Example sentences of "quite [adj] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are quite satisified with the quality of our staff . |
| 2 | Come to think of it , were n't your parents quite friendly with the Redburns at one time ? ’ |
| 3 | He had become quite friendly with the family — one brother ran the leather , the other the boot and shoe shop . |
| 4 | And the problem is , although they are er very negative for the environment , they destroy rivers , they effect the navigation , they are quite popular with the population , with the peasants , with the indians , because they bring money , they bring activities , they bring weapons , they bring all sorts of things that break the isolation of those populations that live along the rivers or er in the middle of the forest . |
| 5 | For most chairmen , however , Citrine 's view that they should move only slowly in this direction , doing little more than break even ( but conceding part of the case for higher depreciation ) , seemed quite consistent with the philosophy of nationalisation . |
| 6 | Limiting the size of US deficits by forcing revaluations ( as in the US proposals for a ‘ reserve indicator plan ’ in the context of fixed exchange rates ) or making official statements that the dollar is too high ( the ‘ open-mouth policy ’ , subsequently implemented on occasion under floating exchange rates ) is quite consistent with the dollar maintaining an international role . |
| 7 | Auntie Muriel has old-fashioned ideas about what 's ‘ natural- , everything should be natural , which is pretty stupid when you think where she lives , Anyway , she was quite content with the weeds and the gummed-up filters . |
| 8 | Erm the the particular case of Richmondshire having been referred to I I felt I ought to point that er we 're quite content with the concept of Policy E two as giving the strategic weight to the question of protecting the open countryside and the balance , the very difficult balance , decisions that we and other authorities are going to have to come to in preparing our local plan . |
| 9 | He was quite content with the food as long as he could have a plentiful supply of fillet steaks and his daily dose of freshly squeezed orange juice . |
| 10 | This makes one quite comfortable with the fact that those who have never had such an experience will doubt its very existence and possibly even the sanity of those who experience it . |
| 11 | In my view these repeated assurances are quite inconsistent with the minister having had , or communicated , any intention other than that the words ‘ the expense incurred in or in connection with ’ the provision of the benefit would produce a charge to tax on the additional or marginal cost only , not a charge on the average cost of the benefit . |
| 12 | In the context of stock exchange dealings he suggests that clauses that purport to allow a broker without warning to act as principal rather than agent , are " quite inconsistent with the role of broker and ineffective except against a principal who has assented to the changed relationship on this particular occasion " . |
| 13 | This distinction should be preserved ( even though the Russian verb is not quite square with the English ) , since it belongs to the novel 's overall life-against-logic argument : in theory the student would kill her , but in fact he wo n't . |
| 14 | Player told the crowd that Olazabal was the best young player in the world and that he was quite impressed with the way he had scored so well while playing so poorly . |
| 15 | The surrounding countryside is quite dramatic with the legacy of the vast lead mining industry still evident . |
| 16 | As I understood er Mr 's position , he would have been on behalf of the Parish Council who are the only er people who are concerned about this as I understand , who raised an objection at this er at this stage they they would have been quite happy with the proposition that I 've put forward on behalf of the County Council . |
| 17 | Ousley 's quite happy with the way it has all panned out ‘ because MIPS did n't have the wherewithal to do all it said it could . |
| 18 | Joanne was quite happy with the way she was teaching until the GCSE began to be talked about , particularly in relation to its emphasis on investigative work and school-based assessment . |
| 19 | Quite happy with the way it 's all gone ? |
| 20 | yeah he 's quite happy with the whisky , yeah . |
| 21 | I 'm quite happy with the service giving |
| 22 | I had problems with tutors trying to encourage me to diversity my work and experiment with other styles , but I was quite happy with the direction my work was heading so I stubbornly stuck to it . |
| 23 | I had problems with tutors trying to encourage me to diversity my work and experiment with other styles , but I was quite happy with the direction my work was heading so I stubbornly stuck to it . |
| 24 | ‘ Mr Hill , ’ a secretary tartly informed Branson , ‘ is quite happy with the Sex Pistols , thank you very much . ’ |
| 25 | Our customers appear quite happy with the rules regarding redemption of credit vouchers , but in exceptional cases , where the customer might have difficulty using the credit vouchers , some alternative means of reimbursement will be found . |
| 26 | Importance of contacts : Sir Patrick is quite happy with the thought that one of BP 's intentions in inviting him to join its board must have been to gain access to his little black book . |
| 27 | Erm so you can see actually from this fact find , from the planning the future document , there are , there was , there is a particular interest to you erm are you , are you quite happy with the figures er sorry was it erm was it that you were more or less interested in ? |
| 28 | Marcus and the redhead were sitting on the settee and seemed quite happy with the racket . |
| 29 | Well , no security is one hundred per cent , it 's impossible to make any area completely secure , but it 's as tight as it possibly can be and I 'm quite happy with the security at the present time . |
| 30 | They were quite happy with the job Red Rhino were doing ; their basic view was that a major deal would be better , but not essential . |