Example sentences of "[that] [be] rather " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most smaller crustacea have exoskeletons that are rather delicate , and for this reason the fossil record of the shrimps , for example , is somewhat incomplete . |
| 2 | In this section we shall look at some scientific mysteries that are rather more profound than the skin-colours of dinosaurs or prehistoric human beings . |
| 3 | ‘ To make a valve work properly , there 's a lot of nasties in there — a lot of production processes that are rather unsanitary . |
| 4 | This research is mainly concerned with how the child uses the computer when performing tasks that are rather like simple games . |
| 5 | ‘ To make a valve work properly , there 's a lot of nasties in there — a lot of production processes that are rather unsanitary . |
| 6 | I mean molecules that are rather larger , molecules that actually are rather important in biological systems . |
| 7 | When rights of conquest or hereditary rights had placed two or more territories under a medieval ruler , he was quite accustomed to finding that they were ruled under different constitutions and he would not think of trying to impose a uniform system of government on them ; Queen Elizabeth had rights and duties in England that were rather different from the rights and duties she had in the Channel Islands , which were all that was left of William the Conqueror 's Norman territories , and it was perfectly natural for each new English acquisition overseas to be won on terms that differed from what had happened previously . |
| 8 | It does at times reveal a certain despair over her present situation — a fact that is rather concerning . |
| 9 | Yet it is a view that is rather more difficult to dismiss , if only because there is at its heart a real , and so far unresolved , problem . |
| 10 | That is something that is rather difficult to define in present-day Iran . |
| 11 | One holds that the writer does most of the work beforehand , laying a plan that is rather like an egg — and the story hatches , almost of its own accord . |
| 12 | It should be added that some influential and interesting recent developments of linguistic or stylistic criticism , notably Roger Fowler 's Literature as Social Discourse , propose a kind of functional analysis that is rather different from those we have been considering . |
| 13 | To what er they show some of the old films like they had in them days some of these circus pictures and travel pictures Now I 'll tell you something that 's rather remarkable I 'll I 'll b tell you as briefly as I can . |
| 14 | So it could be something that 's rather time consuming ? |
| 15 | Actually it 's red and pink ones that 's rather nice . |
| 16 | In all these bizarre religious groups , one is in fact trying to recreate in an imaginative way a world that 's rather different from us . |
| 17 | He felt entitled to a response that was rather more sympathetic , to say the least . |
| 18 | Thatcher 's friends , such as former United Biscuits boss Sir Hector Laing , used to implore her to give British industry the kind of support that was rather more consistent than those who bought and sold its shares in the City . |
| 19 | That it had made contact was evident , for Sister Mary let out a cry , a weird sound that was rather a yell not a scream . |
| 20 | ‘ And anyway , ’ whispered another voice , and one that was rather more matter-of-fact because it was her own , ‘ there 's a young eagle out there called Creggan who needs to know a few things if he 's going to survive and be free . ’ |
| 21 | One reason was for communications , but another reason that was rather intriguing to scientists was that they could actually look at stars and look at the space between the stars and use a different region of the spectrum , in particular the radio region . |
| 22 | Mm , not the something that 's sort of , funny that happened by mistake , something that was rather planned in that case |