Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] is quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | A noteworthy recent example of the use of Article 100 in the area of social policy is Council Directive 91/533 on an employer 's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship , where it is quite simply asserted in the recitals that ‘ differences in the legislation of Member States may have a direct effect on the operation of the common market ’ . |
| 2 | There are examples of these arrangements in relations between highly skilled workers and employers , where it is quite common for wage and employment levels to be determined not by current market conditions , but by mutual agreement between the parties . |
| 3 | Makes charts of calories in various foods and tries to make herself thinner , although she is quite slim . ’ |
| 4 | Rules of court in many Commonwealth jurisdictions follow the relevant English text , so there is quite a voluminous body of case-law in which the practice of taking evidence out of the jurisdiction is examined . |
| 5 | Although it is quite lumpy on a small scale , with matter gathered in planets and stars and emptiness in between , on larger scales the matter is surprisingly evenly spread . |
| 6 | Although it is quite reasonable to ask a human being to search by eye through a moderate number of drawings of artefacts it is not reasonable where thousands are involved . |
| 7 | The Meadowell was build on a green field site and , as such , is an over spill estate , although it is quite close to North Shields centre . |
| 8 | ‘ Once he is quite well , he will take up the reins and the business will be booming again , ’ she said out loud . |
| 9 | The saw has a 550watt ( input ) motor and features variable speed and orbital action saw blade , yet it weights only 3kg ( 6.6lb ) so it is quite light to use . |
| 10 | The resources of the NVC were limited , and they were not able to survey every vegetation type in the Outer Hebrides , so it is quite possible that there are more communities present than have been recorded . |
| 11 | The crossbow is not a popular weapon amongst men from the Empire , but there are always foreigners eager to be recruited into the Empire armies so it is quite common to find crossbowmen amongst the state regiments . |
| 12 | So it is quite true that it is the father that is principally in focus ; but that does not necessarily mean that " mother " is only there by accident . |
| 13 | You could use the same monitor for either , so it is quite conceivable that institutions would in the future include both among their video equipment . |
| 14 | To draw attention to headings and other important areas requires some form of emphasis so it is quite acceptable to use a sans serif face for these . |
| 15 | ‘ These have to be discarded after each use , so it is quite an expensive way to curl hair . ’ |
| 16 | The gypsum crust is more soluble than the limestone so it is quite rapidly weathered by rainwater . |
| 17 | In the early periods player A's actions reveal a lot of information on its type , so it is quite credible for them to prefer to imitate the z = 0 type by reducing the absolute value of . |
| 18 | Many women in their 40s/50s/60s are involved in looking after and nursing ageing parents so it is quite possible that a specified age range of 45 to 65 could also be indirect sex discrimination . |
| 19 | The argument is clearly fallacious : just as rules of logical deduction can be stated which will apply to an indefinitely large set of propositions , so it is quite possible that the principles that underlie the interaction between utterances and assumptions ( however particular they may be ) can be simply and rigorously stated . |
| 20 | ‘ Everybody has a birthday , everybody has a party , so it is quite good business really , ’ he said especially now that he has increased his fee from £5 to £15 for half an hour . |
| 21 | Rail users have been subjected to annual fare increases well above inflation for several years now , so it is quite justified for motorists to receive some of the same treatment . |
| 22 | Leo , you must tell her that it is Doctor 's Orders that she must not look after her father any more — that it is too much for her — that she need not even see her father until she is quite well enough , and the doctor has himself offered to find a suitable place , so that she will know her father will be well looked after . |
| 23 | Until it is quite inescapable that inside the three barrels , distributed , playing together a familiar tune which has been heard three times before , are the TRAGEDIANS . |
| 24 | I have I have n't scrubbed it off or anything cos it is quite funny |
| 25 | When an owner of property against whom an order has been made under the Act comes into this court and complains that there has been some irregularity in the proceedings , and that he is not liable to have his property taken away , it is right , I think , that his case should be entertained sympathetically and that a statute under which he is being deprived of his rights to property should be construed strictly against the local authority and favourably towards the interest of the applicant , in as much as he for the benefit of the community is undoubtedly suffering a substantial loss , which in my view must not be inflicted upon him unless it is quite clear that Parliament has intended that it shall . |
| 26 | Upstairs in the workshop , there is an air of quiet panic mingled with excitement because nothing is quite ready for the upcoming show , but it 's near enough to know it 's all going to be just divine . |
| 27 | However , care should be exercised in the use of dictionaries of surnames , because none is quite infallible and some entries , in even the best of them , can be positively misleading , as the detailed example which forms the last section of this chapter demonstrates . |
| 28 | Okay there are some strategically placed boxes around the floor , because there is quite a lot of packaging and , you going to , you know , pretend to be Michael Jordan with these . |
| 29 | He was getting back quicker than I thought because he is quite a tall guy , so I had to knock the stumps down as quickly as possible and the quickest way to get there was through the air — and I took it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Bishop Peter is a very unusual person to be a bishop because he is quite unconventional . |