Example sentences of "[verb] a rather [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mrs Hilary Verlander has a rather nice ring to it , do n't you think ? ’ he added persuasively . |
| 2 | And he 's been under somebody or other at Charing Cross Hospital I , who has a rather different approach to the whole thing , many other people 's involve rest and doing nothing and so on and so forth . |
| 3 | A succession of full chords for wind and horns bears a rather oppressive resemblance to the sound of a harmonium if it continues for many bars without relief . |
| 4 | The professor of experimental physics , a grand old man called Wien , was displeased that this brilliant young theorist had adopted a rather cavalier attitude to the laboratory classes which were provided . |
| 5 | Carter made a rather remarkable commitment to him. , saying , " Do n't worry about Washington . |
| 6 | The major critical work revealed a rather different side to Gerald 's personality . |
| 7 | In addition there is the charge that the ownership of British companies has now passed to the large institutions — insurance companies , pension funds , unit trusts and investment trusts — who tend to adopt a rather passive approach to those companies whose equity they hold because they are more concerned with their own role as financial intermediaries . |
| 8 | Carpenter , predictably , finds the three essayists — Richard Humphreys , John Alexander and Peter Robinson — ‘ taking a rather solemn approach to the whole thing ’ ; whereas , he assures us , Pound 's exertions on behalf of these arts partook ‘ more than a little of the amiable joke ’ . |
| 9 | In March , material provided for the inquiry by Robert Priddle , a very senior civil servant in the energy department , gave a rather different account to Whitehall . |
| 10 | And that might seem a rather odd way to actually spend some of your redundancy money , but perhaps this leads us on to another area influencing the demand , and that 's to do with , if you like , psychology . |
| 11 | Manchester Citizens Corporation ( MCC ) had a rather different history to other groups in the North Side . |
| 12 | But he had a rather military approach to the work and he did run some rather tough courses for some of the boys , so one of the parents complained . |
| 13 | They pass a pair of very solemn Turkish sentries from the Host Nation Support Unit , receiving a rather lethargic response to their cheery wave . |
| 14 | They make the most noise — singing , chanting and shouting imprecations against the opposition fans — they run the most and they can represent a rather awesome spectacle to their rivals . |