Example sentences of "rather [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its marbled , fine-grained beef is of very good quality and taste and it is well worth the rather long wait for maturity in spite of the lack of size . |
| 2 | Indeed , if I were forced to try the impossible , to imagine what it is like to be a bat , I would guess that echolocating , for them , might be rather like seeing for us . |
| 3 | In the end it was rather like working for two pop stars . |
| 4 | Mr Finchingfield , a slight young man , rather floridly dressed for the country in a laced silk coat of purple hue , searched among the guests and had no difficulty in picking out the lady . |
| 5 | And even if it were possible , making debtors pay 50p to prove that they had paid off their debts seems rather harshly discouraging for them — it would virtually boil down to imposing a line on them not because they had been debtors but because they had now paid their debts in full . |
| 6 | His tread was firm , his aspect manly ; his voice was clear but rather high pitched for so splendid a body . |
| 7 | Yes and it 's another demonstration of the professionalism which we 're er rather well known for . |