Example sentences of "quite [adj] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wrote : ’ … essential , right now are groupings of women quite free of the practices of party politics dominated by the fascism inherent in their structures and phallocratic ideology . |
| 2 | I was n't sure how to vote , er , I think , like a lot of people erm I 'm quite fond of the monarchy and th the the constitutional monarchy |
| 3 | I have been trying to draw attention away from the great cities , which were quite uncharacteristic of the scene in our centuries , and to focus on the small or middling sort ; and here we meet the doctrine so brilliantly established in recent decades by Philip Jones : that the Italian cities were essentially market towns in origin , in which nobles and knights and farmers and peasants had a common interest ; very often the knights lived as much in the towns as in their country fortresses or castles . |
| 4 | A proper discussion of a football match can not occur if one of the participants is quite ignorant of the rules of the game ; and the kind of assessment of a restaurant meal that would involve the possible insertion of the establishment into a good food guide ( or perhaps its deletion from it ) will not get very far if one of the diners does not care for the meal because his idea of a gastronomic treat is a cheeseburger and french fries ( though within the order of the burger discriminations are possible ) . |
| 5 | Quite unaware of the alarm his summons had provoked , Christian beamed at the four people assembled in the kitchen of his farmhouse . |
| 6 | When the tower walls swung back into focus Isabel found herself clutching a chainmail tunic , quite unaware of the metal links cutting into her palms as she gazed straight into the ice-blue eyes of her husband . |
| 7 | The hon. Lady seems quite unaware of the fact that , not long ago , I announced from the Dispatch Box what is effectively a halving of our sub-strategic nuclear weapons . |
| 8 | In such a case the patient is quite unaware of the root cause of the problem , because it has been successfully suppressed , and is therefore unable to help the therapist consciously with the relevant case history . |
| 9 | This problem , which , where conflicts of interest are involved , becomes one of ideology , need not lead to overt conflict , however , because the groups concerned may be quite unaware of the discrepancy . |
| 10 | For Mexico , the shared border with the United States and the dramatic devaluations of the peso explain the rapid growth in the 1980s , but other features , for example , the changing positions of indigenous managers and technicians , are quite typical of the spread of economic transnational practices in employment and other areas . |
| 11 | Thermoluminescence dating of the clay core suggested that the statue was only a few centuries old , and this was supported by technical examination and analysis which showed that the casting technology and the metal used were quite typical of the Renaissance , and equally unlike those used by the Romans . |
| 12 | He is quite glad of the disturbances , especially as the intruder , a salesman , is played with admirable common man-ness by John Goodman . |
| 13 | ‘ I must show you our broad beans , ’ chattered Dimity , quite unconscious of the turmoil in her old friend 's heart . |
| 14 | No-one is quite sure of the origin of the PHANTOM , who is female and thought to be quite overweight with flabby arms and many double-chins . |
| 15 | Before you start on the preparation you must be quite sure of the range of studies within which you are to work . |
| 16 | Er I I 'm not quite sure of the relevance of this . |
| 17 | If you are not quite sure of the sort of kitchen that will best suit you , ask yourself the following ; questions : |
| 18 | After that , she was not quite sure of the sequence of events . |
| 19 | so I was n't quite sure of the answer that you gave back with me walking back from the camera so I just wanted to qualify that so that , I mean all that I noticed was that there was nothing that , that , no information that you tried to get out of him . |
| 20 | Vicky sang 0 Bird of Love , and although not quite sure of the words , I did Fanny Leslie 's Jack-in-the-Box Song . |
| 21 | When you know you only have half an hour or so you can become quite absorbed and interested , and quite jealous of the limit you have set yourself . |
| 22 | Following disestablishment in 1923 , the Church in Wales has been quite independent of the Church of England . |
| 23 | It may take away or qualify other rights of the consumer which are quite independent of the guarantee . |
| 24 | What is important is to tell your readers that the Safety Authority is quite independent of the influence of Eurotunnel and of the Government when it comes to the advice we give on safety standards of the tunnel and its railway system . |
| 25 | However , although he says this , partly to emphasise that the truth of the matter is quite independent of the question whether we know it , it would seem reasonable to expect that , if there is a real truth here into which we might have rational insight , careful attention to just what is at issue will bring about convergence . |
| 26 | Problem solving is quite independent of the magnitude of the figures . |
| 27 | Quite independent of the way higher education may be funded , there is a need for higher education institutions to rethink their role and function just as much as it behoves industry , commerce and the public services . |
| 28 | It is quite independent of the Government . |
| 29 | The null in the directional response of such an antenna is quite independent of the Q of the coil . |
| 30 | The payment of the state non-contributory old age pension from 1909 gave elderly people a right to an income from the state , quite independent of the vicissitudes of the labour market , and this obviously increased their financial independence . |