Example sentences of "quite an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At quite an early stage , there were reports of trouble from the location work in New Orleans . |
| 2 | Things are somewhat different when it comes to the sales decision : here it seems that many worked out at quite an early stage that the sales strategy ought to take a reservation form ( with perhaps an intermediate section to take account of risk and risk aversion ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll want to catch quite an early train from Liverpool Street . |
| 4 | ‘ Equally I believe that you should stop using smacking as a way of punishing a child when that child is big enough to hit you back — and that 's at quite an early age . |
| 5 | She is the first to admit that she was bitten by the Puppy Love bug from quite an early age — which stood her in good stead when it came to dealing with the opposite sex in later years . |
| 6 | From quite an early age , his mother told me , John 's interest in theatrical things , and specifically in ballet , manifested itself in setting up cardboard boxes as stages , with pipe cleaners for dancers . |
| 7 | The relationship between father and son was always strained and the child insisted on having himself called by his second name , Lawrence , from quite an early age . |
| 8 | Recent surveys have suggested that parents want their children to learn about these things at school , and from quite an early age . |
| 9 | From quite an early age I was expected to be somewhere around . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've had quite an early start and I 'm feeling pretty tired , ’ she admitted . |
| 11 | Erm , and it 's quite an early start so it 's , it just makes it such a late night to for eating by the time you 've come out the cinema it 's erm |
| 12 | As will be seen , any attempt to question such assumptions was likely to raise the question , sometimes in quite an explosive form , as to whether the study could be authorized as " English " at all . |
| 13 | This is quite an elegant cake on a theme popular with children — other pond life could be included if you wish , such as goldfish or tadpoles . |
| 14 | In this production , Helen McCrory 's Rose is no vulnerable young ingenue but already quite an assured operator able to stick up for herself under adverse circumstances — as they duly become on her moving on approval to Cavendish Square . |
| 15 | That 's quite an effective way of starting to be honest with someone , ’ admits Frances . |
| 16 | Although this self-regulatory mechanism sounds as if it might be quite an effective constraint on the exercise of discretion by sentencers , in practice it is subject to a number of serious limitations . |
| 17 | Most bureaucrats see the world in terms of categories and problems in quite an impersonal sense and hence they see conservation as a major responsibility of planners , whether the locals want it or not . |
| 18 | A wooden mansion was quite an inviting residence : it consisted of the saloon of a large ship that must have been wrecked in the neighbourhood . |
| 19 | So we do n't want to be any under any illusions about that , and the same can be applied to the fact that we have made no real provision for nursery education , that we were in trouble over special needs in this county , that was a a requirement to restore services that were well below the S S A on Social Services , and we really all this er this er , new administration has done , has been brought those up , those services up to what would have been regarded as a quite an unacceptable level with most of the the the authorities in this country . |
| 20 | ‘ Things that people say in interviews , I 've noticed that their lyrics are a process of self analysis and that 's quite an introspective thing . |
| 21 | We 've done quite an extensive survey around Ottery , looking at the times people use these facilities , and the weekends , especially Saturdays , is the favoured time . |
| 22 | For page one three four and T U P E , yes , well we have done quite an extensive document , there 's been a lot done about T U P E in the public sector we 've done it in the government sector and given guidelines , and T U P E , while it is like you rightly say , a step forward , it 's not the total answer we need something better , but it does level out the playing field that the cowboys can find it difficult in and we as a union are advocating to our members where there is a transfer taking place , whether there 's a change to your employment challenge it and we will support that challenge with the necessary legal interpretation if so . |
| 23 | So we have no knowledge on that and Peter and team working and Tony is in the , the body of the hall we had quite an extensive discussion over a period of time but perhaps cumulating last Friday , a week last Friday , on the N treble C and we are calling a special lay- delegates conference on the first of July in Sheffield , with one item on the agenda team working . |
| 24 | I think we 've got quite an extensive coverage now . |
| 25 | There is quite an extensive bibliography on this artist , ( that is relative to the virtual absence of any monographs on most women artists of the past ) including a number of appreciative biographies — starting with one published in 1810 , then another 1892 and the still definitive volume published in 1924 . |
| 26 | Arrow has a true crime promotion ( 5th August ) featuring quite an extensive list and led by Joel Norris ' The Killer Next Door ( £4.99 ) , a study of several serial killers . |
| 27 | 46521 hauled quite an extensive load which included three vehicles from the ‘ Royal Scotsman ’ train , two support vehicles from the Severn Valley Railway and two ex Southern Railway bogie brake vans from Eastleigh . |
| 28 | ‘ What I considered to be quite an insignificant idea at first has now become a viable business for me . ’ |
| 29 | Well , she should n't be surprised , because it was quite an accurate assessment . |
| 30 | Which is quite an admirable trait , because most people seem hell bent on playing all over every single track , whether it 's needed or not . ’ |