Example sentences of "[noun] be quite [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | J said : " The cases are quite clear that you can not make a valuer an arbitrator by calling him so or vice versa " . |
| 2 | This holds good on condition that we are restricting our attention , as in this study , to syntax ; once we take the broader view which embraces speakers ' knowledge of vocabulary as well , then we must admit a real analogue to this relation since speakers are quite aware that their language habitually uses , for example this set of words to instantiate E , and that set of words to instantiate P ( or , in most languages , various sets of words to instantiate the Ps occurring in various different intensional patterns ; see Appendix B , Section 7 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ The authorities in Northern Ireland were quite satisfied that a substantial amount of explosives was in the area , and it might only be a matter of time until this sort of activity was renewed . ’ |
| 4 | Contemporary observers were quite clear that the modest decline in marriage around 1870 could not account for more than 10 per cent of the fall in births ( Yule 1906 ) . |
| 5 | The Bible is quite clear that it is always a mistake for a Christian to go out with a non-Christian . |
| 6 | The Bible is quite clear that God is a spirit and that he commands an action force of good spirits ( usually called angels ) . |
| 7 | The Bible is quite clear that these evil spirits ( and the things that they do ) are dangerous . |
| 8 | Sometimes the bible surprises us a little bit of course , and it puts it finger on things that we perhaps do n't really want to talk about or we do n't even consider as sins and the bible is quite clear that not all sins are what we do often there what we do n't do in parable that Jesus told concerning the traveller , the man who went down to Jericho , we do n't condemn the priest and the levite for what they did , but we do condemn them for what they did n't do , their sin was not what they did , it was what they left undone , going over and looking at the man was very note worthy , as least there was some interest there and we do n't condemn them for that , but we do condemn them for hurrying along and not reaching out and helping the man in the Pistol of James and chapter four and verse seventeen James says there , any one then who knows the good he ought to do and does n't do it , sins so the sins that you and I comment or the sins rather that we are guilty of are not just the things that we do there of times the things that we do n't do and sometimes there more difficult for us to put a finger on , we can justify them so very easily its been said that all it needs for evil to triumph , is for good men to say or to do nothing well lets look at the , that , illu illustration there that we have in the second book of kings . |
| 9 | Erm Mr Donson was quite right that in the absence of erm structure plan policies er the districts have moved forward and prepared their own countryside protection policies er and these have been effective to a a greater or lesser degree . |
| 10 | But the figures are quite clear that there are benefits of having in-house erm erm , fields that can compete against the private sector for county council work , and the fear , and the reason why they were set up in the first place , to make sure that you could n't have outside erm , er or private organisations setting up cartels to basically screw the local government down , and charge whatever price they want and con us through and through . |
| 11 | The mandarins of Communist China were quite clear that their empire could not cope with unemployed or dispossessed donkey drivers . |
| 12 | The Curragh incident was a sad case of panic , bungling and hesitation by the Liberals , for which the Unionists bear only an indirect responsibility , but once the crisis broke the Unionists were quite convinced that it was the result of a plot against loyal Ulster an " Ulster Pogrom " . |
| 13 | The negro policeman was quite keen that I should stay the night in Santa Fé . |
| 14 | But there are some instances documented in the literature where people are quite clear that support given to in-laws is really being given to the blood relative . |
| 15 | intended to stay , because the immediate reaction to something like that happening is n't necessarily erm , all bad , I mean people are quite glad that they are still alive and they 're quite prepared to put up with the possible fallout of the consequences of that so that they can stay in their own homes . |
| 16 | Your bank manager 's quite pleased that you win ? |
| 17 | Doctor Pike is quite certain that under normal circumstances — he did n't say he did in this instance — that he would describe side effects and dangers . |
| 18 | And the Secreta the Secretary of State is quite clear that the environmental constraint in North Yorkshire , is a particularly important one . |
| 19 | Actually erm although councillor is quite correct that we 're providing a service , erm in some ways it would be nice if the government did give us the freedom to operate our business as we choose to do so . |
| 20 | He was adamant — although all the shareholders in the motor car felt it was time , as one did at school , to say look " I am involved " , but Buster was quite insistent that it was pointless 10 or 12 of us being flogged . |
| 21 | In private , de Gaulle was quite explicit that this system of government amounted to a form of monarchy . |
| 22 | At some stages in their lives children are quite convinced that they have magical powers and often after a tussle about bedtime or a rejected request to watch a TV programme will ‘ wish ’ that the irritating adult would vanish . |
| 23 | Pomponius is quite clear that this amounts to a condition , and the consequence of that is that the legacy does not vest and transmission is not possible until the relevant age has been reached . |
| 24 | ‘ The hospital is quite adamant that it is not our policy to encourage smoking or allow cigarettes to be sold ’ . |
| 25 | Keith is quite convinced that with the continuing improvement being made , the North Norfolk Railway 's success will carry on growing as times passes on . |
| 26 | Doak is quite sure that dolphins have varied personalities or behavioural traits , despite the uniformity of their bodies . |
| 27 | There are days when some of our residents are quite determined that you are going to enable them to do what they want to do , even though what they want to do is completely ridiculous , like going out in the rain without a coat on . |
| 28 | From the client 's point of view Regional Railways were quite adamant that erm if we did n't do it then they would find somebody who was prepared to . |
| 29 | She had been married for the last two years , to a man who really was a sewage plant manager ( Slater was quite hurt that Graham thought he 'd invented this detail for the sake of a joke ) . |
| 30 | Laura was quite sure that she did n't want to marry her boss , Tim Dunton . |