Example sentences of "see quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've seen quite brilliant people in ICI who throw off sparkling ideas like an emery wheel , but only one in ten of their ideas is likely to be viable . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've seen quite a lot of completely sterile ears in winter barley , which is due to frost on secondary tillers . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've also seen quite a difference in our seed rate trials , with the lower rates giving a better pod set , possibly because bees have been able to get into the crop . ’ |
| 4 | Willingness is a highly inheritable trait , and its presence can be seen quite clearly in the off-spring of some stallions who have an exceptionally willing temperament . |
| 5 | It is seen quite easily on the specially stained smear tests ( Papanicolaou smear ) for cancer of the cervix . |
| 6 | Although des Forges and Harber gave only about 15 winter ( November to February ) records until 1960 , a few birds have wintered regularly since 1964 around Pagham Harbour ; what are probably the same individuals have also been seen quite often around Chichester Harbour . |
| 7 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 8 | Although the past few months have seen quite a number of problems for European unity , one area that remains firmly fixed is the demolition of trade barriers in 1993 . |
| 9 | The last few years have seen quite a shake up in the leasing market . |
| 10 | Often the oval shaped body with its waving flagella can be seen quite clearly darting around among the intestinal debris obtained from your fish . |
| 11 | ‘ I have seen quite a few races on television and the competition is really good . ’ |
| 12 | This can be seen quite clearly by looking at a passage in the autobiographical A Christmas Story , and comparing it with an unpublished hand-scrawled manuscript I found in his papers . |
| 13 | These differences can be seen quite early on ; we have found boys aged 14 years who were opting for science to be significantly more authoritarian than their peers . |
| 14 | Like all prophecy , the signs were in the eye of the beholder , and perhaps another witness would have seen quite different forms In the blur . |
| 15 | You 've obviously seen quite a lot of good painting . |
| 16 | With the average pressure hovering around 1030 mb plus for weeks on end last summer , it can be seen quite clearly from the table below that the water level in the Solent area was generally around minus 0.4m lower than predicted values . |
| 17 | I 've seen quite a few er in the so well you see we belong wi the Guild is fit into three tiers . |
| 18 | We 've seen quite a lot of you lately . ’ |
| 19 | They seemed to have their own stools , Quiss had observed ; they carried them on their backs as they made their way from one range to another , and Quiss had seen quite violent fights and rows breaking out over the disputed ownership of one of the small three-legged platforms . |
| 20 | He was n't allowed to work that day , so people turned up in a white shirt and tie and looking smart , they had to wear uniforms even a cap but unfortunately nowadays , although a lot of the I have seen quite a few people their uniform has changed since I left , but erm they do come to work in very very casual work now . |
| 21 | ‘ You will remember that although I was born a vicar 's daughter , I have seen quite a different level of life since then . |
| 22 | Mr Mr Allenby , I I know you 've made a submission but can we just clarify what provision is being made in Harrogate District which can be seen quite rightly as forming pa a contribution towards the Greater York ? |
| 23 | ‘ I 've — er — seen quite a bit of him since I met him when he called for you that time , ’ Leith managed , the ever-present ‘ if you value your job ’ threat there in her head again . |
| 24 | We 've seen quite a dramatic increase this year . |
| 25 | Peach and cherry trees are out in blossom , and we 've seen quite a few birds . |
| 26 | Yeah , and also he lives so far out and he was saying you know , Julie 's up in er in Birmingham , Andy 's up in Birmingham , he 's had no one to see , Eileen 's come back up to Birmingham he sees quite a lot of and er I think he 's just a bit lonely . |
| 27 | What happens is this : it is swimming along on a near-horizontal plane when it spots a morsel of food , which it can see quite comfortably directly below it in shallow-enough water because its eyes are tilted downwards to allow for this facility . |
| 28 | In addition , having had several days in which to think about it , she could see quite clearly how it had been responsible for the problems which had been harassing her all her life . |
| 29 | During the course of my working week I must see quite a number of society magazines . |
| 30 | Edward could see quite clearly behind her shoulder , like the aura visible to spiritualists , the woman she would be in thirty years time . |