Example sentences of "is quite [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He is quite a character . |
| 2 | John is quite a character and loves his role which includes shouting out the news four times a day . |
| 3 | Manchester City v Millwall There is quite a bustle at Maine Road in the wake of Howard Kendall 's arrival as manager . |
| 4 | The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle , the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here . |
| 5 | Which is quite a change . ’ |
| 6 | And British too , which , in these trying times , is quite a shit and dangerous thing to be . |
| 7 | I think I shall if item one is , which is quite a biggie . |
| 8 | This is all well and good until you go looking for a sound that the Quad will deliver only when the output level is quite a way up — at which point your mixer has long since run out of headroom . |
| 9 | ‘ But Nelson Close is quite a way from here . |
| 10 | Which is quite a way out actually . |
| 11 | This is quite a scandal . |
| 12 | But it is quite a coincidence . |
| 13 | Wattle fencing is quite a feature of this part of the garden , making an excellent rural background for climbers . |
| 14 | This is quite a feat , for not even when a lunch is offered do my parliamentary colleagues turn up in droves for a morning seminar . |
| 15 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 16 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 17 | To extrapolate what they might say about women 's experience under patriarchy on the basis of comments about the reading material they choose is quite a leap . |
| 18 | To know that I , as a person , am thoroughly good , intelligent and desirable , and that being so it is only logical that I should love myself passionately and unconditionally is quite a leap . |
| 19 | ‘ There is quite a sameness in high street stores in Britain , ’ he told the Clothes Show Magazine , ‘ whereas what customers really want is more individuality . |
| 20 | Colin McNicol , convener of Glasgow 's Parks and recreation committee , said : ‘ It is quite a feather in Glasgow 's cap to be hosting this event . |
| 21 | FA yesterday and it looks like me getting tickets from them is the same chance like the famous snowball in hell — i might settle for a new video player instead — in fact i still have got almost all of WC'90 on video — pictures from — all — games — and complete games from the 1/8 finals and onwards — including the England-Kamerun game which is quite a favorite . |
| 22 | So i is i it is quite a leftist movement in , in , in that it is , it is calling for radicalization , calling for recognizing the need for mass mobilization ? |
| 23 | Crews from all over the world were competing at Henley this weekend … for women rowers this is the big event of the year … but times are a changing … there 'll be a women 's single sculls at this years main Henley Regatta … they 've been there before in invitation races or coxing in men 's crews but competing in international competition is quite a breakthrough |
| 24 | Cos the accommodation is quite a bit , is n't it ? |
| 25 | In England there is quite a bit of unofficial ‘ sentence bargaining ’ , as it might more appropriately be called . |
| 26 | How much of that flows from the court case , I I would n't like to say , but my guess is quite a bit . |
| 27 | Right , okay like schemes there is quite a bit of paper work to do |
| 28 | Yes there is quite a bit of difference |
| 29 | Oh no you can get , you can get er six pounds per square foot is quite a bit . |
| 30 | Erm , I do n't the exact figure but it is quite a bit less , erm seven pounds odd I think is n't it ? |