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

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1 The remedy is quite messy , at least one of the remedies .
2 The remedy is quite straightforward . ’
3 This form of association is quite fascinating but not easily replicated in the aquarium as diadema urchins are notoriously difficult to keep in captivity .
4 I 'm afraid I do n't run to pink body suits — and the jeep is quite glamorous enough for me . ’
5 So isolation is quite a common defence mechanism , particularly in obsessionals , who 're very good at isolation .
6 Your penis is quite excellent . ’
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 It might have gone unnoticed except that the dictionary is quite unequivocal about it .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 The wind is quite cold
13 Since embarking on the diet Barbara has lost over a stone and her inch loss is quite remarkable .
14 Hair loss is quite normal and most people lose between 100 and 150 hairs every day
15 Hair loss is quite normal and most of us lose between 100 and 150 hairs each day .
16 And also with regards to product development and actual er image of the company there , the relations side is quite weak .
17 And the other side is quite dry , yeah , that is the side he keeps on but that 's quite erm dry .
18 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 . ’
19 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 . ’
20 This result is quite a general one .
21 The result is quite striking : the richer respondents claim to be more prepared to break the law than the poorer ones , despite their apparent lesser chances of actually breaking it from the conviction statistics .
22 Mahogany is a very warm wood as far as tone is concerned , but this body is so thin that the result is quite bright and snappy — great for jazz/fusion rhythm sounds and a perfect foil for sound processing .
23 Overseeing a free and fair election is one thing ; enforcing the result is quite another .
24 Since Pu acts like U , the end result is quite like the low-enriched uranium used as reactor fuel .
25 The result is quite the opposite .
26 ‘ They scatter orders and decrees right and left , but the result is quite different from what they want ’ .
27 It now remains to ask what role is played by the state in this totality , and Poulantzas ' initial reply is quite straightforward .
28 As is well known , Marx himself gave a somewhat ambiguous answer ; but Poulantzas ' reply is quite clear .
29 Mr makes there was an under , enumeration of figures and that has been made clear in the reply the reply is quite clear about the basis on which the structure plan is being promulgated and the total projected total population in two thousand and six regards the historical data , that should be taken , as far as I 'm concerned , as matters of fact , will of course not be absolutely accurate and as far as projected data is concerned all that we can do any of us can do is to try and make the best estimates possible and I am satisfied that our officers will have done that .
30 Although there are many periods in the history of literature where biography is quite irrelevant ( Shakespeare is an exemplarily anonymous figure in literature ) , there are also periods where biography becomes an integral element of literary works .
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