Example sentences of "[verb] quite [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those members of MI5 who have written or spoken publicly about their work say quite clearly that the directive is consistently and deliberately ignored . |
| 2 | also history if I might just say that when the Post Office er split from the Civil Service , the firm was in deficit for twenty years and of course Post Office management say quite clearly that they were putting in sums of eighteen per cent of the pay bill when it was only supposed to be nine per cent of the pay bill and that 's why they 're entitled to the to the surplus . |
| 3 | In fact over the last week I have had more sympathy with the likes of Max Hastings who say quite simply that it is the job of the press to reflect the government position . |
| 4 | While the bishops were very much at the heart of Innocent 's system of church government there were papal expedients that Innocent used quite extensively that minimized their power . |
| 5 | Birkenhead 's next book was a most entertaining and vivid memoir ( 1953 ) of his highly eccentric novel-writing , gypsy-loving ( she believed quite wrongly that the family had gypsy descent ) elder sister , Eleanor . |
| 6 | Whatever view is taken of this analysis , and it will be discussed more fully below , it seems to state quite clearly that the determination of sex is a matter for lawyers and courts ; that the law , in other words , must establish methods for determining sex which may or may not correspond to medical opinion . |
| 7 | And we 've already read that verse from Mark 's gospel , where it says quite , Jesus himself says quite clearly that those , these signs will accompany those who believe in my , they will speak with new , with new tongues . |
| 8 | The purpose of the report is set out in erm paragraph two three of appendix one and that 's on page thirty seven of the council report er which says quite clearly that things are changing in all areas of the public sector . |
| 9 | One look at them will also show quite clearly that they are not too distantly related to the Scats , bearing a very similar body shape and positioning of their anal , caudal and dorsal fins in particular . |
| 10 | Indeed , it is amazing that Sir Leon Brittan should still refer to these ‘ costs ’ long after Pöhl has said quite clearly that they are irrelevant : ‘ the repeated reference to alleged huge savings in transaction costs for the currencies of a single currency area are not in the least convincing ’ . |
| 11 | I think it needs to be said quite clearly that the media , in particular television , is extremely arrogant , inward-looking , incestuous and emotional in its decision-making . |
| 12 | But Mr Major has said quite clearly that that process that dialogue between you and Gerry Adams has run it 's course . |
| 13 | The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives . |
| 14 | I 've said quite often that ga it could be |
| 15 | Although this sounds silly , it happens quite often that contestants act with no regard at all for their own safety . |
| 16 | In the Communist Manifesto the claim is made quite explicitly that the family is to be abolished , education undertaken by the state and that there is to be ‘ a more equitable distribution of the population over the country ’ . |
| 17 | Richard Butcher writing in 1646 is the first to mention St. Thomas ' church , for medieval bishops ' registers show quite clearly that it never existed . |
| 18 | After World War One , as we 've been seeing , he was exploring the ego , and his writing about the ego , in particular , group psychology and Future of an Illusion , show quite clearly that he saw the ego as a pro-social fact in the personality . |
| 19 | In other cases , strong feelings have been aroused , and there has been one electronic punch-up. stated quite reasonably that Sheffield United are crap , and Julie Donnelly , a list member with Blade tendencies , told him what she thought of that in many words of few syllables . |
| 20 | However , in the late 1970s they stated quite categorically that they were not able to take an initiative on the priorities set down in national policy . |
| 21 | Eliot P Joslin in the USA , Karsch in Europe et al stated quite categorically that the triad of medication , diet and exercise were necessary in diabetes care . |
| 22 | Eliot P Joslin in the USA , Karsch in Europe et al stated quite categorically that the triad of medication , diet and exercise were necessary in diabetes care . |
| 23 | Mr Straw stated quite unambiguously that ‘ I hold the view that citizenship should be taught in every school , to every child , in a systematic way . ’ |
| 24 | Some studies stated quite explicitly that they had chosen to study young men only because they felt that as male ethnographers they could only portray the male point of view . |
| 25 | An extensive programme of geological thin-sectioning of stone implements in various universities over the last 30 years has shown quite clearly that between 3000 and 1500 BC there were a number of heavily exploited sources of stone and flint which were used to make axes and other implements . |
| 26 | Experiments in tanks with carp and other species have shown quite clearly that the food must be palatable . |
| 27 | The Duchess will be told quite clearly that if news or information gets out publicly in any way she could be fined , for example will be warned that time spent with her children will possibly be curtailed if she does n't tow the line . |
| 28 | She rang the desk and was told quite coolly that there was no such thing in the hotel . |
| 29 | I queried this , but was told quite firmly that there was no difference in the measurements of them both . |
| 30 | Once this chronological sequence had been established , a review of the excavation reports of similar work elsewhere showed quite clearly that in a good proportion of cases , town defences had previously been dated far too early , on the basis of residual pottery and coins . |