Example sentences of "[noun] [is] quite " in BNC.

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1 The kind of criticism that is appropriate in the performing arts is quite different from that in technology , which again differs from the nature of criticism in philosophy .
2 The remedy is quite messy , at least one of the remedies .
3 The remedy is quite straightforward . ’
4 This form of association is quite fascinating but not easily replicated in the aquarium as diadema urchins are notoriously difficult to keep in captivity .
5 IBM Corp has launched a version of OSF/1 , but only in the ultra low-volume mainframe version of AIX , but Groupe Bull SA is quite happy to add bits of Foundation technology to its Berkeley Unix brought up to Unix System V.3.2 level , and Hewlett-Packard Co is taking the same tack with HP-UX .
6 I 'm afraid I do n't run to pink body suits — and the jeep is quite glamorous enough for me . ’
7 So isolation is quite a common defence mechanism , particularly in obsessionals , who 're very good at isolation .
8 Neil is quite different , you know .
9 Your penis is quite excellent . ’
10 Such has been the pace of South Africa 's re-entry into the world arena that Rhodes and his team mates have had little time to be overawed by the situation , which for a youngster from a small town in Natal is quite remarkable .
11 As a result of 400 years of Portuguese rule , the state of Goa is quite unlike the rest of India , and the house where I was dining was quite unlike any equivalent in Bihar or Madya Pradesh .
12 Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ?
13 So , to uprate an early Land Rover to 5 speed is quite possible as is fitting an auto box to a V8 One Ten , which is not a factory option .
14 She had been introduced to Norman Lamont ( very sexy ) and afterwards Charles had been wonderful , guiding her from cab to restaurant , steering her around the menu ( ‘ the salt cod is quite delicious ’ ) , plying her with Vinho Verde and a glass of Setubal .
15 Parasite genes can have effects on host bodies , not just when the parasite lives inside the host where it can manipulate by direct chemical means , but when the parasite is quite separate from the host and manipulates it from a distance .
16 It might have gone unnoticed except that the dictionary is quite unequivocal about it .
17 it is still far from obvious that these will prove particularly suitable for any significant level of care provision … receiving assistance from the other without any acceptable means of reciprocation is quite contrary to the way most friendships are routinely ordered .
18 Similarly , autonomy in Japanese organizations is quite inconsistent with the dependence-producing child-rearing patterns employed by many Japanese parents .
19 The children on the roundabout can be made as intricate as your time or patience allows — the effect of the girl 's plaits streaming in the wind is quite easy to achieve .
20 The wind is quite cold
21 No-one could look at our council offices on Cregagh Road with any sense of civic pride and indeed some would argue that having nondescript and dowdy council offices is quite the proper thing .
22 This data is for a trained writer ( ie. the Freeman vector database contains details of the writer 's handwriting ) , and as can be seen , the number of candidate words can be high , and in such cases the spread of lengths of the candidates is quite wide .
23 Since embarking on the diet Barbara has lost over a stone and her inch loss is quite remarkable .
24 Hair loss is quite normal and most people lose between 100 and 150 hairs every day
25 Hair loss is quite normal and most of us lose between 100 and 150 hairs each day .
26 And also with regards to product development and actual er image of the company there , the relations side is quite weak .
27 And the other side is quite dry , yeah , that is the side he keeps on but that 's quite erm dry .
28 And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’
29 And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’
30 There is abundant authority to show that the action for negligence for harm done through animals is quite distinct from both the cattle trespass rule and the scienter rule .
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