Example sentences of "an [adj] [conj] rather [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't think that because I 'm learning an absorbing and rather difficult trade I have no thoughts to spare for you . |
| 2 | They drove back out of Bourton in the gloomy still gusty dusk but even in that light the village sprawled around shallow stream criss-crossed with toy bridges had an undeniable if rather practised charm . |
| 3 | The first worry is that proving that your contract has been broken may not be easy , particularly if you are complaining about the breach of an unwritten and rather vague term . |
| 4 | She paused and then said : ‘ It was a horrible end to an interesting but rather strange dinner party . |
| 5 | They are generally thought to be striking at Hipparchos not shown , an interesting but rather surprising concept ; one might rather see them as defending themselves against the bodyguard which cut them down . |
| 6 | In an interesting but rather elusive study of Methodism , which sees it as " the English counterpart to the democratic revolution " , the critical dynamic in a " modernisation " of English society which bypassed the need for revolution , Professor Semmel writes that Wesley primarily addressed his message to " The poor of the nascent proletariat of England 's growing factory towns " . |
| 7 | Their evolution was an unplanned and rather haphazard process whose speed and nature differed considerably in different parts of Europe . |
| 8 | It was an ancient and rather solemn ritual , the admitting of young men of good family into Ireland 's small and carefully chosen band of warriors . |
| 9 | What had started as an unimportant if rather shameful seduction had become something altogether more painful . |
| 10 | My maternal grandmother was an undemonstrative and rather prudish woman , whereas my grandfather was rather a rake , a confirmed gambler and obviously excellent company . |
| 11 | As it happened progress proved possible in three directions in these years — the formation of Nato 's Nuclear Planning Group ; an agreed if rather fuzzy definition of flexible response ; and the negotiation of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty with the USSR . |
| 12 | Her looks were sufficiently unusual to attract a second glance in spite of an aloof and rather intimidating expression which she cultivated as a form of defence against being the recipient of too much male attention . |
| 13 | The anchoress would be interred in this room in an impressive if rather disturbing ceremony during a Mass for the Dead . |
| 14 | The boy Jack — it was John in those days — was born into an uncertain and rather gloomy world . |
| 15 | One such Basque emigrant , who became a consul in Ecuador , even left his native village in his will one of the smaller Galapagos Islands , as an attractive if rather academic addition to its territory . |
| 16 | An enjoyable if rather insubstantial loaf . |
| 17 | An excellent if rather complex game . |