Example sentences of "quite [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is , however , a weak argument in support of indirect taxes as it is quite possible to devise a system of direct taxation that avoids double taxation ( as currently with tax exemptions for returns on Post Office Savings and National Savings ) . |
| 2 | It was impossible to extend it to the front of the Villa without blasting the cliffs and destroying exquisite country , but quite possible to reach the gates at the rear of the park . |
| 3 | There are a few additions to the original game which add a little spice to the proceedings , and it 's quite possible to waste an hour before you realise it . |
| 4 | It is quite possible to put a 4 cylinder engine into your 6 cylinder Land Rover The gearbox bell housing needs changing for a 4 cylinder version and the engine mountings must be cut off the chassis and moved backwards 6 inches Use a 4 cylinder exhaust system and cut 6 inches from the front pipe Use the 6 cylinder clutch Throttle linkage can be adapted from 4 cylinder cable , fuel pipes need modifying and the electric fuel pump removed Water pipes can be lengthened or use One Ten pipes cut to suit . |
| 5 | Yet it is quite possible to change the feeling of space cosmetically , that is by the clever use of colour , pattern , texture and arrangement , all of which can make space seem much larger as well as unifying and simplifying it . |
| 6 | It is of course quite possible to develop an integrated system based on a single hardware base . |
| 7 | However , McDonough ( 1981 ) points out that it is quite possible to consider the favourable attitude to the language simply as a result of success in its use . |
| 8 | It is quite possible to present an academic and deductive dismissal of consumption cleavages without any real need to turn to empirical ‘ testing ’ . |
| 9 | ( This is not to say that you can deliberately reach people by advertising ‘ subliminally ’ , merely that it is quite possible to get a message out of an ad without really being aware of it . ) |
| 10 | It is quite possible to establish a cichlid community tank containing cichlids of the Cichlasoma genus , not only the larger ones , without too many problems . |
| 11 | However , fundamental changes were not inevitable , as it was quite possible to maintain the service management role for the foreseeable future , with Colleges obtaining and utilising resources in the manner previously prescribed and implemented . |
| 12 | It is quite possible to keep a lone specimen but to see them at their best a group is preferable . |
| 13 | It was not quite possible to communicate the horror of examination by McCarthy . |
| 14 | In circumstances of group disorder , in particular , it may be quite impractical to expect the constable to issue a request for the actor to desist before making his arrest . |
| 15 | The severe straits in which the Treasury found itself after the Crimean War made it seem quite impractical to seek a solution which involved increasing the duties of officialdom . |
| 16 | It was quite pleasant to get a radio call at 1115 hours to say ‘ stop doing the container wagons , we 're starting the Arakan . ' |
| 17 | When Frederick attacked the Empress Maria Theresa in 1740 to snatch the province of Silesia from her , Britain and Spain were already at war , and there were two or three areas where France and Britain were likely to clash , though Macaulay was quite right to underline the world-wide dimensions of the struggle . |
| 18 | Motion three two three is quite right to criticize the blatantly political proposal to remove the May Day holiday which would leave the U K as one of the few civilized countries without a day to acknowledge the labour movement . |
| 19 | It 's quite usual to pay a deposit to show that you intend to go ahead with the deal and if you back out the repairer is entitled to keep the money . |
| 20 | Where the vein was of considerable thickness it was quite usual to pay the men at so much per cubic fathom . |
| 21 | Yet at one time it used to look quite strange to see a girl teacher but |
| 22 | It seemed quite strange to read an allegation about the Royal Show being merely a big local show placed on the same page in FARMERS WEEKLY as a paragraph mentioning the fact that German ministers were at the Royal Show to forge links between the UK farmers and farm businesses . |
| 23 | Now to my mind that is not a question of being a snooper , a nark or even being a policeman , er it is er er indeed if we look at section fifteen of the local government finance act of nineteen eighty two er it it 's quite interesting to see the the words used because the auditor is under a duty , amongst other things , to see that the accounts are prepared in accordance with regulations er made under the act er to see that proper practices that have been followed and to see that the body of accounts that have been audited have made proper arrangements f for securing economy , efficiency and effectiveness . |
| 24 | A couple of minutes should be quite adequate to summarize the following points about yourself : |
| 25 | In fact , gas , of course , is such a valuable fuel — it can be piped to people , in other words it 's easy to distribute — it can be stored , by compressing it in tanks — in fact the national storage of gas at the moment which helps you to meet fluctuations in demand is the thousands of miles distribution pipeline , some six feet in diameter at sixty atmospheres in pressure , full of gas , and the volume of gas stored there is quite adequate to meet the fluctuations in demand . |
| 26 | To draw attention to headings and other important areas requires some form of emphasis so it is quite acceptable to use a sans serif face for these . |
| 27 | Therefore , in principle , it is quite acceptable to write a novel about a secret agent in the style of Ian Fleming as long as it does not contain copies of parts of James Bond novels . |
| 28 | But it would be quite wrong to ascribe the failure to take socialist transformation further at this stage by establishing workers ' control in the nationalised industries to ‘ betrayal ’ on the part of the parliamentary leadership . |
| 29 | It is quite wrong to posit a pathological process , as Aristotle does with his theory of katharsis , whereby the audience is purged of pity and fear by the solemn events of the play . |
| 30 | And while we should never pretend that the distinctions are adequate , in their usually rather complacent conventional forms , it would be quite wrong to disregard the actual or attempted social relations , of an alternative kind , which the attempts at differentiation , and the initiatives and marginal institutions corresponding to them , undoubtedly represent . |