Example sentences of "this [is] quite a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This is quite a story you 've uncovered , my boy !
2 Is it possible , this is quite a bit of work we 're just about to enter into , which we may have to repeat .
3 This is quite a feat , for not even when a lunch is offered do my parliamentary colleagues turn up in droves for a morning seminar .
4 This is quite a scandal .
5 This is quite a battery of questions .
6 This is quite a lot to achieve with a single process .
7 This is quite a novelty for me .
8 This is quite an insult .
9 This is quite an achievement in view of the size and the regional diversity of a country such as the United States .
10 This is quite an advance on his initial assumption that poor Julian Darcy , the Rasputin of Bridport , economic theorist and prisoner of his nation 's conscience , victim of its guilt , indolence and fear , is the motivating force behind Darcy 's Utopia .
11 This is quite an argument against thinking that you can dispose of Saddam Hussein by bombing his country back into the stone age , is n't it ?
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