Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] rather [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His own ideals were ecclesiastical rather then Roman . |
| 2 | There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him . |
| 3 | ‘ But it was all rather good fun looking back on it . ’ |
| 4 | There was one rather serious minus in the countdown . |
| 5 | But anyway , this was the first we have such a conference every five years , but over a thousand of us sat around for a week and talked about evolution , and there was one rather curious fact about Vancouver , or the media of Vancouver , during that week . |
| 6 | However , among the several people I had there was one rather unique fellow . |
| 7 | There was one rather large living-room , and a small bedroom , the door to which was covered by a curtain . |
| 8 | But there was one rather important difference : in classical criminology the criminal justice system , properly reformed , was seen as the means of reducing crime . |