Example sentences of "quite a [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The East Sussex region is interesting because it has a very high retired population and it also has quite a long of young people , particularly in the Brighton area , and a relatively small workforce , rather low in industry , certainly in the primary industries , erm service occupations are perhaps almost the mainstay of the local populace — now how would an area such as that rate in your chart as to needs ? |
| 2 | Leicestershire finished on 289 for 9 … quite a total for Buckinghamshire to chase in sixty overs , , their start was slow but sure … |
| 3 | In a fringe area , or where distant stations are wanted so that a directional antenna is essential , a rotator can be purchased for quite a modest by today 's standards . |
| 4 | If we see there 's quite a few on the walkways , and if we know that they 're outsiders then we 'll we 'll turn round and we 'll walk back the other way . |
| 5 | quite a few on here . |
| 6 | Foreigners ( of whom there are quite a few at the UN ) can do nothing right for Mr Coleman . |
| 7 | There 's quite a few at the back now , is n't there ? |
| 8 | So my said , Ooh you know what if it does n't you you know you 'd have none for next term sort of thing I said well I 've got quite a few for next term still . |
| 9 | And the children 's things , have got quite a few for the have n't I ? |
| 10 | ‘ Quite a few of our customers have dogs and there are some large ones among them , although most of the ones who come in here are small . |
| 11 | Quite a few of them thought that they could . |
| 12 | Certainly quite a few of the 120 prospective new faces might be described as career politicians . |
| 13 | ( Well , quite a few of them , anyway . ) |
| 14 | I do n't think he lay down for quite some time though as he never had any shavings in his mane or tail for weeks but at least he could move about and that relieved quite a few of his problems . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | There were quite a few of these old Fenian diehards around , still bitter after all those years about their humiliating defeat , still hating the Catholic Church for its condemnation of their movement . |
| 17 | So when I got there , it 's the swimming coach there and a uniformed inspector and a particular individual who came from Cambridge University ( quite a few of them came into the force at that time — in 1932 ) . |
| 18 | For example , somebody would go into a restaurant in Lime Street — we got quite a few of those . |
| 19 | It was over for quite a few of our friends and neighbours . |
| 20 | She reckoned that at this point , quite a few of them shed tears , but contrary to expectations there was apparently no Tiller flag hoisted or hymn sung . |
| 21 | Tom had not reached the ripe old age of twenty-nine without discovering quite a few of them . |
| 22 | If the regulations are being enforced , and there is no reason to believe they are not , then bearing in mind that most growers own less than one hectare of vines , there still must be quite a few of these stubborn old vignerons around . |
| 23 | The simple go/no-go transistor tester described in April 's EE seems to have been popular with quite a few of our readers and several of you have written with specific queries concerning the circuit used . |
| 24 | As a piece this was undoubtedly a composed solo , and although on the record quite a few of the phrases were ‘ dropped in ’ , it is obviously possible to play through it in one pass . |
| 25 | But you did quite a few of the movies , too , did n't you ? |
| 26 | ‘ Quite a few of them were given a chance last season and although they have n't had much of an opportunity this time , I have n't forgotten them because of their importance to the squad . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ All the guys down here will choose to wear plain , dark wetsuits , although quite a few of us are dictated to by sponsors on that front . |
| 28 | Quite a few of them without feet in them , because the humans had taken them off . |
| 29 | And I 'd like to bet there 's quite a few of the blokes down there ’ — she jerked her head to the side — ‘ look upon this war as a godsend because it 's given them a legitimate excuse to leave their shanties . |
| 30 | There were a lot of mad parties — I 'd be invited to quite a few of them , and people were walking around a lot of the time saying : ‘ Hey man , I 'm an orange … . ’ |