Example sentences of "quite [adj] [that] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The antiquarian , Stukeley , noted it in 1740 , and it is quite possible that knowledge of this never died out locally . |
| 2 | It is quite possible that pre-exposure to a stimulus both retards new learning about that stimulus and also establishes a memory trace of its own that interferes with any subsequently formed when recall is tested . |
| 3 | Still , it is also quite possible that hesitancy or disagreement may persist without one side of the dispute or one aspect of one 's personality being more rational than another , or in possession of any deeper insight into truth . |
| 4 | It is quite possible that co-operation between various macrophage subsets takes place in Peyer 's patches . |
| 5 | It is pretty certain that the watercourses which ran down down to the lake were pretty foul in those days , although , it is quite possible that excrement was utilised to a fair extent as a garden fertiliser . |
| 6 | It certainly makes it quite clear that rape is about violence , power and control , and not a sexual act , but in doing so , it arguably indulges in a voyeurism equally sadistic . |
| 7 | In the results reported below we treat the two repetitions separately since it is quite clear that behaviour changed between the two attempts . |
| 8 | Societal reaction theory directs research towards the ideas and beliefs that give child abuse meaning in given contexts , but it is also quite clear that child abuse is not reducible to those beliefs . |
| 9 | It was now quite clear that barrage balloons were much more a hindrance than a help to London . |
| 10 | When an owner of property against whom an order has been made under the Act comes into this court and complains that there has been some irregularity in the proceedings , and that he is not liable to have his property taken away , it is right , I think , that his case should be entertained sympathetically and that a statute under which he is being deprived of his rights to property should be construed strictly against the local authority and favourably towards the interest of the applicant , in as much as he for the benefit of the community is undoubtedly suffering a substantial loss , which in my view must not be inflicted upon him unless it is quite clear that Parliament has intended that it shall . |
| 11 | ‘ I should make it quite clear that speed 's important for us . |
| 12 | ‘ It is quite clear that opposition 's spending plans will lead to higher inflation . |
| 13 | It is quite clear that community care developments in Scotland have failed to keep pace with discharge of patients and the closure of long stay beds , although the range of facilities has improved together with the liaison between the statutory and voluntary sectors . |
| 14 | In his writings on the military press , Trotsky made it quite clear that party interests came first and the military second . |
| 15 | Chinese parents do , of course , shower love and attention on their children but it is always made quite clear that child's-play has to remain well within the limits of normal social behaviour . |
| 16 | I 'm quite convinced that society could be run without money and every one of us would actually become far better off — not economically , of course , but emotionally and culturally . |
| 17 | It is quite obvious that planning control over agriculture is not strong enough . |
| 18 | It seems quite likely that lack of management diligence , in the form of lethargy or a preference for a ‘ quiet life ’ , and leading , for example , to failure to adapt to new trading environments or to technological change , is the most serious source of avoidable damage to company profitability . |
| 19 | Jason was quite firm that marriage was the last thing he wanted . |
| 20 | It is quite feasible that band members will have contributed to the composition of songs in different amounts , so the income received from the band 's songs is often split to reflect this . |
| 21 | I regard it as quite fundamental that geomorphology is primarily concerned with the interpretation of forms , not the study of processes . |
| 22 | In particular , it 's quite irrelevant that Rabbit tells Pooh there 's honey by saying that there is , i.e. by producing a linguistic sign , whereas bees , as we 've remarked , are not a linguistic sign . |
| 23 | And , when it comes to services , consumers are quite unanimous that quality is mostly down to the staff and how they behave with customers . |
| 24 | It would be quite impracticable to carry waste rock any great distance and it is quite certain that ore being produced at Coniston , was machine and hand dressed to as great a concentration as possible , before filling into strong saddle bags for the 20 mile pack-horse journey , over the mountain tops , to the Brigham smelters . |