Example sentences of "and [to-vb] quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand , there is certainly a resistance to change and to new ideas ; academics appear quite happy to continue teaching the same old syllabuses as if there had been no ‘ explosion ’ ( Dr P 's word ) in English studies ; at the same time , there is no resistance to allowing other people within the same department to teach quite different things to students , and to do quite different types of research . |
| 2 | It appears that underlying these and other instances of physical contact is the staff 's preparedness to inflict physical discomfort and to demonstrate quite openly the nature of their authority . |
| 3 | Particular activities in the form of classroom tasks may appear to be very different and to represent quite distinct views of pedagogy but on closer consideration to be consistent with the same underlying principle of approach . |
| 4 | ‘ If we 're going to break through , we 've got to be prepared to be quick on the button and to say quite risky things . ’ |
| 5 | An an and to speak quite bluntly on the state of the evidence at the moment it seems that that is a very possible end to this case , in which case , in which case the jury wo n't even get round to having this matter . |
| 6 | The tree had survived because the square was too small to be taken seriously as a car park , and to make quite sure , some public-spirited individual had painted yellow lines round it . |
| 7 | If electrification is linked to the spur line , it will not be necessary for me to do what my right hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point ( Sir B. Braine ) had to do only recently , which was to get the chairman of British Rail to attend another terminus in London and to make quite a row in order for some action to be taken . |