Example sentences of "rather [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may appear rather odd that a book on an emerging language devotes a chapter to the process of translating meaning from that language to another and vice versa ( especially when this second language will be , virtually always , English ) , but the development of BSL , and its community of users is so bound up in its treatment by hearing people that it is essential to have some discussion on the matter . |
| 2 | Further to the right the cliff becomes rather nondescript until a shallow , right-facing corner offers access to a fine steep wall . |
| 3 | The arm can be in a very cramped position and the movement of the hand rather restricted if a flat surface such as a table is used ; a desk with an adjustable sloping top gives a much better angle whilst also providing storage for books . |
| 4 | I 've always found it rather sad that a man could produce something as evocative as this and also produce a child who could not appreciate it. , |
| 5 | That conclusion in a way seems rather obvious and a matter of common sense . |
| 6 | Being aware of the strict alcohol regulations , I did not object to this , although I did think it rather unfair that a school-friend was obliged to dispose of his soft drink before he entered the ground . |
| 7 | As far as output is concerned , some do particularly badly — producing outputs completely in the wrong ballpark ; some , however , are rather better and a few are really quite good . |
| 8 | In other words , they were not directly listening for the sound /t/ in the speech as it came in , but rather determining that a word contains a /t/ after actually identifying the word . |
| 9 | And meanwhile we 'll keep going you know and er and do what we have to do which is to make sure that when they get dow when they get round to that table sitting down that well certainly the the quarry men are not gon na be hungry if if you know what I mean I mean they they gon na sit there with full bellies in a sense that they 're not gon na be starved back and I mean th that sounds rather dramatic and a cliched but I mean when you 're living on the bread line and expecting money from week to week I mean that 's what it 's all about is n't it you know and and the food parcel . |
| 10 | An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion , perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument . |
| 11 | IF John Whitaker can repeat last year 's form at The Horse of the Year Show , which begins today at Wembley Arena , he will be the taker of rather more than a whit . |
| 12 | The crucial distinction between the residual and the institutional model is that , in the latter , the state accepts responsibility for the provision of rather more than a basic minimum . |
| 13 | The results of these Monday afternoon treks ( is at Nursery and I am not at work only Monday and Friday afternoon and Friday afternoon is not a good time to go bothering people ! ) were now covering rather more than a double page and indeed was too much for a single newsletter article . |
| 14 | ‘ Rather more than a nuisance . |
| 15 | The house , called ‘ Quindry ’ is an ugly , flat-roofed box-shaped building , which resembled a factory unit rather more than a home . |
| 16 | Established , in close co-operation with the Communist Party , by the publisher Victor Gollancz in March 1936 , the Club rapidly became rather more than a purveyor of books — though , with 50,000 members by the beginning of 1938 , it did that effectively and in vast numbers . |
| 17 | Though formerly something of a manufacturer , God is clearly rather more than a management guru . |
| 18 | Rather more than a quarter did not want a permanent job . |
| 19 | But perhaps Charles 's realm was intended to be rather more than a prospective one . |
| 20 | In 1856 the Paris Bourse alone listed the share of 33 railway and canal companies , 38 mining companies , 22 metallurgical companies , 11 port and shipping companies , 7 omnibus and road transport undertakings , 11 gas companies and 42 assorted industrial undertakings ranging from textiles to galvanised iron and rubber , to the value of about 5½ million gold francs , or rather more than a quarter of all securities traded . |
| 21 | I gesture ( I imagine ) towards a chair on the other side of my desk and he sits down in an attitude which suggests that he intends to stay for rather more than a minute , and rather less than half an hour . |
| 22 | I got £6.50 , or rather less than a fiver after deductions . |
| 23 | This gives a time of about 1.3 seconds for head movements , rather less than a quarter of the earlier figure . |
| 24 | This all sounds rather daunting but a number of teachers have received grants under the sponsored research programme , the most notable example being Andrew Mellor and his study of bullying in Scottish secondary schools . |
| 25 | Miss Hazelwood got rather annoyed if a page was badly blotted . |
| 26 | In some ways he was rather young and a bit hasty . |
| 27 | They are extremely difficult to hand-hold , which means that a mounting must always be carried around , and it should be rather firmer than a simple attachment to a camera tripod , because the binoculars are inevitably heavy . |
| 28 | It all then got rather frustrating and a little worrying as Portsmouth looked more and more dangerous ; in the seventy seventh minute Les Robertson was booked for a foul on Russell and a minute later John Beresford booked for a foul on Nogan . |
| 29 | Although two thirds of Oxfordshire teachers consider that the scheme has been useful in producing proposals for change in schools , the actual changes claimed are rather nebulous and a quarter of all teachers are unsure as to whether their review has led to any changes at all . |
| 30 | Even so , I was rather surprised that a family must pay 3.50 for adults and 2.50 for kids to visit and listen to the BBC 's exhibition of favourite old radio programmes at Broadcasting House . |