Example sentences of "it a rather [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the cross was such an enormous stumbling block that we have in it a rather surprising proof of the genuineness of primitive Christianity . |
| 2 | Though in her anger she 'd told him it was no more than he deserved , in reality she considered it a rather low thing to have done . |
| 3 | Style , however , is often misused if the approach is ill-founded or unsystematic , and such failures have tended to give it a rather poor reputation . |
| 4 | I found it a rather disgusting product of a self-admitted drug damaged brain . |
| 5 | The great blocks of nineteenth-century neoclassical building which characterise this part of Pest give it a rather grand manner , though a century of knocks has rather frayed its hauteur . |
| 6 | Ensis fluid , however , does the trick nicely apart from the unfortunate side effect of turning everything treated with it a rather rusty colour ! |
| 7 | It is heavily wooded and this , combined with the frequent heavy rains which sweep the island , makes it a rather gloomy place to live . |
| 8 | erm At least two considerations , I think , make it a rather unnerving experience to attempt a critical assessment of Proust . |
| 9 | I find it a rather jagged composition , certainly devoid of the warmth and innocence of ‘ Hatful Of Hollow ’ . |
| 10 | Was n't it a rather weighty responsibility to shoulder ? ’ |