Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] be quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | t needed to exert my authority over my cancer cells , but did I need to be quite so warlike ? |
| 2 | Two disadvantages of such techniques are that each word has to have a tag field added to it ( and this may need to be quite long to hold a suitable range of values ) , and execution of each instruction becomes more complicated ( and therefore possibly slower ) . |
| 3 | This might not need to be quite as comprehensive as the full mailing list , but it will save time . |
| 4 | A picture intended to show the pulling strength of the tractor will need to be quite different in composition from one designed to show the gradients which it is able to climb or the revolutionary design of a new gearbox . |
| 5 | Of course , there will be many occasions when the request is a direct result of your own work and you will not need to be quite so suspicious . |
| 6 | But theoretical analysis suggests that credible punishment strategies may need to be quite subtle and sophisticated , which leads to the conclusion that so-called ‘ tacit ’ collusion may in practice turn out to be ‘ secret ’ collusion . |
| 7 | Secondly , the transaction fees will need to be quite high if the investment made by Reuters and the CBoT/CME of between 40 and 50 million dollars is to yield a positive return . |
| 8 | Such observations would appear to be quite objective and true and I would agree . |
| 9 | Heuristics are obviously needed , and in fact looking at the types of errors actually found in recognition data , some suggested ones would appear to be quite successful . |
| 10 | What I do appear to be quite successful at is raising money for charity . |
| 11 | At these levels of venting area the effect of venting on the performance of sprinkler systems would appear to be quite immaterial one way or the other . |
| 12 | My Lord Mayor , I must confess to being quite surprised by the incredible naivety and complete lack of understanding that 's obviously rampant on the benches opposite with most of the items we 've dealt with today . |
| 13 | I know not to expect her to react in the way other dogs do , and she knows that I will look after her and she does n't have to be quite so independent . |
| 14 | Mental programming , of course , does not have to be quite so extreme . |
| 15 | ‘ What people are concerned about is that , if they train certifieds or AATs , they do n't have to cope with the bureaucracy , they do n't have to be formal training offices and so they do n't have to be quite so concerned that they have to provide the right sort of additional courses for people to attend to back up their exams . |
| 16 | The parallel between the monastery and the revival of feudal paternalism does not have to be quite so ingenious . |
| 17 | Under those conditions a miner would have to be quite fleet of foot ! |
| 18 | A : Oh , we do n't have to be quite so drastic . |
| 19 | Thus George Harrison 's song " My Sweet Lord " was alleged to have infringed an earlier song " He 's so Fine " , but it is thought that the evidence required to support this proposition would have to be quite strong . |
| 20 | It does n't have to be quite the same , one does n't always have to have red and gold . |
| 21 | That 'll have to be quite useful for your holiday in France and every thing ai n't it ? |
| 22 | so erm investing into industry which I do n't know much about , and I , I am suspicious that invest into industry anyway erm so it 's gon na have , to work it 'll have to be quite a long term policy , well I imagine it would n't be a short-term policy . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , ’ she murmured , and added hurriedly , ‘ Look , I really did n't mean to be quite so late , but I had to — ’ |
| 24 | Such an eventuality — which no one who had studied the results of Irish elections could suppose to be quite improbable — would put us back to February 1974 , when Labour with 37.1% had fewer votes than the Conservatives with 37.9% , but with 301 seats won more than the Conservatives with 297 ; or to 1951 , when the Conservatives with 48.0% had fewer votes than Labour with 48.8% , but with 321 seats won more than labour with 295 . |
| 25 | Dr Dan Tunstall-Pedoe , a cardiologist who directs the Marathon 's medical team , can not afford to be quite so sanguine . |
| 26 | Fast , zero wait state sram is expensive and since many DSPs have 24-bit data buses , can prove to be quite costly . |
| 27 | It might not be Ramsgate , but Broadstairs might prove to be quite enjoyable after all . |
| 28 | But here Mr Lawson does not seem to be quite so indifferent to the behaviour of consenting adults : he has been endeavouring to control their behaviour by altering the price at which they can borrow . |
| 29 | For on the one hand the Athenian type of behaviour might seem to be quite incompatible with local state obligations in law and electorally to majority , articulated , social interests . |
| 30 | I do n't know what 's got into you , Edward , you do n't seem to be quite yourself . |