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.
An iWeb search for:
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
In reality, there’s quite a wide range of options we could provide to members.
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)
LADbibleThey‘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