Example sentences of "be quite [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Farr , the solicitor from Maple Drive , who could be so funny when he chose , had said , in his comic colonel voice , that ‘ Johnny Muslim can be quite a tricky customer ! ’ |
| 2 | She 's beginning to be quite a young woman . |
| 3 | ‘ Care management could be quite a restrictive task to do over any length of time . |
| 4 | If you knew someone else with the same attributes , you would feel they must be quite a nice person really , would n't you ? |
| 5 | ‘ If we can settle institutional deals in a secure environment , then that could perhaps be quite a cheap exercise and fairly simple to establish . |
| 6 | Erm it 's about how people sell personal data er for money to other people erm and erm you 're quite er you will be quite a substantial part of the program . |
| 7 | Cloud flying , particularly in shower clouds , can be quite a dangerous pastime and on many days it would be totally irresponsible to risk losing a club glider by attempting to climb a large cloud . |
| 8 | In fact , if the starlings are all in a circle ( perhaps the lawn has a fairy ring which the worms find congenial ) , then the centre of the flock will be quite a long way from any of the birds . |
| 9 | Erm , a bit on the recommendations one they 're seeking approval er that erm the er tenders from are left from March nineteen ninety four to March nineteen ninety eight which seems to me to be quite a long time to let that go if we 're all a little bit concerned about what 's going on . |
| 10 | Can I make a suggestion rather than re-numbering all those , its going to be quite a long job , is that from what I can see at the moment there is no reason why that ca n't be added on as a last sentence to nine anyway , cause nine says you records the outcome of the enquiry , . |
| 11 | so erm investing into industry which I do n't know much about , and I , I am suspicious that invest into industry anyway erm so it 's gon na have , to work it 'll have to be quite a long term policy , well I imagine it would n't be a short-term policy . |
| 12 | Now that 's going to be quite a long term process is n't it ? |
| 13 | For the older dog the sudden loss of a sense can be quite a traumatic experience . |
| 14 | We need another Harry Cross and Ralph to present a silver lining to the ever present cloud of worthwhile issues which can be quite a daunting thing to watch especially the 90-minute Saturday omnibus edition . |
| 15 | It must be quite a boring job though ? |
| 16 | It was turning out to be quite a good day . |
| 17 | The old direct questions seemed to be quite a good technique . |
| 18 | To this end it can be quite a good idea to sit down and make a list of all the social activities you would like to enjoy if you were free to do so -such as visiting and entertaining friends , going to the theatre , cinema , concerts , evening classes , study groups , church activities and special interest clubs , as well as the occasional holiday . |
| 19 | So in some states it 's sixteen , in some states it 's eighteen , in some states twenty one er and Reagan thought it would be quite a good idea if they had uniformity across America er in which , you know , that they would raise the drinking age to twenty one er and this would then er reduce the incidence of teenage drunk driving and if you 've ever been in an American bar you will know you 're very often funnily enough they do n't ask me so much these days but you 're very often asked to prove your age , you know , er and you have to produce your driver 's licence and all the rest of it erm and so he increasing |
| 20 | I think that that would probably be quite a good idea would n't it , really ? |
| 21 | Friends family and stuff , day sort of thing , that 'll be quite a good idea . |
| 22 | After having hear his discourse on the wonders of interchangeable brain chips and the lunar landscape just above the ceiling border in thirty Road , I think he would probably be quite a good candidate . |
| 23 | I think that would be quite a good subject . |
| 24 | That , that could be quite a good opportunity actually actually , could n't it . |
| 25 | Well it could be quite a good story . |
| 26 | ‘ It does n't seem to occur to anyone that all these people going on about UFOs and the general hilarity they cause would be quite a good disguise for the government if it did want to cover up weapons testing . ’ |
| 27 | Erm so they that might be quite a good area . |
| 28 | Er with reference to the great pestilence er makes me think of the original great pestilence , the Black Death and of course er contaminated individuals be put in a pest house far away from places of habitation but they can contaminate others which one ca n't help thinking that it would be quite a good policy has commissioned . |
| 29 | ‘ You 'll be quite a good sort of person by the time you return from the Future , supposing you do return , of course , because I did n't like the sound of that spell , did you ? |
| 30 | Erm if you have a look at the the Stephen , we 'll go over I think the Stephen first martyr because without that really I think that 'd be quite a good focus of of er for the talking about the gifts . |