Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [prep] [be] quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might not need to be quite as comprehensive as the full mailing list , but it will save time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Mental programming , of course , does not have to be quite so extreme . |
| 4 | The parallel between the monastery and the revival of feudal paternalism does not have to be quite so ingenious . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Live there did not seem to be quite the word for someone whose residence there appeared so transient . |
| 7 | Mrs Grandison , the mother of Sophia and Penelope , had the remains of her daughters ' Pre-Raphaelite beauty , now much faded and overlaid with some other quality , which had made her the President of the Women 's Institute in the village where she lived but which did not seem to be quite Pre-Raphaelite . |
| 8 | Dr Dan Tunstall-Pedoe , a cardiologist who directs the Marathon 's medical team , can not afford to be quite so sanguine . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | A : Oh , we do n't have to be quite so drastic . |
| 12 | It does n't have to be quite the same , one does n't always have to have red and gold . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , ’ she murmured , and added hurriedly , ‘ Look , I really did n't mean to be quite so late , but I had to — ’ |
| 14 | I do n't know what 's got into you , Edward , you do n't seem to be quite yourself . |
| 15 | Er there do n't seem to be quite a lot of that any more . |
| 16 | I just do n't seem to be quite right yet though |