Example sentences of "have not been quite [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been occasions over the past 30 years when the attendance in this House for my speeches has not been quite as large as it is today . |
| 2 | The pound 's fall from grace has not been quite as marked as the stock market 's recovery but , for all the Government 's protestations about the need for a firm exchange rate , its decline has been very sharp . |
| 3 | And on the bus to Victoria she began to wish she had not been quite so rash in offering to visit John . |
| 4 | They were quite convinced that if Jeopardy had not been quite so stunning to look at , most people would not like him at all because he was arrogant and cold . |
| 5 | In fact , my recent diet had n't been quite so reckless . |
| 6 | Surely he had n't been quite so irritating as a watchkeeping officer in the Lanark ? |
| 7 | And Shelley lay back that night , watching the fan sway round and round above her , and wishing that Rosie 's certainty had n't been quite so fervent . |
| 8 | Not noticing the church had n't been quite as crass as he 'd feared , because whatever else the bomb had done , it had blown the church apart . |
| 9 | Mildred , however , had been given a rather dim-witted tabby because there had n't been quite enough black ones to go round . |