Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | It is rather as a precaution against compounding one media mistake with another . |
2 | When he fragments and decomposes the objects in his still lifes and landscapes , it is not in order to strip form bare or to disengage some essential quality , but it is rather as a means of creating a completely new kind of pictorial space . |
3 | She is rather like a lyric author herself , a bit of a lyre . |
4 | It is rather like a Labour Party conference , without the block vote . |
5 | The effect is rather like a newspaper carrying blank columns where items have been banned . |
6 | ‘ I 've often thought that each person is rather like a different vessel out at sea . |
7 | Her life really was that of one of the anawim , the ‘ little ones ’ of God — and the distaste that many of us feel for her is rather like a similar distaste for Thérèse of Lisieux . |
8 | The BBC is rather like a cross between the Church of England and the Post Office . |
9 | Labour today is rather like a car company whose models have acquired a reputation for unreliability . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | The fruit is rather like a small peach , but the hull dies off towards the end of the season . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | It is rather like a BANSHEE , with wails like those of a woman and which pierce the countryside for miles around . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | If he will forgive me he is rather like a graduate from the Shirley Williams institute for the caring and compassionate politician . |
17 | PERFECT PORRIDGE This easy recipe is rather like a hot version of muesli but uses the best kind of oats , has wheatgerm as a bonus and indulgent toppings . |
18 | ‘ It is rather like a human Scud missile . ’ |
19 | Since the abalone is rather like a large snail in having a protruding ‘ foot ’ , it does not need to be opened in the same way as a mussel for the otter to eat it . |
20 | Two years later Julian Barnes , in Flaubert 's Parrot ( 1984 ) , entertained the same subversive point in a novel of impish erudition : the past , he suggests in his opening chapter , is rather like a greasy piglet , and anyone who tries to seize it is bound to look ridiculous . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | A teacher in the art lesson with children is rather like a conductor with his orchestra . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | On most sites , the relationship between contexts is drawn as a matrix diagram , which is rather like a family tree . |
26 | Parsley needs far more root-room than it is usually given ; the main or tap root is rather like a small carrot , and this should be allowed for . |
27 | The BM is rather like a Prolog predicate . |
28 | It is rather like a child rejecting food he has not tasted because he does not have enough information to make it seem attractive . |
29 | The situation is rather like a balloon with a number of spots painted on it being steadily blown up . |
30 | 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 . |