Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] quite the " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Birkitt did n't show quite the same smooth tact in his dealings with the actor he was replacing . |
| 2 | Closely related species , however , like chimps and humans , have such large chunks of adjacent contents in common that we can easily identify them as basically the same , even though we ca n't use quite the same addressing system for the two species . |
| 3 | It does n't look quite the same . |
| 4 | Farmoor Reservoir does n't provide quite the same conditions as those off the coast of Brittany . |
| 5 | It does n't sound quite the same when you put it on at the desk . ’ |
| 6 | The ultimate distinction for any performance of this work must be to topple over and drown in its own pretentiousness and Segerstam 's direction does n't possess quite the urgency or the dazzle to achieve that . |
| 7 | A literal translation would be ‘ undertaker ’ , which does n't have quite the right ring ! |
| 8 | Nigel had often thought of stealing a girlfriend off his son , but did n't have quite the same tastes . |
| 9 | It does n't have quite the presence or the lovely transparency of the Seymour-equipped hybrid , but the Texas Specials make it sound fractionally bigger , deeper and more authoritative . |
| 10 | ‘ Bent ’ does n't have quite the same connotations over here , by the way … |
| 11 | The Jayhawks know what it 's like laying dimes on railroad tracks and bareback horse-riding through Nevada ( trainspotting in Crewe and donkey rides in Brighton do n't have quite the same ring ) . |
| 12 | We do , after all , sneer rather more than our US cousins and somehow ‘ Have a nice day ’ and exhortations to visit the Château De La Belle Au Bois Dormant wo n't have quite the same flavour in French . |
| 13 | THERE 'S A wise old saying ( actually it 's the title of a Bruce Willis album , but that does n't have quite the same authoritative ring ) that goes ‘ What does n't kill you , only makes you stronger ’ . |
| 14 | A more accurate description might be desktop composition or desktop page layout — but these do n't have quite the same ring to them . |
| 15 | his clothes by hand before I went back to work and of course I do n't have quite the same time |
| 16 | To catch one accidentally does n't have quite the same distinction or achievement , even so its capture should count . |
| 17 | Erm we have er land in the sort of places which compete with Stoakesly although we do n't have quite the rural environment , except as was mentioned , at Guisborough . |
| 18 | It did n't seem quite the same , anyway , as I got bigger . |
| 19 | When things are going well there does n't seem quite the same need to be faithful . |