Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a rather [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle , though I think it 's very difficult , as I understand it right now , you 've got to go through a rather unfriendly session of training the computer to respond to your voice , and if you say something in a slightly different way later on it may not recognize it as the word that you had previously trained it on . |
| 2 | Bargaining power , whether belonging to an individual or a group , is sometimes regarded as a rather mysterious ingredient and indeed there is a multitude of definitions . |
| 3 | Do you think there 's a better means of selection , other than what seem generally to be regarded as a rather barbaric system ? |
| 4 | Both accepted what might have been regarded as a rather dubious honour . |
| 5 | From being underdetermined , the Keynesian model was made fully determinate by means of what many non-Keynesians regarded as a rather devious sleight of hand . |
| 6 | In the case of a level tone , syllables following in the tail will , of course , continue at the same level ; since level tone is to be treated as a rather unusual type of tone , we will not examine it in more detail at this stage . |
| 7 | But I notice this : he exaggerates creation above redemption ; sin is treated as a rather tiresome preoccupation of the Church , and what matters is the sin and fallenness of mankind 's abuse of creation . |
| 8 | The random production might be regarded as the normal state of affairs , periodic production occurring through a rather special mechanism . |
| 9 | Theda asked , torn between a rather misplaced indignation , considering her own views on the subject , and curiosity . |
| 10 | This looks like a rather odd product — there is already multi-user native Pick for the personal computer , and there is single-user Pick for MD-DOS , so is there a market for a version of Pick that will support multiple users , while a person sits on the server and uses MS-DOS ? |
| 11 | He looks like a rather reliable young man who remembers his aunts ' birthdays , with his thick roll-neck sweaters and his glowing complexion and mild blue eyes . |
| 12 | I think at the moment it , The Correspondent , looks like a rather bad advertisement for monotype typefaces . |
| 13 | It became an extremely successful series , done with Professor Chris Kiernan , with a special agenda for mentally-handicapped children but appearing like a rather glossy children 's comic . |
| 14 | Rechem has responded with a rather desperate open-door policy aimed at soothing fears , and more recently by issuing about a dozen writs against the fiercest critics . |
| 15 | With her soaked blonde hair plastered in a rather mermaid-like curtain around her face and shoulders , and the wet black denim clinging tightly to her legs , she stared back , shivering in spite of the warm June night , unnerved by the piercing appraisal , but unable to prevent herself from returning the curiosity … |
| 16 | Simon behaved in a rather superior way and did not offer Jesus the usual courtesies given to a guest . |
| 17 | And a lifetime of line-ups by the sound of things , I say in a rather low voice . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm afraid I might behave in a rather cowardly fashion . |
| 19 | It seems from this evidence that living with relatives when a marriage ends is considered in a rather similar way to living with relatives in other circumstances . |
| 20 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |
| 21 | Marcella poin'ted to a rather lean , severe-looking woman with deep-set eyes . |
| 22 | The formalities were completed sitting on a makeshift seat of boxes surrounded by a rather bedraggled crowd of schoolboys . |
| 23 | For example , I might think of a rather jolly idea for a cover story . |
| 24 | It has been suggested that the starkness of early Wesleyan theology made for a rather close match , with local preachers assuming something of the role of conjurer . |
| 25 | A pea would do for a rather green skull for the skeleton . |
| 26 | However , this was seen as a rather negative solution to the problem and so another more positive approach was tried — brainstorming . |
| 27 | Even large physical objects like stars consist of a rather limited array of parts , more or less haphazardly arranged . |
| 28 | He gestured towards a rather battered little jeep parked by a hibiscus hedge at the roadside . |
| 29 | He sat quite still , looking like a rather odd god in a shrine or a waxwork in a box . |
| 30 | Men wounded by the cannon-fire were screaming and the band was playing , but it seemed like a rather ominous quiet . |