Example sentences of "be [det] quite [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would seem , therefore , that in a health service financed from taxation , and under the ultimate financial control of government , there are some quite powerful constraints on the ability of the dominant occupational groups to determine the conditions under which they work . |
| 2 | Well of course , no , I mean more can be done all the time er clearly there are some quite difficult areas about priority and where people would choose to invest their money , but certainly in the long run AIDS H I V is a crucial issue facing society , drugs misuse or drugs use is an absolutely integral part of that whole problem . |
| 3 | But they have changed in the last few years and there are some quite significant elements about personal allowances that you ought to know about , one of which is independent taxation , and this talk is actually personal allowances and independent taxation . |
| 4 | So you know there are some quite interesting sort of angles |
| 5 | The intelligent amongst us have already been looking at the questions on page forty seven and realizing that despite the weirdness of the sound of this music there are some quite direct things that can be asked . |
| 6 | ‘ In some areas it is as if nothing has changed , and in other areas there are some quite bizarre decisions . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There have been some quite strong rumours flying around Manchester that the band are about to split up … ’ |
| 8 | Then you have the prosecution barrister and there as you know there has been some quite disgraceful behaviour by prosecution barristers , and then the defence council as well . |
| 9 | Here again , there are many quite ordinary terms for the internal parts of discourse types . |
| 10 | I hear that there might be some quite spectacular player migrations from that period , notably in the Midlands . |
| 11 | First of all , there seem to be several quite different types of trial dependent on the experience of the teacher in various respects . |
| 12 | There are several quite simple explanations for this |
| 13 | It should also be added that there is , of course , a history to ill this ; or rather , to complicate matters , there are several quite separate histories determined by the historical development of different national broadcasting systems . |
| 14 | For example , if there are several quite unrelated species of unpalatable butterflies living in one particular region and one of them has evolved a warning pattern of black , yellow and red markings , it will pay the others to follow suit because they will then all share the ‘ training risks ’ associated with novice predators . |
| 15 | Yeah , well take er there were some good patches in the you know , there were some quite decent houses and some very nice people . |
| 16 | There were some quite nasty-looking cuts on his head , and the sergeant was a bit apprehensive about turning him over . |
| 17 | There were some quite sharp interchanges which unfortunately are still there in the literature and I fear are not doing an awful lot of good . |
| 18 | These typical judgements against dwindling authority formed part of a wider fabric of anxiety in this era , and there were some quite delirious fears in circulation about a supposed deterioration — both physical and moral — among the British people which was believed to be producing new and unprecedented forms of violence and depravity . |
| 19 | We had er we were all quite good friends and quite good company you know . |
| 20 | But they were all quite delightful fellows about the same age as most of the airmen pupils , and we seemed to fit in very well with each other ; although most of us had spent several years in the RAF the acting pilot officers had only spent , say , a couple of months . |
| 21 | No I mean we 're we 're we 're actually getting the area just inside the door where there 's some quite unstable amount . |
| 22 | ‘ Unless there is any quite remarkable news your sister has to tell , ’ Mrs Browning said , ‘ I would rather not hear what she has to say since I imagine it is a tissue of lies , of excuses and complaints . ’ |
| 23 | One was to paint the roofs of LA big armaments plants to look like suburban gardens ( for fear of Japanese bombing ) ; the other was this quite extraordinary piece of cartoon propaganda . |
| 24 | When we was about fourteen in the fourth year at school , there was this quite chubby bloke he 'd have a towel just there while you shower . |
| 25 | Probably there was some quite innocent explanation , which Roger Kenyon would give her when she returned the wallet — if , indeed , it were his . |
| 26 | It seemed to me that there was some quite palpable fear , some terror , almost , loose amongst them . ’ |