Example sentences of "quite [adv] [that] [pers pn] " 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 | The ringing of a bell from downstairs announced that it was time for supper and Emily realized quite suddenly that she was hungry . |
| 4 | ‘ Kelly would tell her friends quite naturally that she was dying , she did n't fear it , ’ says Mike . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Full of good intentions I declared quite sincerely that I had a dog in my rucksack . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think he would do it to draw attention , but I believe quite genuinely that he was trying to amuse me . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | Information from the Novices showed quite clearly that they all saw themselves as working towards a position at the back of the terrace . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Through her own trusting innocence she was alone with a man who 'd stated quite clearly that he wanted her . |
| 15 | After World War One , as we 've been seeing , he was exploring the ego , and his writing about the ego , in particular , group psychology and Future of an Illusion , show quite clearly that he saw the ego as a pro-social fact in the personality . |
| 16 | If B replies no , he implies quite clearly that he has no interest in continuing with that topic of conversation . |
| 17 | Now I have been digressing and let me say quite clearly that I never knew the answer and I do not know it now , how the tremendously high level of morale was sustained , not just in the Pathfinders , but throughout the Command as a whole . |
| 18 | It had been written on 8 June , and he said quite clearly that it would be his last ‘ until I see you again ’ . |
| 19 | Richard Butcher writing in 1646 is the first to mention St. Thomas ' church , for medieval bishops ' registers show quite clearly that it never existed . |
| 20 | The wording of subsection ( 1 ) shows quite clearly that it is addressed to the legal purpose of legal effect of consent to treatment , namely , to prevent such treatment constituting in law a trespass to the person , and that it does so by making the consent of a 16- or 17-year-old as effective as if he were ‘ of full age . ’ |
| 21 | If it does not — and Mrs. Murray states quite clearly that it does not — then I would regard the Home Secretary as having acted contrary to his policy . |
| 22 | Now the the control of the audit commission is on record as stating quite clearly that it is not possible to account the equation . |
| 23 | The dictionary states quite clearly that it comes from the United States . |
| 24 | Leese considered the initials of the organization to be unfortunate , and argued quite logically that it was misnamed , as its platform had little to do with fascism . |
| 25 | Everyone feels the need nowadays to qualify the term ‘ Third World ’ , stating quite correctly that it should not be taken to imply a homogeneous entity . |
| 26 | But all through my twenties and into my thirties I swore quite testily that I would never have children . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | my Lord , my Lord erm my Lord that really brings me to what are , er my conclusions , my Lord erm , can I just practice my conclusions with two erm comments , first of all about the , the my learned friend seems to paint erm in relation to this of course Mr made a point quite strongly that he agrees this is a relevant consideration and that er have exaggerated the situation and if they are willing to make a point a like this it would require evidence , they did point to their accounts , Lord erm I do n't see to put in evidence , but the , the statutory statement of business served er filed by on the first of September this year with the D T I , revealed that has a total of sixteen and a half billion in it 's members premium trust funds which is up four billion from the end of the previous year , erm , set against that the claims now made against the names is , is relatively speaking er small , erm my Lord |
| 29 | In fact over the last week I have had more sympathy with the likes of Max Hastings who say quite simply that it is the job of the press to reflect the government position . |
| 30 | What puts Monteverdi 's Orfeo ( produced at Mantua , 1607 ) in quite a different class from the operas of Peri and Caccini or the Dafne ( 1608 ) ( again on Rinuccini 's text ) of a younger Florentine , Marco da Gagliano ( C. 1575–1642 ) , is quite simply that it is the work of an immeasurably more gifted musician . |