Example sentences of "that [pers pn] is [adv] quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the next two sections , we shall draw attention to effects on interpretation and consider informally the basis of the distinction ; in 2.4 and 2.5 we look at the grammatical consequences , and in the remainder of the chapter consider why the distinction may sometimes be hard to appreciate and argue that it is nevertheless quite generally available for the attributive adjectival construction . |
| 2 | It has been suggested to me that it may be the pommel of a knife or dagger , and that it is probably quite old . |
| 3 | Note that it is also quite possible for the gestural usage to combine with the non-deictic anaphoric usage too : ( 41 ) I cut a finger : this one Here this one refers to whatever a finger refers to , but simultaneously must be accompanied by a presentation of the relevant finger . |
| 4 | Granted that it is experimentally quite simple to make small localized holes in the brain without causing widespread damage , it should be easy to test the claims for any such region of being ‘ the ’ site of memory for any particular piece of behaviour . |
| 5 | HAVING considered the tort of nuisance , we now turn to a further tort which had its origins in nuisance but which has developed in such a way that it is now quite distinct from it . |
| 6 | It has also been shaped for ease of packaging , rubberised and refined , with the result that it is often quite tasteless . |
| 7 | As for the patient , it 's not my place to comment on his medical condition , except to say that he is still quite definitely alive and in the best possible hands . ’ |