Example sentences of "quite [adv] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glider designers sometimes choose to fit a tail-skid rather than a wheel for simplicity and cheapness , saying quite rightly that they offer a little less drag . |
| 2 | The railways railwaymen were demanding more , because they felt quite rightly that they were giving more to the railways . |
| 3 | People who , quite obviously when they get in touch with us , there are special financial circumstances . |
| 4 | It appeared quite suddenly as they turned a sharp bend , an imposing stone edifice with ivy-clad walls , set among tall poplars , well back from the road . |
| 5 | In this case I am actually drawing with the brush and the colours will merge quite nicely as they are painted wet into wet . |
| 6 | It gave her the chance to be with Marguerite , though , and they talked quite easily as they moved around the kitchen . |
| 7 | She caught a glimpse of the ruffled bed beyond , noted his tousled hair and hastily tied robe , covering very little of his tanned torso , and wished quite desperately that they did n't hate each other . |
| 8 | The contractions were coming quite quickly but they just did n't feel like proper contractions . |
| 9 | The floods were clearing up quite quickly but they were still the centre of attention on the news . |
| 10 | Readers interested in doing experiments involving ultrasonics can buy the basic matching transmitters and receivers quite cheaply but they will need to look up or develop the circuits needed to make them work . |
| 11 | Right the body surface at birth is wet and therefore cools quite rapidly so they 've got big surface area and they 're born wet and they have to be dried off . |
| 12 | They know nothing about the means of organising , nor are they particularly militant , but they see quickly and quite clearly that they are being exploited . |
| 13 | Horses indicate quite clearly that they do not like someone , or another animal , by narrowing and pulling-up their nostrils so that wrinkles form above them . |
| 14 | Indeed , it is amazing that Sir Leon Brittan should still refer to these ‘ costs ’ long after Pöhl has said quite clearly that they are irrelevant : ‘ the repeated reference to alleged huge savings in transaction costs for the currencies of a single currency area are not in the least convincing ’ . |
| 15 | Information from the Novices showed quite clearly that they all saw themselves as working towards a position at the back of the terrace . |
| 16 | One look at them will also show quite clearly that they are not too distantly related to the Scats , bearing a very similar body shape and positioning of their anal , caudal and dorsal fins in particular . |
| 17 | also history if I might just say that when the Post Office er split from the Civil Service , the firm was in deficit for twenty years and of course Post Office management say quite clearly that they were putting in sums of eighteen per cent of the pay bill when it was only supposed to be nine per cent of the pay bill and that 's why they 're entitled to the to the surplus . |
| 18 | This means that , strictly speaking , banks could at any time increase their lending quite sharply provided they were happy to incur the risk in so doing . |
| 19 | Sequels to movies are often less well received than the originals , quite often because they 're just a re-hash of the plot with some minor twists . |
| 20 | Alternatively , we might feel that people who took care to give different media sources exactly the same rating on an eleven-point scale were indicating quite strongly that they found them equally useful . |
| 21 | These contradictions between GCSE and records of achievement may be explained quite simply since they reflect a fundamental tension in the purpose of school assessment itself . |
| 22 | I can now move them quite well although they 'll never be perfect . |
| 23 | The state of mind of day-dream escapers was not simple and they both believed in their plans and knew quite well that they would never carry them out at the same time . |
| 24 | And with this in mind and I 'm I 'm you will notice that I have n't spoken at all and that is quite deliberate on my part but then I can also say the same for many people sitting round here who know quite well that they have n't spoken either . |
| 25 | ‘ She does n't get out much ’ , a phrase that Shirley had learned to use of her mother to forestall enquiry , impertinence , sympathy : a middle-aged phrase that she heard in her own voice as parody — indeed , she had noticed that when ‘ the family ’ gathered together all of them spoke in parodies of clichés , and some of them knew quite well that they were doing it . |
| 26 | It 's only because I know Rome quite well that they 've asked me — Athens I do n't know at all . ’ |
| 27 | However , in the late 1970s they stated quite categorically that they were not able to take an initiative on the priorities set down in national policy . |
| 28 | The engines became quieter , purring quite ordinarily as they approached these resting places . |
| 29 | Most of them know enough about their swings to make minor compensations and can work the ball around the course quite adequately since they can all revert to a ‘ bread and butter ’ swing , usually with ‘ bread and butter ’ results . |
| 30 | But the argument of this book is that its centrality is quite otherwise than they suggest . |