Example sentences of "to [be] quite [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 'll have to be quite useful for your holiday in France and every thing ai n't it ? |
| 2 | I used to be quite good at |
| 3 | If you have a child who appears to show a talent at one thing , then of course it 's natural to let the child do what it enjoys doing , but that might be the very moment for saying well what is this child not talented at and ensuring that this child gets some experience of the kind of world that it not part of its own talents , so I would feel , from my own point of view and as a psychologist , that if you have a child who is very talented in mathematics , then fine , it 's going to be quite good at mathematics one would assume , now 's the time to say well is it as equally talented in music ? |
| 4 | If you have a child who appears to show a talent at one thing , then of course it 's natural to let the child do what it enjoys doing , but that might be the very moment for saying well what is this child not talented at and ensuring that this child gets some experience of the kind of world that it not part of its own talents , so I would feel , from my own point of view and as a psychologist , that if you have a child who is very talented in mathematics , then fine , it 's going to be quite good at mathematics one would assume , now 's the time to say well is it as equally talented in music ? |
| 5 | And all the kids all round about here seem to be quite upset by it as well . |
| 6 | Although it was convenient for the government to appear to be quite separate from Haketa , the relationship was so close that in practice it would be accurate to describe the organisation as an officially sanctioned and sponsored ‘ tame ’ pressure group . |
| 7 | ‘ You have to be quite sure about this ? ’ |
| 8 | He wanted to be quite sure of not missing anything that might be going on there . |
| 9 | Dobson seems to be quite sure of this , but Machyn was almost certainly a Londoner , and his Diary is one of the most valuable primary sources for the study of EModE London pronunciation . |
| 10 | Mrs Varden turned over to the next page ; then went back again to the bottom line over leaf to be quite sure of the last words ; and then went on reading with an appearance of the deepest interest and study . |
| 11 | Lévi-Strauss ' attack , together with Sartre 's own theoretical difficulties which have already been charted , was effective enough to be quite devastating to the project of the Critique — which was never completed . |
| 12 | The effect , however , seemed to be quite contrary to his intentions . |
| 13 | Overall , men seem to be quite confident in their sexual ability and reasonably content with their sex lives . |
| 14 | This immediately implied that the developmental role was , at least initially , to be quite distinct from routine casework support for clients and carers ( which was to remain the responsibility of generic area teams ) . |
| 15 | The nuthouse was turning out to be quite cosmopolitan with a Cockney and a German as well as the locals . |
| 16 | I 'm not too sure , to be quite honest with you , that Willis will be able to pay any , let alone all , of these expenses . |
| 17 | Well I think he would have enjoyed it too much to be quite honest with you that 's why I did n't do it . |
| 18 | Well I mean you never actually got much of a response before to be quite honest with you |
| 19 | Well I think , I think she 'll be that fed up being here all that time , she 'll be glad to get back to America to be quite honest with you Chris , what is there for her to do all that time ? |
| 20 | You 're full of crap Laura to be quite honest with you ! |
| 21 | Well to be quite honest with you was n't very impressed . |
| 22 | I know and to be quite honest with you the other day |
| 23 | I mean , to be quite honest about it , it 's a , it 's an unsatisfactory settlement , from whichever political party that you come from , and it 's about time , perhaps , the conservatives recognised that you ca n't support a national government policy that does as much damage to the people of LIncolnshire as this transport supplementary grant settlement has done . |
| 24 | The signalling properties of the polarizing region are now known to be quite unrelated to cell death which is a separate process . |
| 25 | Er I well I agree but I mean parents seem to be quite keen for their er their children to out and do it . |
| 26 | Yet this depressing picture turns out to be quite unpredictive of later development . |
| 27 | What I do appear to be quite successful at is raising money for charity . |
| 28 | Another material , charcoal-grey cartridge paper , was found to be quite dark in all ranges , and it is cheap , readily obtainable and easily cut and shaped for the purposes described above . |
| 29 | Nanking Univ. , like other Chinese Univs. , seems to be quite small in numbers — only 3,000 students and 12 departments . |
| 30 | Indeed the term ‘ Community Care ’ seems to be quite specific to English speaking countries and elsewhere the term ‘ home-based care ’ is commonly employed . |