Example sentences of "state quite [adv] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Some studies stated quite explicitly that they had chosen to study young men only because they felt that as male ethnographers they could only portray the male point of view . |
| 3 | The post mortem now states quite categorically that he was not killed by any sort of missile ( the open window must have been a red herring ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The dictionary states quite clearly that it comes from the United States . |
| 6 | Now the the control of the audit commission is on record as stating quite clearly that it is not possible to account the equation . |
| 7 | The inference that he did so by selling is supported by the incidental evidence of miracle-stories : one from St-Benoît-sur-Loire , for instance , recorded in the 870s , tells of two " comrades " ( compares ) at the monastery 's weekly market , who quarrelled over the 12d. they had made on their joint transactions ; another story of similar date from St-Hubert in the Ardennes has a peasant ( rusticus ) stating quite explicitly that he has come to an annual fair " to acquire the wherewithal to pay what I owe to my lord " . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Through her own trusting innocence she was alone with a man who 'd stated quite clearly that he wanted her . |
| 10 | Ana had wept bitterly and Mitch had stated quite categorically that he would be back . |