Example sentences of "a rather [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The professor of experimental physics , a grand old man called Wien , was displeased that this brilliant young theorist had adopted a rather cavalier attitude to the laboratory classes which were provided . |
| 2 | However , his attempts to deflect attention away from his private life has rather backfired because on one occasion to distract a rather persistent journalist he assured him that he was ‘ heavily into drugs and loved having sex with Chihuahuas . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Who 's your coach ? ’ asked Phil in a rather persistent manner . |
| 4 | An article in Nursing Times points out that ‘ it is very easy for nurses caring for older people , especially in hospitals , to develop a rather jaundiced view of ageing . |
| 5 | So little wonder that Mains should return to his country home just south of Dunedin and take with him a rather jaundiced view of the workings of New Zealand rugby , and the partiality of some of the media who followed the Stewart party line in South Africa . |
| 6 | Which means of course if you work for Trading Standards , as I did until very recently if you work for Trading Standards you tend to get a rather jaundiced view of shopping . |
| 7 | It is a rather tidy kind of argument with no loose ends . |
| 8 | On closer inspection , however , it is not difficult to see that this is a rather mild counter-movement , one of those smaller eddies that spring up again and again from the many-layered structure of historical change within every stage of more comprehensive processes . |
| 9 | This was a rather simplistic interpretation of the many disagreements which affected political life , but it contained some truth and helped to explain why France was unable to create a British or American-style two-party system : the question of authoritarianism and democracy in the constitution , which had divided Frenchmen since the Revolution , had again served to divide the country in the constitutional debates of 1946 ; the role of the Roman Catholic Church in national life divided the Christian Democrats from the other leading parties ; and questions of class conflict were particularly apparent in early 1947 in differences over wage levels . |
| 10 | To suggest that the dicynodonts and the rhynchosaurs disappeared because of the decline of basically similar Gondwana arborescent plants would seem to indicate a rather simplistic view of both animal-plant in relationship , and plant evolution in general . |
| 11 | This is a rather simplistic argument . |
| 12 | It is heavily wooded and this , combined with the frequent heavy rains which sweep the island , makes it a rather gloomy place to live . |
| 13 | It can be a rather gloomy spot , though a series of large trees growing along the clifftop — allied to the cliff 's aspect — means the place is sheltered from the prevailing winds . |
| 14 | That 's a rather gloomy view ! |
| 15 | All of this seems to have painted a rather gloomy picture . |
| 16 | With respect to the coming to an end of a temporary job as a source of flows into unemployment , available evidence provided a rather unclear picture . |
| 17 | Since Mesmer brought the subject to the attention of the scientific world , hypnotism has had a rather chequered career . |
| 18 | At least , it was so by those who were to write up family notes at a later date : the year of birth would be coyly laundered to read ‘ 1847 ’ , thus ensuring that a rather harmless skeleton stayed in its cupboard for a while . |
| 19 | Under DOS , this obsessive defence of a menu system may have been worthwhile , but Windows is a foreign country where things benefit from being done differently and where , in consequence , the words ‘ Lotus compatibility ’ have a rather hollow ring . |
| 20 | Fixing a curtain rail to the top of a window surround can be a rather tricky business . |
| 21 | ‘ Everyone agreed this was a rather daft time to conduct the inspection , when staff can not be expected to be enthusiastic . |
| 22 | ‘ Everyone agreed this was a rather daft time to conduct the inspection , when staff can not be expected to be enthusiastic . |
| 23 | The legendary Miller ski , made in the USA , was one of them and it became a rather hot seller in the upmarket ski boutiques of London . |
| 24 | An early ( 1909 ) pencil study of a woman 's head , a coffer and apple brought $80,000 ( £44,400 ) ( est. $60–80,000 ) and a brilliant brush drawing of a female nude from 1920 $85,000 ( £47,200 ) ( est. $60–80,000 ) , both better buys , I thought , than a rather vapid pencil ‘ Pierrot ’ ( 1918 ) that sold for $220,000 ( £122,200 ) ( est. $100–150,000 ) . |
| 25 | So it was a remarkable jump into the headlines and popular acceptance , even if it was of a rather limited nature . |
| 26 | Most puppies have a rather limited attention span , such is their enthusiasm for life . |
| 27 | In the entertainments industry one of the organizations to which we spoke pointed out that , precisely because the positions they are seeking to fill around Christmas are advertised as seasonal or temporary positions of a rather limited duration , they are normally filled by people with little interest in staying . |
| 28 | Even large physical objects like stars consist of a rather limited array of parts , more or less haphazardly arranged . |
| 29 | In fact , however , this is a rather limited view . |
| 30 | This is not , of course , a new suggestion and , to a rather limited extent , it is one which has already been followed . |