Example sentences of "[pers pn] can be quite [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I can be quite sure I had not intended this pleasing symmetry . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's precisely because of my age that I can be quite sure there wo n't be any other job coming my way if I lose this one . |
| 3 | I can be quite certain because he broke the chain some time ago and my own maid replaced it . |
| 4 | Well , I played around a bit in my time but now I 've settled down I can be quite prudish , ’ Sue confesses . |
| 5 | Sometimes I can be quite bright . |
| 6 | She can be quite tiresome at times . " |
| 7 | She can be quite tiresome when crossed . |
| 8 | They feel safe with her — and she can be quite human . ’ |
| 9 | It should not be assumed from these statements that they do not move at all-they can be quite active at high tide by night but that they remain within the same general area of shore . |
| 10 | This means you can be quite certain about total success , relative success and failure and , therefore , be in a better position to learn from experience . |
| 11 | And I shall think over all you 've said most carefully , you can be quite sure of that . |
| 12 | In our copy of Roget it is listed as follows You can be quite sure that if you examine all these numbered sections you will find every word in the English language that is remotely or closely equivalent to " jargon " . |
| 13 | You can be quite fluent in a language , and yet , something you say is not understood , and you can not understand why . |
| 14 | It 's a fairly thick 1″ , but the beauty of basswood is that you can be quite generous and yet still keep the overall weight down . |
| 15 | If it 's man and wife arguing , or man , female arguing , and they 're the only two in this place , and I 'm satisfied that it 's gon na be quiet , and there 's no injuries to each other and it 's not gon na flare up , then that 's a domestic , that you can be quite happy with . |
| 16 | ‘ You can be quite candid , ’ he added with a wry smile , as he perceived her hesitation . |
| 17 | Even though we can be quite sure that we would use " the " in these examples , it remains difficult to explain exactly how we decide . |
| 18 | The authority of his word , and we can be quite sure that we possess eternal life . |
| 19 | again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself |
| 20 | So if we can be quite clear in our minds from now , you might get questions on it tomorrow , you might get questions on it at some point in the future during the week , but they inevitably come at some point . |
| 21 | themselves and cut themselves and for , for Allah and whatnot hit and he had two policemen , now if they had , they 're , they 're not allowed to stop you and ask for your identification unless they have policeman with them , but they can arrest you and take you to their police station and they can be quite intimidating and , but they were going round , there was American service in there who have little cards written on it , they said they do n't have to cover their heads they , they 're allowed to do just as well as they please |
| 22 | ‘ They are very dangerous , in fact they can be quite lethal , ’ he says . |
| 23 | They can be quite confusing when first practised as a result of what Alexander called debauched kinaesthesia . |
| 24 | It 's not always easy or straightforward , and I still have difficulty in dealing with such sweeping generalisations as : ‘ he 's a Down 's Syndrome — they can be very stubborn , ca n't they ? ’ ; ‘ mentally handicapped … they can be quite violent if they do n't get their own way ’ . |
| 25 | Er they can be quite effective . |
| 26 | When they ignore the whole idea of pandering to a European market , they can be quite good , as in Tarkovsky 's Italian-funded productions , where he just carried on making the same film that had obsessed him for the past 30 years , only a bit more slowly . |
| 27 | Use a bit of common sense because they can be quite powerful . |
| 28 | I do not know which company in their burgeoning hi-fi industry is responsible but they can be quite pleased with themselves on this evidence . |
| 29 | For their size , they can be quite quick , as anyone who has followed a lively one across a garden or road will testify . |
| 30 | Sometimes they can be quite heartening . |