Example sentences of "is [v-ing] quite [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Florence of Worcester draws elements of his account of the battle of Assandun in 1016 from Sallust he is revealing quite a lot about the classical interests of twelfth-century historians , but also raising doubts about his own reliability , and William of Malmesbury , whose methods so often find favour with modern scholars , nevertheless records miracle stories which his critical faculties ought to have led him to doubt , and perhaps did ; and like historians of all periods , William , Florence and their colleagues were at the mercy of the bias and inadequacy of their sources , as well as their own prejudices and errors . |
| 2 | If you recall yesterday , I think yes , the term sick as a parrot is becoming quite a , er , apparent to me in here again , that 's again looking at your faces , some of you , so you 're all quite happy about that one , you knew where you went wrong there . |
| 3 | It 's not desperately moist , although certainly one of them is cracking quite a bit , and if that helps to dry it up and make it more comfortable then it 's worth giving them a soak ten minutes a day . |
| 4 | An argument over which bulls are best ; British or Canadian and American is causing quite a rumpus . |
| 5 | He is emanating quite a powerful golden light himself , he notices . |
| 6 | Well it I mean already , it is having quite an im impact erm especially for items like furniture and bedding , and I mean bedding does n't last for ever , especially with a family , and I know erm they 're allowed every so often , but erm I mean I think erm the the cutbacks are becoming more and more and more and and people seem to be which means that we have to look around for voluntary erm agencies that ca such as , who can provide us with furniture or beds and bedding . |
| 7 | ‘ We would like to see the council address the issue seriously because it is affecting quite a lot of pensioners . ’ |
| 8 | The man behind the famous rooftop shark in Oxford is creating quite a stir in another city centre . |
| 9 | I only mention it now because Francis is taking quite an interest in her little boy . |
| 10 | The former is making quite a name for itself , as it works well under Windows and as its device driver can be set up as a ‘ printer device ’ within Windows , the output of almost any Windows application that produces output to a printer , can be ‘ diverted ’ and sent as a FAX . |
| 11 | Charter skipper Oliver Finnegan who runs deep sea trips on board his new boat ‘ Sharon Michele ’ out of Warrenpoint is making quite a name for himself amongst local sea anglers . |
| 12 | ‘ And the trade is changing quite a lot . |
| 13 | If it 's a concrete floor you could either put down a new wood floor or tile it with some sort of composition tile or sheeting like vinyl or linoleum which is showing quite a revival . |