Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [be] quite [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning a scornful look upon the gipsy spokesman , he said , ‘ What you are suggesting is quite preposterous . |
| 2 | The range of problems on which solicitors are consulted is quite narrow , and of 27 categories adopted in the survey , seven accounted for over 80 per cent . |
| 3 | You may be familiar with those sorts of stories which say my convent life was hell with the Sisters of Mercy er that kind of story about er church organisations that absolute not to show er Christian qualities in the way that they are organised is quite true that often Christian organisations do find it hard to show forgiveness . |
| 4 | One need is the ability of the photocopier to collate automatically , since some of the documents which are photocopied are quite lengthy . |
| 5 | ‘ Every day we 're delayed is quite serious , because it concentrates the autumn workload , ’ he says . |
| 6 | I mean I , what you 're saying 's quite valid I mean , i if you 've got a situation where you have been successful and you 've got an accumulation of stuff that 's been recovered from robberies , at least it gives you some method of returning it to it 's previous |
| 7 | If you are elderly and the operation you are having is quite major , then be realistic . |