Example sentences of "but that [is] quite " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I do n't know how these things get around , but that 's quite correct . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm not allowed to show you in there but that 's quite a terrific place too . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you , but that 's quite unnecessary , ’ she assured him coolly . |
| 4 | And the other side is quite dry , yeah , that is the side he keeps on but that 's quite erm dry . |
| 5 | The only naturally efficient form of community care is the family — but that is quite another story . |
| 6 | ‘ Most therapists have , at some stage , experienced feelings of attraction to clients , but that is quite normal when you are in an intense relationship behind closed doors . |
| 7 | If one hive of bees catches foul brood , but another does not , we can legitimately ask whether the difference is genetic or environmental in origin , but that is quite different from asking whether the behaviour itself , in its development , is genetic or environmental . |
| 8 | But that is quite absurd … |
| 9 | And it really is very localized but that is quite angry , it 's bubbly too and spreading , little finger . |
| 10 | But that is quite another story . |
| 11 | Obviously it is worth trying to pin-point the cause of failure but that is quite independent of the amount of investment that has been made . |
| 12 | There are good reasons for distinguishing it both from the level of the meanings of expressions , as will become apparent later in the text ( see in particular Chapter 6 ) , and from whatever more general non-linguistic level of mental activity has to take responsibility for human perception of external phenomena ; a sufficient reason is that speakers of the language are well aware that they can seek to identify one and the same entity or property by using the meanings of various different expressions : Examples like ( 22 ) are familiarly put forward as showing the distinction between meaning and reference ; they may serve that purpose but that is quite a different matter . |
| 13 | But that is quite useful to show what we 've already paid out to women , |
| 14 | But that is quite impressive figures for us , I mean we 've never seen that sort of volumes of figures before , but erm over the last year or two I mean tour operators have worked far more closely with travel agents in promoting U K products . |