Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] quite [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otaka has clearly had a most inspiring influence on the BBC Welsh , so much so that I am quite convinced that anyone coming to this excellent new recording blindfolded would never guess its provenance . |
| 2 | I am quite convinced that everyone we met there was each other 's cousin . |
| 3 | ‘ I am quite convinced that in the 1990s reporters will have an expanded role before the courts , and in helping to present expert witnesses and child witnesses . |
| 4 | ‘ Ten years on , I am quite sure that the biggest issue we have uncovered is the issue of neglect , ’ Ms Reeves says . |
| 5 | I am quite sure that the Moderator and his colleagues will be able to withstand any theological attack directed by the Rev. Ian Paisley , but when it approaches physical violence this is another matter . |
| 6 | I am quite sure that , even after all this time , with their sophisticated technology , Tech-Green could quite easily qualify the suppositions . |
| 7 | ‘ I am quite sure that the message has gone home to the counties and their bowlers . |
| 8 | I am quite sure that over the years he saved the company substantial legal costs ! ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Of course , the Scottish Office runs a number of public information campaigns and I am quite sure that the hon. Gentleman would want us to do that to encourage the improvement of health in various ways . |
| 11 | I am quite sure that British Steel will have considered that and will weigh it up as well as any other possible developments . |
| 12 | I think that 's very important and I think it 's , there 's er actually , I have to say er I detect in 's letter because I am quite sure that a year ago she would have questioned the parish council 's existence , and indeed she 's being , erm , to my perception , highly critical of er the fact that the parish council has even dared to sort of taste the oxygen outside their own homes . |
| 13 | Well I am I am I am quite sure that the person who 's actually if you appointed them treasurer has got the authority to be able to say , there was ten pounds difference , I 'm knocking it off the door and that 's it . |
| 14 | There is no way that any party , there is no way that the Liberal party can say to the Labour party or to anyone else , well we 'll support you , we think you 're getting in a mess but it 's your problem , you can carry it because that roughly is what they actually said and if it does go wrong , as it is sure that it will I am quite sure that it will be quite wrong to blame the Labour party entirely for that process , because it wo n't be entirely their fault . |
| 15 | My Lord it is since that erm because , as you mention that er because of all the delay , that I am quite sure that positively intended erm I lost large sums of paying my solicitors , solicitors as well as a surveyor and therefore I attempted to er , er to recoup that |
| 16 | I am quite pleased that Auckland fly-half Grant Fox has changed his mind and made himself available for international action . |
| 17 | I am quite certain that this can be achieved . |
| 18 | The manner in which the security forces in Northern Ireland conduct themselves commands the admiration of all , and I am quite certain that the hon. Gentleman did not intend to impute any lack of commitment to them . |
| 19 | ‘ I am quite certain that you will . |
| 20 | Except on the vital matter of Europe , where the outcome is not yet clear , but where , at least , he is better than his opponents , I am quite confident that he will not do anything damaging to Britain . |
| 21 | Because of the way in which my visit to the judges and the prison was arranged , I am quite confident that no ‘ set-piece ’ situations or activities had been organized just for my benefit or to create a more favourable impression of the judicial system or the detention centre . |
| 22 | In his Chicago lectures , for example , he described how certain passages of Notes toward the Definition of Culture had been exposed as a " mass of contradictions " and , at the end , he also made a rueful disclaimer — " I am quite aware that I have been trying to persuade , although I may not be quite sure of what " . |
| 23 | I am quite astonished that you should suggest such a thing . |
| 24 | I am quite clear that I shall have to go into the evidence very carefully when the police report is available to me . |
| 25 | But I am quite clear that the new system should have a trial under the most favourable possible circumstances ; and the mere fact that the new Chairman of the War Council did prefer , and , as far as I know still prefers , a different arrangement is , to my mind , quite conclusive , and leaves me in no doubt as to the manner in which I can best assist the Government which I desire to support . |
| 26 | In so far as the house does represent a large capital asset , and it undoubtedly does , I am quite clear that in the long term , house prices are likely , generally to rise with inflation , indeed I would think must do so or perhaps to rise rather more quickly than inflation if there is a rising population and as there has been for very , very ma many years have passed , that , in the passed a decreasing occupancy rate . |
| 27 | Despite it , I am quite satisfied that their evenings , their sleep and their general comfort were greatly disturbed . |
| 28 | ‘ having observed carefully both Mr. Morgan and Miss Calagarri give their evidence I am quite satisfied that in relation to the question of execution the description of events which they have given is correct . |
| 29 | Mr Hindmarsh said of the 2,300 postal workers in the Darlington area : ‘ I am quite satisfied that most staff are happy with their conditions of employment . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And I 'm quite certain that the series of injuries was no more than an unfortunate set of coincidences . ’ |