Example sentences of "have been quite a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , within the decade , it seems clear that any long-term trend is outweighed by temporary fluctuations in the economy and the availability of credit ; though in the short term there has been quite a sharp increase in credit use at the close of the decade . |
| 2 | ‘ This has been quite a punishing time and some of my family have been badly hurt . |
| 3 | This has been quite a long , drawn-out argument , and it is time to remind ourselves of how we got into it in the first place . |
| 4 | There has been quite a staggering traffic of internationals into and out of New Zealand and provincial teams in recent years — and now a highway has been invitingly posted . |
| 5 | Sotheby 's told The Art Newspaper that ‘ there has been quite a large response to the Lloyd 's letter , but talks are going on with a view to possible changes in this arrangement ’ . |
| 6 | And that 's all I 've got to report which has been quite a busy month . |
| 7 | This would have been quite a popular route . |
| 8 | Morse had never seen Mrs Marion Kemp , but from the marriage photograph that hung in the living room he realised that she must once have been quite a vivacious woman : dark , curly hair ; slim , firm figure ; and curiously impudent , puckish eyes . |
| 9 | It would have been quite a sexy story if it was true — lots of money involved . |
| 10 | As a workhouse it was reckoned to have been quite a terrible place . |
| 11 | it seems to have been quite a reasonable picture , you know , it 's quite well |
| 12 | On the face of it , there would seem to have been quite a strong case for handing over the division to the Soviet authorities along with the other formations originating form territories controlled by the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | Though she had been quite a successful model herself Arlene had never reached those giddy heights — the thought that now a pupil and protégé of hers might achieve it made her prickle with excitement . |
| 14 | It had been quite a good summer in some ways . |
| 15 | She did n't want them to know that her life had been quite a privileged one . |
| 16 | Could not the ‘ real Jesus ’ or , as later generations were to term him , the ‘ historical Jesus ’ , conceivably have been quite a different sort of figure from the Christ who was subsequently preached and described in the terms of the Nicene Creed as God made man ? |
| 17 | Oh yes very much so and we 've been these er lots secretaries and presidents and all miners and that they 've been coming up you know and er you had a chat with them and they put us do n't let this happen , do n't let that happen , and make sure that erm you know people do n't suffer and er oh it 's been quite a vast experience for us yeah . |
| 18 | it 's been quite a nice day really |
| 19 | I think er in an effort to accommodate Mr Chairman , the members here this evening , it 's been quite a long day , the the Conservative amendment is very close to the amendment that both er myself and Mr have put in and yes we would be willing to accept that , I think we 've got the point across which the only thing missing from the Conservative amendment is the thing about the airport money . |
| 20 | And er certainly in teaching there 's been quite a big change over the last ten years in the way that people perceive retirement . |
| 21 | Just a few years ago , it was raised from 4p , so there 's been quite a big increase already . |