Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] quite a " in BNC.
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| 1 | More boys than girls are in the lowest mathematics sets although quite a number obtained fairly high test scores on the GT4 test . |
| 2 | However , Gaver reports that quite a few people within Apple use his SonicFinder in their daily work . |
| 3 | The rather flat negative slope with which the aggregate demand curve is normally drawn insidiously suggests that quite a modest reduction in the absolute price level — 10% perhaps — will give a significant positive boost to aggregate demand . |
| 4 | Since they are both high-class batsmen this comes as quite a surprise , but looking through the records one sees that one of them has failed fairly often ; their strength is that when that has happened the other has usually gone on to a big score , thereby relieving the pressure on the middle order . |
| 5 | Stop-start combining , with most wheats still some way off ripening , comes as quite a change compared with the past two years . |
| 6 | ‘ The amount of studying for the exams comes as quite a shock ’ |