Example sentences of "quite so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which means that you 're unlikely to have to have quite so many ledger line notes . |
| 2 | However , as a major reason for the merger must be to improve the C&G 's capital position , it is curious for it to give away quite so much money . |
| 3 | Oh , they decided not to give us quite so much work ? |
| 4 | Over the years we did n't have quite so much work to do with recording which tyre was on which bus because he took it over , but it was right up until I retired in , well five years ago that we were paying tyres that way . |
| 5 | I like it better with not quite so much ginger as last week . |
| 6 | ‘ That he did n't spend quite so much time with them ? ’ her father finished quietly . |
| 7 | None of the collaborators mobilised by Hitler 's conquests , not even Petain , evokes quite so much disgust . |
| 8 | I do n't think I would have made quite so much impact , however , if it had n't been for the fact that , while they were carrying me round the church yelling , ‘ Aliens ! ’ 'Jesus Christ ! ’ and ‘ The snake cometh ! ’ the roof fell in . |
| 9 | You might wonder why UNFPA should expend quite so much effort in arguing against such a crackpot idea . |
| 10 | Why does the capture of the ark cause quite so much consternation ? |
| 11 | Not that she was in quite so much awe of the Larks since Sir Felix had failed to marry Gemma . |
| 12 | and you know how they say to you at times oh thanks ever so much , I 've never heard anybody that would cover a thing in quite so much detail , I mean you do n't want to sound like a machine that 's pumping out information |
| 13 | But I I , I mean really and truly I 'm moaning a bit but I , it 's not quite so bad being near there . |
| 14 | If I would now recommend the Finzis in the shorter pieces in preference to the otherwise fine Higginbottom performances of Howells choral works on , the situation regarding the delectable Requiem is not quite so clear cut , as Hyperion also possesses an outstanding version from the Corydon Singers under their gifted director , Matthew Best ( ) . |
| 15 | Their victory was not quite so clear cut as that of the Kent boys but there was no doubting their overall superiority . |
| 16 | I do n't actually think that , that , that it 's quite so clear cut , I think that there 's still a bit of persuading that , that we have to do to persuade people that it is the right thing . |
| 17 | It is as though she was deliberately coaxed into that warm and shabby coffee bar by whatever saving force or spirit I can feel ever more strongly in this no longer quite so bleak habitation of mine . |