Example sentences of "in quite the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McLeish grunted , feeling meanly triumphant that he had turned out to be right in his view that Francesca would not be able to sweep Tristram out of the hands of the New York police in quite the Napoleonic way she had assumed . |
| 2 | The disadvantage with this design is that , when the robot 's joint is loaded , it is never in quite the right position . |
| 3 | So you 're not standing in quite the right place . |
| 4 | I like the idea of the sort of archways looking out to the right letting light sort of fall in and it , and make a nice pool of light ideal for somebody who 's standing , but he 's not standing in quite the right place . |
| 5 | Thus the morality of artists is often established in quite the reverse fashion to that of sociologists . |
| 6 | ‘ Not in quite the same way as me , probably . |
| 7 | If you can get along to see it ( entrance is free ) you will never see sheep in quite the same light again . |
| 8 | It just so happens that some people get taught or pick up techniques without too much problem ( because of circumstances and the people they interact with and learn from ) but some individuals simply do not get exposed to the right experiences to learn these things in quite the same way . |
| 9 | When you offer a piece of information , you do n't commit yourself in quite the same way that you do when you propose or suggest an idea . |
| 10 | No two observers see the same sequence of behaviour in quite the same way . |
| 11 | We shall never be able to look at either our own or other people 's religions in quite the same way again . |
| 12 | The associative process did not work with Rufus in quite the same way as it did with his erstwhile friend , Adam Verne-Smith , for Adam was an ‘ arts ’ person and he a scientist , so that Greek or Spanish names , for instance , evoked none of it . |
| 13 | The study of myths , totemism or magic involves cultural phenomena that are signs and symbols for the participants but are not in themselves lived in quite the same way as kin relations . |
| 14 | In either case , the articulatory loop could not be used in quite the same way as Hitch and Baddeley ( 1978 ) propose for memory , but would be more similar to its function in reading , where it is largely suppressed . |
| 15 | That is a serious charge against Christianity ; and one which has not been raised in quite the same way by other moral issues ( such as slavery ) which have in the past confronted Christians . |
| 16 | It is unlikely , but it does not seem to be ‘ wrong ’ in quite the same way as the sentences in Task 3 . |
| 17 | But would the story have been told in quite the same way if I had been black , or a woman , or nearer their own age and social background ? |
| 18 | Groups no less than individuals ( although not in quite the same sense as individuals ) are subject to fits of passion , self-deception and hysteria which may create a temporary majority for decisions which will later be regretted . |
| 19 | But the deep grammatical structure of language , as revealed by Chomsky for instance , is not susceptible to criticism in quite the same way . |
| 20 | Compounds containing a particular amino acid , tryptophan , do not appear to be dealt with in quite the same way in the brain of a sufferer from addictive disease as they are in other people . |
| 21 | In adult education , more than in schooling , and more than in higher education , the possibilities for resisting the inevitable are greater , because the learning relationship is not based on compulsion in quite the same way and because there is less male power invested in it . |
| 22 | ‘ But not in quite the same way , I take it , ’ Bicker said over his shoulder . |
| 23 | It is not built into the Order , and it is not drafted in quite the same way as a recital ; in the example given , somewhat more in the nature of a summary and somewhat less in the nature of a statement of purpose . |
| 24 | They would never see their parents in quite the same way again , and ironically it was apt that they should not , because Timothy Gedge had not told lies entirely . |
| 25 | There is a pouched mouse in Australia , though in this case the resemblance is not so close and it does not make its living in quite the same way . |
| 26 | ‘ Not in quite the same way . ’ |
| 27 | Yet his curriculum vitae would be very much stronger if there were not that one-metre gap between the rival lines to stop him from imposing his physical presence on his opposite number in quite the same way as he did to such crucial effect upon Steve Cuttler in the 1989 series in Australia . |
| 28 | But the trend in the motor industry at large has been in quite the opposite direction to the Chapman philosophy ; cars have not become lighter over the years but noticeably heavier and more complex . |
| 29 | Very often heavy cloud over the target area would completely obscure it and the bombs were sometimes dropped more by luck than good judgement and often in quite the wrong places , with the resulting waste of time and armament and unnecessary loss of life . |
| 30 | I move them and instead of having a good scuttle across the floor , I stand up on these legs in quite the wrong attitude . |