Example sentences of "rather [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further to the right the cliff becomes rather nondescript until a shallow , right-facing corner offers access to a fine steep wall . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion , perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Rather more than a nuisance . |
| 8 | The house , called ‘ Quindry ’ is an ugly , flat-roofed box-shaped building , which resembled a factory unit rather more than a home . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Though formerly something of a manufacturer , God is clearly rather more than a management guru . |
| 11 | Rather more than a quarter did not want a permanent job . |
| 12 | But perhaps Charles 's realm was intended to be rather more than a prospective one . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I got £6.50 , or rather less than a fiver after deductions . |
| 16 | This gives a time of about 1.3 seconds for head movements , rather less than a quarter of the earlier figure . |
| 17 | Miss Hazelwood got rather annoyed if a page was badly blotted . |
| 18 | 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 . |