Example sentences of "quite [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 However , it is quite possible for the state of the animal to be affected without there being suffering .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 We are quite satisified with the quality of our staff .
9 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 .
10 The free style mining had brought about a situation quite undesirable to the Lord who claimed the mineral rights .
11 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 .
12 Indeed , Eusebius is quite explicit and quite emphatic about the importance of monarchy : ‘ Monarchy excels all other kinds of constitution and government .
13 Coming out of hospital was traumatic enough without facing the accusing man , and Shirley was quite right about the weakness .
14 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 .
15 He had been quite right about the devil-man .
16 It never seems quite right to the person being talked about .
17 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 .
18 They were n't quite right for the room .
19 That was quite right at the time .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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
23 Lévi-Strauss ' attack , together with Sartre 's own theoretical difficulties which have already been charted , was effective enough to be quite devastating to the project of the Critique — which was never completed .
24 It can also be quite revealing about the individual 's translation strategies and their views on the nature of the translating process .
25 I 'm quite hopeless at the set auditions , I think .
26 ‘ You have n't exactly had a peaceful birthday ! ’ she 'd reminded Laura , who 'd smiled as she had recalled the twins ' boundless energy , which had left the two adults feeling quite exhausted at the end of the day .
27 Only three could read , and none could write , so at the end of my first day I felt quite depressed at the thought of the hard work ahead of me .
28 It 's quite dry at the moment really .
29 The influence of such leaders on their followers is limited and they may be quite helpless in the face of recalcitrant committee and sub-committee chairmen .
30 He had become quite friendly with the family — one brother ran the leather , the other the boot and shoe shop .
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