Example sentences of "quite [adj] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Harman J was quite clear on the point . |
| 3 | Quite good-looking on the whole . |
| 4 | As it was , I believe my judgement proved quite sound on the question of timing ; the fact that things turned out as they did is entirely attributable to an error of judgement in another direction altogether . |
| 5 | The house was quite high on the slopes and he could see the main road down into the town , and behind that the mountains on the other side of the valley sweeping up into the changing skies . |
| 6 | I was quite sick on the train before we got to Euston , and have not liked long train journeys since . |
| 7 | Mr Evans was quite jolly on the day itself , cracking jokes at dinner and giving presents , a knife for Nick and a Bible for Carrie . |
| 8 | It is also quite soft on the bottom , and the newsprint does come off far too easily . |
| 9 | Erm although we we have n't really really discussed this , I suspect that given the the scale of development proposed in in Selby District , it 's it 's quite likely on the basis of what I 've heard from Mr , that Leeds are going to raise objections to development on on the western side of Selby District generally because that that area is just as close to Leeds . |
| 10 | The hills were quite flat on the top , forming a kind of plateau overlooking the airport . |
| 11 | ‘ Quite chirpy on the phone , ’ George said . |
| 12 | Not having done very well at school ( not even allowed to sit the Oxbridge exams ) , she had nevertheless been diligent about her piano lessons , and was in fact quite good on the instrument . |
| 13 | He is quite fascinating on the subject and has orchestrated the sketches very convincingly , placing them conjecturally and demonstrating again and again how Beethoven 's final thoughts were always best — indeed , have the inevitability of greatness . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd say you could do with a touch more garlic in that , by the way — Pauline always used to go quite heavy on the garlic . |
| 15 | The traffic was quite heavy on the country lanes to Downshurst . |
| 16 | You ca n't walk anywhere here without finding something to astound you , whether it be something sad or cruel on the one hand or quite beautiful on the other . |
| 17 | and er I managed to get er do forty odd years and erm now I 'm quite happy on the pension that they gave me . |
| 18 | Apart from being slimmer and healthier at the end of the diet , you should also be quite knowledgeable on the subject of diet in general , and be your own expert on the diet that 's right for you . |
| 19 | ‘ Some lividity staining there … quite pronounced on the thighs and the small of the back . |
| 20 | Sudden storms are quite common on the Sea of Galilee . |
| 21 | A species of Laboulbenia is quite common on the beetle guest , but it has yet to be found on the ant that acts as host . |
| 22 | Curriculum history ( still quite thin on the ground ) may stress prominent innovators or pioneering national laws or documents , but many classroom practitioners are usually hardly aware that their practice is being slowly , almost subliminally modified by a variety of external pressures . |
| 23 | Well he seemed quite keen on the company so . |
| 24 | He 's quite keen on the family dog , too . |
| 25 | You can tilt it in any direction , and measure the genetic distance , and hence the minimum evolution time , between any point on the plane and any other ( annoyingly , that is not quite true on the page , because the computer 's printer distorts proportions , but this effect is too trivial to make a fuss about , although it does mean that you will get slightly the wrong answer if you simply count blips on the scale ) . |
| 26 | The first outing of the season against a well rehearsed Cradley Heath , showed the potential of the new line up , but it was n't quite alright on the night . |
| 27 | Mr was well aware because he 'd been told by the plaintiffs solicitors that the plaintiffs received terms for cover or to obtain interest on their costs , the plaintiffs solicitors wrote specifically to Mr enquiring was his offer in , in the sum of forty two thousand pounds , that 's er the possible agreed settlement figure for costs , er if it was inclusive or exclusive of interest erm there were some delay but er Mr wrote back in due course making clear that interest was n't included , I should also say that in Mr er proposed bill of costs he had disallowed interest for a fairly short period in respect of both the plaintiffs bill of costs and the defendants bill of costs and the plaintiffs solicitors do n't appear to have erm taken any point on that , but as I say it , the point as to interest was specifically raised by the plaintiffs solicitors letter and er I 'm quite satisfied on the correspondence that they when it came to the matter were seen , were desires of obtaining interest in respect of their costs . |