Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began explaining , straight on , then first right , on to the second set of lights … etcetera … etcetera … it 's rather a long walk , sir , he concluded . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's rather a long way , though . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's rather a delicate matter . ’ |
| 4 | And it 's rather a good thing this one did look like a tramp , ’ she added , ‘ because you might not have talked to him if you had n't mistaken him for a poor old man , and he would n't have learned anything about Brownies , and we should n't be going to continue to enjoy the use of his lovely Park . |
| 5 | It 's rather a tight fit , ’ she said apologetically , and the woman beamed at her . |
| 6 | Considering the rock at Tremadog feels so solid on a small scale , it 's rather a shame that it has a large scale tendency to become part of the scree at the foot of the crag ! |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not really anything very important , Michael , it 's rather a small thing we 're asking of you . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's rather a sobering thought , you know , Preston . |
| 9 | It 's rather a relief . |
| 10 | It 's rather a damp day outside you want to finish airing your clothes off , so what to do ? |
| 11 | Once you 've created the jobs for people it has given the economies an upturn and I feel it 's rather a shame that the erm the great problems of the of the Germans particularly have put that pressure for high interest rates through the er E R M , through those currencies and one , I think , good thing of Britain 's disaster last year , with with their position in the E R M , is that by lowering interest rates , if we only had a government who wanted to use that opportunity probably , we could train people for for work . |
| 12 | Just one point , it 's rather a shame they ca n't be open at weekends ? |
| 13 | I , too , think it 's rather a lot of money . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's rather a change , actually , ’ he murmured , ‘ to find a woman who does n't pick at her food and moan about endless diets . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's rather a hike . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's rather a long story . |
| 17 | And so it 's not a case of our waiting it 's rather a case of our receiving . |
| 18 | Er my Lord it 's rather a complicated of transaction and the the essential heading this case was that he failed to advise in relation to title er the person who goes from with respect to a land transaction he 's entitled to expect that the lawyer investigates the state of entitlement to arrange the matter and to explain to the trial exactly what that is , what it is that is portrayed by the state of the title . |
| 19 | I have n't actually got the , got page , it 's rather a long case |
| 20 | ‘ Then surely it 's rather a waste of time to bury yourself away on a Saturday night when you 'll have the bulk of the work to contend with tomorrow — when the club 's closed . ’ |
| 21 | I am actually , it 's rather a proud moment in my life . |
| 22 | Well , because it 's , it 's rather a case of the blind leading the the blind , erm |
| 23 | It 's rather a long time is n't it ? |
| 24 | Cos otherwise it 's rather a lot to eat for one person . |
| 25 | And again as I say it 's rather a nice erm picture which erm er was given to me some time ago . |
| 26 | Not that it 's impossible — indeed , it 's rather the sort of thing Oliver might do — but I 've somehow stopped believing most of what he says . |
| 27 | Yes , it 's rather the kind of correspondence one might expect Tod Friendly to go in for : unvarying , humourless and one-way , like junk mail . |
| 28 | ‘ For the first time in many a year , I 'm able to take my time and I must say , it 's rather an enjoyable experience . |
| 29 | It 's rather an adventure . ’ |
| 30 | And it , I 'm sure the jury would get the it 's rather an obvious question but why is that ? |