quite a + ADJECTIVE – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 36 in the category of ADJECTIVES/modifying is defined as:
adjective phrases ‘quite a’ + adjective
For example:
The game was quite a simple one.
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quite a|an _JJ _NN
1 QUITE A LONG TIME 7672 2 QUITE A LONG WAY 914 3 QUITE A LARGE NUMBER 603 4 QUITE A LARGE AMOUNT 356 5 QUITE A BIG DEAL 334 6 QUITE A DIFFERENT STORY 302
7 QUITE A WIDE RANGE 292
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8 QUITE A GOOD JOB 279 9 QUITE A LONG WHILE 268 10 QUITE A LONG PERIOD 267 11 QUITE A BIG DIFFERENCE 258 12 QUITE A DIFFERENT THING 256 13 QUITE A DAUNTING TASK 255 14 QUITE A LONG LIST 252 15 QUITE A GOOD IDEA 202 16 QUITE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE 194 17 QUITE A DIFFERENT MATTER 187 18 QUITE A DIFFERENT WAY 181 19 QUITE A DIFFICULT TASK 173
20 QUITE A LARGE AREA 171
21 QUITE A FAIR BIT 154 (C2 EVP)
They‘ve caused quite a fair bit of damage.
22 QUITE A COMMON PROBLEM 135 23 QUITE A YOUNG AGE 131 24 QUITE A HIGH LEVEL 123
25 QUITE A SIMPLE PROCESS 122
26 QUITE A GOOD AMOUNT 113 27 QUITE A GOOD THING 113 28 QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT 113 29 QUITE A LONG PROCESS 112 30 QUITE A BIG THING 110 31 QUITE A HARD TIME 106 32 QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT 105 33 QUITE A WIDE VARIETY 105 34 QUITE A SHORT TIME 98 35 QUITE A COMMON THING 96
36 QUITE A LARGE SUM 95
37 QUITE A COMMON OCCURRENCE 93 38 QUITE A DIFFERENT PICTURE 92 39 QUITE A GOOD TIME 92
40 QUITE A HIGH PRICE 85
41 QUITE A LONG WALK 85 42 QUITE A GOOD WAY 84 43 QUITE A TALL ORDER 84 44 QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE FEAT 84 45 QUITE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE 81 46 QUITE A DIFFERENT BEAST 78 47 QUITE AN IMPORTANT PART 78 48 QUITE A LARGE RANGE 76 49 QUITE A BIG STEP 75 50 QUITE A LARGE PART 75 51 QUITE A YOUNG MAN 75 52 QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE 75 53 QUITE A LONG DISTANCE 74 54 QUITE A BIG CHANGE 73 55 QUITE A GOOD NUMBER 73 56 QUITE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT 72 57 QUITE A LENGTHY PROCESS 72 58 QUITE AN INTERESTING STORY 71 59 QUITE A LARGE MARGIN 70 60 QUITE A DIFFERENT VIEW 69 61 QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE LIST 69 62 QUITE A DIFFERENT MEANING 67
63 QUITE A PLEASANT SURPRISE 67
64 QUITE A DIFFERENT APPROACH 66 65 QUITE A DIFFICULT THING 66 66 QUITE A HIGH NUMBER 65 67 QUITE A SMALL AMOUNT 65 68 QUITE A BIG PART 64 69 QUITE A STEEP LEARNING 63 70 QUITE A BIG JOB 62 71 QUITE A LARGE COLLECTION 62 72 QUITE A LONG JOURNEY 62 73 QUITE A NICE PLACE 62 74 QUITE AN EASY TASK 62 75 QUITE A BOLD STATEMENT 61 76 QUITE A COMMON PRACTICE 61
77 QUITE A MIXED BAG 61
78 QUITE A FAIR AMOUNT 58 79 QUITE AN INTERESTING READ 58 80 QUITE A BIG FAN 57 81 QUITE A CHALLENGING TASK 57 82 QUITE A LARGE GROUP 57 83 QUITE AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE 56 84 QUITE A DIFFERENT PLACE 55 85 QUITE A BIG CHUNK 54 86 QUITE A POWERFUL TOOL 54
87 QUITE A USEFUL TOOL 54
A2 adjectives:
fair, high, large, mixed, pleasant, simple, useful, wide