Example sentences of "there [be] quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | You feel at first that on a bad day ( there are quite a few ) Patrick might give it one of the kicks that the novelist seems about to direct at his readers . |
| 2 | Jackie concluded : ‘ Jasper certainly was n't born with a silver spoon in his mouth , but there are quite a few occasions when he needs one now — of the sugar variety , of course ! ’ |
| 3 | There are quite good educational reasons for believing that a diverse spread of subjects is more suitable for the late twentieth-century academy than the traditional single-honours degree , as is suggested by experience in America , and in Britain in polytechnics and colleges of higher education . |
| 4 | Foreigners ( of whom there are quite a few at the UN ) can do nothing right for Mr Coleman . |
| 5 | Many of the offices are in the West End of London , where rentals are still growing , and there are quite a few rent reviews coming up in the next few months . |
| 6 | There are quite a few other fish too ; in fact , there are enough different species to make a show that would rival the daily display at Harrods . |
| 7 | There are quite sufficient echoes here to direct the reader to Keats 's ‘ ode on a Grecian Urn ’ where he finds the urn ‘ With brede/ Of marble men and maidens overwrought , / With forest branches … ‘ and finds too scenes of love ‘ For ever warm and still to be enjoyed , / For ever panting , and for ever young — ’ as well as the heifer approaching the altar ‘ with garlands dressed ’ . |
| 8 | Although nearly every person in the country wears jeans , I think there are quite a few who should n't ! ’ |
| 9 | There are quite a few hymns which take up this notion of Jesus bearing my sin as a substitute . |
| 10 | There are quite a few people in this town ( my agent included ) who will feel pretty sick or even shamefaced ( I hope ! ) when presented with this coming segment . |
| 11 | From this general , and somewhat-pessimistic picture it is necessary to assert that in most regions there are quite distinct potentials for growth , but some of these are more easy to exploit than others , even given sufficient investment and other inputs . |
| 12 | There are quite a large number of species in Carboniferous and Permian rocks which resemble the species illustrated here This species is from the limestones of Keokuk , Iowa , USA . |
| 13 | Anyone looking at the photographs of the lift — and there are quite a lot — can not fail to be impressed by the engineering work , all the more striking because of its completely rural setting . |
| 14 | There are quite a lot of photographs left showing jolly parties packed in boats riding up the lift . |
| 15 | Perhaps there are quite different forms of life . |
| 16 | Bismarck was ‘ unwell ’ and the French emissary was reduced to seeking an interview with First Secretary Thile , who pretended to be totally ignorant of the whole business , which was a flagrant lie , and who said : ‘ In any case there are quite a few Princes … which one is it ? ’ |
| 17 | No doubt there are a few places where Stornoway citizens get drunk at Sunday lunchtime , indeed , there are quite a few of them , but their doors are shut to the public ; sin goes private on the Sabbath for it is public morality which counts in Sabbath observance . |
| 18 | The mountainous terrain does bring its own challenges , and I suspect that in summer there are quite often storms of the type we experienced , even though further inland it may be fine . |
| 19 | There are quite a range of PC shareware languages available these days . |
| 20 | There are quite a few phormiums dotted around this part of the garden , their arching , spiky leaves becoming increasingly popular , but not all varieties are fully hardy so some are planted in pots to be moved into the greenhouse to overwinter . |
| 21 | One might have hoped for silence from Diana Mosley but now she has been giving us the benefit of her experience on the subject of sexual politics : ‘ There are quite as many henpecked husbands in the world as there are battered wives , something feminists fail to notice . ’ |
| 22 | There are quite a few love-struck chaps here who do n't agree . |
| 23 | I 've spoken to Kevin Moran when we 've been away with the Republic of Ireland and he says things there are quite relaxed . |
| 24 | There are quite a number of different types to choose from , and the lamp wattages range from 500 to 1000 watts , with a further doubling to 2000 watts for twin-lamp units . |
| 25 | Yes , but there are quite a few partly or wholly centred around hotels . |
| 26 | Well , there are quite a few : |
| 27 | The real moments of blissful togetherness that we spend together — and actually there are quite a few — are rarely , if ever , shared in public . |
| 28 | Steve Pitman , an expert in mass killings , said : ‘ There are quite a few puzzling anomalies in this case . |
| 29 | The three colours are not used throughout this design and areas of stocking stitch alternate with much thicker areas where the three colours are knitted ; notice that there are quite long floats . |
| 30 | Says 15-year-old David Stokes : ‘ There are quite a few boys who just have to have a girlfriend , but it 's not what we all feel . |