Example sentences of "quite such [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original author of this book commented in the House of Commons , ‘ Seldom have I seen the House or the Government in quite such a mess … as we are in over this Bill … this House does not contain a majority for this Bill . |
| 2 | No Englishman , she fancied , would bear his child in quite such a way . |
| 3 | She 'd had plenty of boyfriends , but none of them serious , and none had made her react in quite such a way , despite their determined attempts to arouse her . |
| 4 | I no longer looked quite such a time-traveller . |
| 5 | The 166 husbands whose occupations are recorded do not cover quite such a range of trades as the fathers — 64 as opposed to 76 — but that is hardly surprising since they are much more concentrated in a number of particular trades . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not quite such a coincidence as I seem , ’ she said , ‘ I 've just been reading my uncle 's book on Aurae Phiala , that 's why I came to have a look at the place for myself . |
| 7 | In 1964 the traffic similarly did not pose quite such a problem as in 1988 , the car parking round the district proving quite adequate , especially as the expected crowds did not turn up on the day . |
| 8 | He was not quite such a dumbhead as one would think . |
| 9 | ‘ It was n't quite such a shock as you might think . |
| 10 | At least if that happens it wo n't come as quite such a shock now , will it ? ’ |
| 11 | No really , and er , so I , I do n't feel quite such a fool as I did when I started to speak . |
| 12 | As I say the problem with the tucking in on that one is there 's not quite such a lot of length . |
| 13 | Only I wish you were n't quite such a babe , that 's all . |
| 14 | but , it quite such a burden is it ? |
| 15 | Des Collins , of the Royal Ontario Museum , doubts that it deserves quite such an honour . |
| 16 | Actually I do n't think it did have quite such an impact . |