Example sentences of "quite a [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can swing your leg round , move it outwards it 's a simple ball and socket joint and it 's used in engineering quite a bit is n't it ? |
| 2 | Mm ah well that 's quite a thought in n it ? |
| 3 | Fees take months or years to come in , and quite a proportion are never recovered . |
| 4 | Yeah , well that 's quite a point in n it ? |
| 5 | The people involved in taking those trucks are taking quite a risk are they not ? |
| 6 | That 's sending quite a signal is n't it . |
| 7 | I 'm ok during the week , I 've got into a routine of getting up and going to and all the rest of it , but weekends I have every other weekend off , it 's not quite a routine is it ? , |
| 8 | Coloured , textured as well as plain , the paper comes primarily from British sources , quite a lot is Scottish and smaller amounts are imported from Germany and America . |
| 9 | Quite a lot is known about how neurones are interconnected in different parts of the brain , and how they work together as a computing device . |
| 10 | At a preschool stage children already require certain kinds of educational experiences , and quite a lot is now known as to what these are and how they should be delivered . |
| 11 | Quite a lot is now known about the history of glassmaking in this region , for the nearby site at Gawber has been excavated and Sheffield City Museum has a collection of local ware . |
| 12 | It 's quite a lot is n't it ? |
| 13 | But I 'm sure there 's got to be something there , because it 's amazing , most people are A types , and quite a lot are A one . |
| 14 | Er they 'd help each other , if they were sick er well let's say quite a lot were unemployed down there and there were always someone that , I 've seen men stand at top of yard and say , have you got a fag Jack ? |
| 15 | Already quite a lot was known about the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIs ) , used mainly to treat arthritis and other joint inflammation ; about who was likely to receive prescription for them ; and about the adverse reactions they had caused . |
| 16 | Quite a number are erm there 's quite a few taken in the Nottingham area in . |
| 17 | On the other hand , erm quite a number are supporting the troops that are doing the fighting on our behalf , so it 's up to you ; it 's your comments that we want — Oxford , three double one , one double one , the lines are open and do please call in now . |
| 18 | Numerous houses became schools , many more became hospitals and quite a number were acquired as reform schools . |
| 19 | Quite a fellow was Bill Hand ! |