Example sentences of "[is] quite [adj] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But according to him it 's quite simple to make a bomb provided you can get hold of about eight kilograms of plutonium , a lump about the size of an orange . ’ |
| 2 | I think it 's quite extraordinary to find a course like this in UK . |
| 3 | A simple structure for the plot interest and also , or possibly it 's quite nice to include a little bit of humour . |
| 4 | It 's quite magical to watch a Wordstar text file being converted directly into MacWrite without any interference from the user . |
| 5 | a move and that really he 's quite fortunate to have a buyer somewhere within the price he wanted . |
| 6 | It 's quite usual to pay a deposit to show that you intend to go ahead with the deal and if you back out the repairer is entitled to keep the money . |
| 7 | It 's quite expensive to have a number is n't it ? |
| 8 | It 's quite difficult to get a job afterwards too it 's quite hard to make money after you have come out of college . |
| 9 | ‘ I know it sounds sentimental and kind of naff , but it 's quite moving to see a group of people working together like this . |
| 10 | He says one problem is that the new scheme for support from the DOT involves putting packages together that must cost at least £2 million and it 's quite hard to find a package of cycle-ways that actually cost that much ! |
| 11 | It is quite simple to add a piece of decoration to a stocking stitch garment and the first question that arises is , how much ? |
| 12 | Although it is quite reasonable to ask a human being to search by eye through a moderate number of drawings of artefacts it is not reasonable where thousands are involved . |
| 13 | 5.4.3 To clean the Premises and keep them in a clean neat and tidy condition and ( without prejudice to the generality of the above ) to clean both sides of all windows and window frames in the Premises [ at least [ once ] every [ week ] or as often as is [ reasonably ] necessary ] It is quite easy to devote a whole chapter to the subject of repair and the Law Commission has recently published a consultation paper on the state and condition of leasehold property with a view to considering existing obligations and how the law can be improved with regard to them . |
| 14 | Obviously it is quite easy to split a subject into relatively free-standing elements , but in real life one has to use knowledge from various ‘ packages ’ to solve problems and some undergraduates do not seem to develop this ability on the modular courses . |
| 15 | It is quite easy to fit a Series III civilian dash assembly into Series III air portable Land Rover . |
| 16 | There really is no excuse for this state of affairs when it is quite easy to write a good straightforward media release . |
| 17 | Secondly , as I will show , it is quite easy to imagine a self-organizing system which specifies the relative position of cells . |
| 18 | This is , however , a weak argument in support of indirect taxes as it is quite possible to devise a system of direct taxation that avoids double taxation ( as currently with tax exemptions for returns on Post Office Savings and National Savings ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ( This is not to say that you can deliberately reach people by advertising ‘ subliminally ’ , merely that it is quite possible to get a message out of an ad without really being aware of it . ) |
| 21 | It is quite possible to keep a lone specimen but to see them at their best a group is preferable . |
| 22 | It is quite possible to establish a cichlid community tank containing cichlids of the Cichlasoma genus , not only the larger ones , without too many problems . |
| 23 | It is quite illegitimate to treat a person in such a situation as a mere swindler . |
| 24 | That is why commercial organisations are avoided if at all possible since it is quite unrealistic to expect a manufacturer to comment critically on his own product or not to view a rival 's product with a jaundiced eye . |
| 25 | It is quite wrong to posit a pathological process , as Aristotle does with his theory of katharsis , whereby the audience is purged of pity and fear by the solemn events of the play . |
| 26 | However it is quite proper to reject a request if the evidence is really being sought with a view to its use in criminal proceedings . |
| 27 | To draw attention to headings and other important areas requires some form of emphasis so it is quite acceptable to use a sans serif face for these . |
| 28 | Therefore , in principle , it is quite acceptable to write a novel about a secret agent in the style of Ian Fleming as long as it does not contain copies of parts of James Bond novels . |
| 29 | She says she is quite ready to serve a jail sentence even on such a petty charge . |
| 30 | If , as is likely , the attackers turn nasty , the arresting citizen is quite entitled to use a reasonable amount of force to defend himself and restrain them until the police arrive . |