Example sentences of "quite [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be given by reference to time elapsing after the date of issue of the document , and it is quite possible for the time-limit to be passed before the document can be served or even before it is received by the Central Authority . |
| 2 | It 's quite possible for the adventurers to waste a lot of time on trivia before — and maybe even instead of — finding the object of their quest . |
| 3 | However , it is quite possible for the state of the animal to be affected without there being suffering . |
| 4 | The North Sea is obviously so shaped that very strong northerly winds can cause a piling up of water in the southern part of the sea , either because the escape route through the Straits of Dover is narrow , or because it is quite possible for the winds in the North Sea to be predominantly northerly while the winds in the English Channel are predominantly westerly . |
| 5 | In principle it would be quite possible for the study of English poetry to begin in a similar ab initio fashion , except that it would be fruitless for someone to embark on it who did not have at least some familiarity with poetry and a wish to read more . |
| 6 | By comparison , badger aroma is much less pungent and less acrid , though it can be quite strong in the vicinity of the sett , where the occupants have repeatedly marked both the ground and each other . |
| 7 | The weakness of employer partnerships has always lain with smaller firms , though many of them have been quite strong in the gift relationship offering small goodies in times of prosperity . |
| 8 | I was actually quite low on the activists and higher on these three but I managed to wonder sometimes where I worked ever so hard on a session I ca n't really ca n't understand you know why it 's not going very well and I thought well when I then watched other people do something that had a lot of action I thought well why did they like that more and I never I did n't know but I 've actually learnt that you have to put activities in , cos you , you know you do get people with a very strong activist preference . |
| 9 | Both times they were slaughtered , and they found their games against ‘ lowly provincial opposition ’ quite ample including the defeat by Manawatu plus hard/close games against Bay of Plenty and Poverty Bay . |
| 10 | Parents will not concern their very young children with the details of the doctrine , as that is quite unnecessary for the establishment of the early conscience , but they should at least give them some introduction to it as soon as the need becomes obvious from their inevitable questions . |
| 11 | One of the mothers said she felt quite sorry for the police officers involved and was tempted to offer them warm drinks to keep out the cold ! |
| 12 | We are quite satisified with the quality of our staff . |
| 13 | That 's quite specific to the tax bracket but the source of work in Leeds has been very much from er corporate finance and from the insolvency practice , whilst that is er obviously a way forward for us in the initial stages . |
| 14 | Many pathogenic bacteria are quite specific in the species of fish they affect , leaving other species in the pond unaffected . |
| 15 | The free style mining had brought about a situation quite undesirable to the Lord who claimed the mineral rights . |
| 16 | We often find that people quite junior in the hierarchy have influence out of all proportion to their position because of their standing in the informal structure . |
| 17 | Indeed , Eusebius is quite explicit and quite emphatic about the importance of monarchy : ‘ Monarchy excels all other kinds of constitution and government . |
| 18 | Coming out of hospital was traumatic enough without facing the accusing man , and Shirley was quite right about the weakness . |
| 19 | And he was quite right about the clubs . |
| 20 | If someone is hell-bent on controlling you through criticism you stop them by agreeing with what they say ( 'Yes , you 're quite right about the report' ) and then remaining quiet . |
| 21 | He had been quite right about the devil-man . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend is quite right about the costs . |
| 23 | It never seems quite right to the person being talked about . |
| 24 | Roget gives , in one paragraph , words and phrases that are closely related to a word or a phrase that came into your mind but is not quite right for the sense you are trying to convey . |
| 25 | They were n't quite right for the room . |
| 26 | My stuff is not quite right for the kiddies . |
| 27 | That was quite right at the time . |
| 28 | Like some people get a kick out of crossing the Atlantic in an old bath , so my particular surgeon , for all his great skill , is not quite right in the head . |
| 29 | He said , ‘ There are some stories which say that I am not quite right in the head and some that I am full of evil powers . |
| 30 | Just in , just in passing on this committee I 'm assured will be concerned of the apparent difficulties between er the Highways er and the organization of Suffolk and that in Norfolk , erm and we shall be I think er wishing to look at that er to see what 's going astray and something appears to me to be not quite right in the relationship and er , erm I think it 's important that er adjoining Highway Authorities do in fact get on |