Example sentences of "quite [adj] that [pron] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another naval diver and a close friend of Crabb who knew him well , Sidney James Knowles BEM , also saw the body and was quite definite that it was not Crabb . |
| 2 | I blink my eyes for some inkling of orientation , but the high-pitched multi-signals whine and cascade about in my head just to make things quite clear that they 're not going to be harassed into full-powered service tonight . |
| 3 | Would my honourable friend be able to explain why it was that in the run up to negotiations with respect to the question of increase in the number of seats er , the German government made it quite clear that they were not interested or did n't want to have the additional number of seats and then subsequently , for reasons that have never been fully explained , we then found that er they had an additional eighteen . |
| 4 | Although European railway executives see British rail traffic as important , it is quite clear that it is not crucial to plans for the development of a European network which will proceed whatever happens on the other side of the Channel . |
| 5 | Reporting that Judge Vaughn Walker has entered an order establishing a hearing date on summary judgement motions for May 5 in the look-and-feel suit brought against it and Hewlett-Packard Co by Apple Computer Inc , Microsoft Corp makes it quite clear that it is not prepared to tolerate any nonsense from anyone : the lawyer retained as its vice-president of law and corporate affairs is called William Neukom . |
| 6 | And I think I made it quite clear that it was not the quality of the Education Authority that was the basis of the Banbury School 's proposals , it was the County Council 's decision to go ahead on a consultation for tertiary education , an entirely different animal in Oxfordshire , and I , like Bob , would agree that the erm quality of education offered in Oxfordshire is first class . |
| 7 | ‘ Really ? ’ she said cautiously , still not quite convinced that he was not shooting a shameless line in exploitation of her supposed ignorance . |
| 8 | So it 's quite healthy that we 're not . ’ |
| 9 | So it 's quite healthy that we 're not . ’ |
| 10 | Instructors should test every student before allowing them to go solo to make quite sure that they are not seriously affected by reduced ‘ g ’ . |
| 11 | I do not believe Jenkins had any such ambition , and I am quite sure that it was not within his nature to take any active steps to intrigue , but Harold Wilson did believe — and conscientiously so — that such intrigues were taking place . |
| 12 | A Chinaman of the T'ang Dynasty — and , by which definition , a philosopher — dreamed he was a butterfly , and from that moment he was never quite sure that he was not a butterfly dreaming it was a Chinese philosopher . |
| 13 | We 're quite happy that there 's not many of you Anne ! |
| 14 | She had made it quite plain that she was not about to stay here at all , but Alain had outmanoeuvred her with ease . |
| 15 | ‘ The hospital is quite adamant that it is not our policy to encourage smoking or allow cigarettes to be sold ’ . |
| 16 | So that I can go through my designs and make quite certain that there is not one collar , not one cuff detail , not the slightest influence that they could accuse me of copying from them . |
| 17 | Lydia was not exactly terrified , but she was sitting very , very still so that if there was the slightest noise she could be quite certain that it was not she who had caused it . |