of almost any Windows application that produces output to a printer , can be ‘ diverted ’ and sent as a FAX . |
| 11 | Charter skipper Oliver Finnegan who runs deep sea trips on board his new boat ‘ Sharon Michele ’ out of Warrenpoint is making quite a name for himself amongst local sea anglers . |
| 12 | ‘ And the trade is changing quite a lot . |
| 13 | If it 's a concrete floor you could either put down a new wood floor or tile it with some sort of composition tile or sheeting like vinyl or linoleum which is showing quite a revival . |
| 14 | ‘ Reagan 's talking quite a lot about human rights , which probably suits Gorbachev . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's snowing quite a lot , ’ said one of them , uncertainly . |
| 16 | I du n no , my step , my dad 's earning quite a lot though |