Example sentences of "[conj] [being] rather " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is very important and I should imagine there 's been more trouble , probably , with people representing the authority and being rather officious , and this has got no one anywhere . |
| 2 | Pitch , of course , gets progressively softer as it is heated , and similarly , since the rocks of the mantle are also at high temperatures — the temperature in the earth increases downwards at a rate of about 30 degrees C per kilometre — they can also be thought of as being rather ‘ soft ’ . |
| 3 | In due course it was bred a little shorter in the leg , with finer bone and a better udder , though it was still disparaged as being rather ungainly and plain . |
| 4 | I think we will be regarded as being rather limited . |
| 5 | I have always thought of myself as being rather unfavourably viewed by the art establishment and that includes journalists in Britain . |
| 6 | Harmony is dependent on the species being considered , but with fish that have a potential size of 12″ these stocking levels could be thought of as being rather high . |
| 7 | Second , as well as being rather homogeneous with respect to age , contract computer staff share an exclusive body of technical knowledge and this , despite their individualism , promotes a sense of common identity . |
| 8 | People of his generation do tend to regard £1000 as being rather a lot of money , although the rest of us realise that it will hardly keep your motor car in petrol for long . |
| 9 | Among snatches of conversation , both of us remember his referring to the underground as being rather like hell . |
| 10 | Thirdly , although its intention is to encourage depth it can end up as being rather superficial , and indeed possibly dangerous , in failing to be aware of the pitfalls into which meditation not properly understood can fall . |
| 11 | We still regard the present form of the policy and the explanatory wording as being rather too restrictive . |
| 12 | Quite apart from the fact that they find it very interesting , I think that people outside the university would be pleased to know that a course of such down to earth practical is taught in a place which they sometimes regard as being rather airy fairy . |