Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The far end of Avenida do Mar is rather a mess , with parked buses , cars and trucks together with fishermen 's huts and boats . |
| 32 | Empowerment is rather a dirty word and I am suspicious of it . ’ |
| 33 | The Independent featured a long news article about the Great Bolt Debate , written by Stephen Goodwin , an Indy staff newsman who , I 'm reliably informed , is rather a good climber . |
| 34 | What we 've got now , I suppose , is rather a curious set — chat in the round . |
| 35 | One that it is rather a myth . |
| 36 | Contrary to what is often said , there is a law of trespass in Scotland but it is rather a complex and grey area . |
| 37 | This is rather a complex area , so before taking any action you are strongly advised to consult an accountant . |
| 38 | UNLIKE almost everyone else , many economists reckon insider dealing is rather a good thing . |
| 39 | It could be said that the We/ Us/Our form is rather a mode of self-description when the poet wishes to present his beloved and himself to the world ( as shown by Donne in the Songs and Sonnets ) , and that Shakespeare prefers to keep the relationship on an interpersonal level . |
| 40 | The reason for this , according to the attitudinist , is the distinction between belief , which sets out to represent how things are , and attitude , which is rather a matter of how one wishes ( not merely idly , but in a way which can produce appropriate action ) them to be . |
| 41 | In the case of words which combine a fairly definite descriptive meaning with a valuational meaning it is rather a puzzle to say what correct linguistic usage bids one do , if one recognizes that something answers to the descriptive meaning , but does not have the attitude towards it which the word expresses in virtue of its ‘ value charge ’ , as one might put it . |
| 42 | On the whole Cepheus is rather a barren group , but the presence of Delta and Mu redeems it from the viewpoint of the binocular observer . |
| 43 | On the whole Hercules is rather a barren constellation , but it is at least graced by the presence of these two splendid globulars . |
| 44 | I believe that this view is too strong , that , although porn does reinforce certain attitudes towards women , in the main , it is rather a symptom , and not a major part of the cause , of power relations that exist outside the pages of Penthouse , Playboy , etc. , and outside the cinemas in Soho or Amsterdam ( see Moye , 1985 ) . |
| 45 | And the Western experience of sex , he argues , is not the inhibition of discourse , is not describable as a regime of silence , but is rather a constant , and historically changing , deployment of discourses on sex , and this ever-expanding discursive explosion is part of a complex growth of control over individuals through the apparatus of sexuality . |
| 46 | Dealing with them is rather a sad business . |
| 47 | A particularly interesting pair of variables to which to apply this is provided by the energy E and the time t : unc At first sight this is a puzzling relation , because time is not quite an observable property of a system in the normal sense but is rather a parameter marking when an observation is made . |
| 48 | That is rather a ponderous way of saying that no one in his right mind doubts the truth of my assertion about the states in which Bill will be found , because there are two of them and he must be in one or the other . |
| 49 | It is not exhaustive , of course , but is rather a list of " good bets " : categories which in our experience , are likely to yield stylistically relevant information . |
| 50 | ‘ It is rather a find , ’ she agreed . |
| 51 | Which is rather a lot I think . |
| 52 | ‘ Contrary to what you would think , it is rather a solemn occasion . ’ |
| 53 | For example , to take some position as to whether the renewal of a licence is a ‘ higher ’ interest than an initial application is not to indulge in rigid conceptualism , but is rather a necessary step in reaching any decision at all . |
| 54 | Lord Hailsham accepted the contention of modern academic writers that mistake is not a defence but is rather a matter of mens rea . |
| 55 | It is rather a graphic representation of the various elements , dimensions , and perspectives which need to be incorporated into the framework and the process of data collection . |
| 56 | The reader is requested to bear in mind that the Handbook is not a grammar , or a book on linguistic science , literature or psychology ( though it contains items on all these subjects ) — it is rather a practical book directed towards the study of teaching English as a Foreign Language . |
| 57 | ‘ Three years , I admit , is rather a long time . |
| 58 | Six years alone is rather a long time . ’ |
| 59 | But maybe it is rather a response to the real threat which we single expatriate women , with all our means and mobility , present to family structures here . |
| 60 | That is rather a difficult question to answer . |