Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather as a precaution against compounding one media mistake with another . |
| 2 | It is rather like a child rejecting food he has not tasted because he does not have enough information to make it seem attractive . |
| 3 | The ideal tool for making large holes in walls is a core drill , which is rather like a hole saw with tungsten carbide-tipped teeth . |
| 4 | The checklist is rather like a map which leaves out a lot of detail , but shows what is likely to be most relevant for the traveller . |
| 5 | It is a relational database which is rather like a filing cabinet in which not only the dividers have been removed but also all pieces of paper without words on them . |
| 6 | The effect is rather like a newspaper carrying blank columns where items have been banned . |
| 7 | A glastyn is rather like a BROWNIE , helping the farmer with chores and asking only for a bowl of cream and some bread at day 's end . |
| 8 | The situation is rather like a balloon with a number of spots painted on it being steadily blown up . |
| 9 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 10 | On most sites , the relationship between contexts is drawn as a matrix diagram , which is rather like a family tree . |
| 11 | This is rather like a radiator working in reverse ( in fact , a radiator could be used as a solar panel ) . |
| 12 | The BBC is rather like a cross between the Church of England and the Post Office . |
| 13 | As a result the fax protocol , which is rather like a file transfer protocol , such as ZMODEM , has to be implemented the comms software driving the modem . |
| 14 | A healthy aura is rather like a filter , allowing only that which is beneficial to affect us ; this is what it should achieve in a well-balanced person . |
| 15 | Labour today is rather like a car company whose models have acquired a reputation for unreliability . |
| 16 | Each decision point is rather like a crossroads . |
| 17 | It is rather like a BANSHEE , with wails like those of a woman and which pierce the countryside for miles around . |
| 18 | A teacher in the art lesson with children is rather like a conductor with his orchestra . |
| 19 | The hoist is rather like a ski-chair with a bar in front of the patient , and may be attached to the side of the bath . |
| 20 | If he will forgive me he is rather like a graduate from the Shirley Williams institute for the caring and compassionate politician . |
| 21 | This is rather like an attitude one might take to the philosophical discussions about whether we have free will or not . |
| 22 | One holds that the writer does most of the work beforehand , laying a plan that is rather like an egg — and the story hatches , almost of its own accord . |
| 23 | In that , it is rather like an achene , except that a nut is derived from two or more carpels while the achene comes from a single carpel . |
| 24 | The relevance of his role as priest ( referred to by the expressions Priest , a dissident … priest , the priest 's ) is presumably as a priest of the Roman Catholic Church of which the Pope is Head . |
| 25 | Now it has not always been easy to warm to England 's rugby followers , whose customary note is somewhere between a bray and a bellow . |
| 26 | The taste is somewhere between a guava and a grape . |
| 27 | A Government planning inspector commented that site access is on to a road where motorists speed , and the reflected light from so many caravans could distract motorists using the nearby A66 flyover . |
| 28 | And for once , the troubled premier is on to a winner . |
| 29 | Her mother wo n't survive … so the hunt is on for a fostermum . |
| 30 | Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub . |