Example sentences of "be quite a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Supplies went from famine to feast ; there will be quite a few copies washing around , ’ concluded John Hitchin . |
| 2 | Would be a , be quite a few calls , but we 'll just maybe have to try and I do n't know what we 'll do . |
| 3 | On the other hand , notes can be extremely useful for radio , particularly for long phone-ins where there may be quite a few questions which require detailed instructions in the answer . |
| 4 | There are going to be quite a few discharges but I mean it was you know |
| 5 | But it 's been an entertaining series , even though there must be quite a few Radio 4 listeners somewhat startled to hear the Fifties treated as risable history . |
| 6 | Yes Dan must be I would have thought it 's only months probably , but it might be quite a few months . |
| 7 | Please be aware that there will be quite a few people using the bridge around 0830 , although this should ease off towards 0900 . |
| 8 | that I 'm w now , so what I suggest we do , is before we say we must make your premenstrual tension better with various manip various bits and bobs , and there are quite a few things we can do to help . |
| 9 | ‘ There are quite a few things about today I have n't liked , Mr Bryce . |
| 10 | ‘ And I suppose there are quite a few things I have n't done . |
| 11 | But there are quite a few contracts which are still temporary , most of them go to the end of June . |
| 12 | I mean I think that there still are quite a few areas that are off limits for women , but in those areas where women have gained admittance , have they gained acceptance ? |
| 13 | There are quite a few hymns which take up this notion of Jesus bearing my sin as a substitute . |
| 14 | There are quite a few Americans who go on talk shows and simply give a performance . |
| 15 | there are quite a few lines in which B is clearly a continuation of A , or a going-beyond A in force or specificity . |
| 16 | Seems there are quite a few singers in New York already . ’ |
| 17 | Says 15-year-old David Stokes : ‘ There are quite a few boys who just have to have a girlfriend , but it 's not what we all feel . |
| 18 | Well obviously one would like to make money rather than lose money erm I mean there 's the there are quite a few factors why erm Virgin er lost money last year er first of all you know we had er the very well publicized er dirty tricks campaign being waged against us . |
| 19 | There are quite a few ingredients in this recipe , but it is very easy to make . |
| 20 | There are quite a few species where the sex roles have become reversed and where males behave like females and females behave like males . |
| 21 | ‘ There are quite a few islands around here . |
| 22 | There are quite a few children in here , let's have some choruses . |
| 23 | There are quite a few farm watch schemes around the county |
| 24 | Now erm there are quite a few sort of single parents on the , the flats , now erm are there any problems that you 've had which possibly other people have had , with living in the flats ? |
| 25 | There are quite a few spiders in our attic … |
| 26 | There are quite a few situations where it is normal for the tonic syllable to come earlier in the tone-unit . |
| 27 | There are quite a few people in this town ( my agent included ) who will feel pretty sick or even shamefaced ( I hope ! ) when presented with this coming segment . |
| 28 | There are quite a few people who would say that you should n't feed a wild badger at all . |
| 29 | There are quite a few people in the market for similar retail interests , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Jackie concluded : ‘ Jasper certainly was n't born with a silver spoon in his mouth , but there are quite a few occasions when he needs one now — of the sugar variety , of course ! ’ |