Example sentences of "[det] rather a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Liman , the Senate Counsel at the hearings , suggested that it had been ‘ on-the-job training ’ , North thought that rather a good description . |
| 2 | ‘ Or is that rather a naïve question ? ’ |
| 3 | You , of course , have your headquarters in Tunbridge Wells , is n't that rather a long way to have much contact with Brighton ? |
| 4 | And at this stage , is n't that rather an academic consideration ? |
| 5 | We thought this rather a joke but his concern was academic , not snobbish . |
| 6 | My disability makes this rather a slow process , so I had plenty of time . |
| 7 | For an unpretentious suburban Gasthof it was all rather a surprise . |
| 8 | It suddenly seemed all rather a grand adventure , something I 'd one day soon be telling everyone about . |
| 9 | At the end he asked me about myself , curtly , as if it was all rather a bore . |
| 10 | It was all rather a relief . |