Example sentences of "'s [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's mostly a question of wanting to do so ! |
| 2 | It 's mostly a matter of timing … but I 'll do what I can . |
| 3 | You pay , of course , but that 's rarely a problem for his clientele . |
| 4 | For instance , sometimes the Profitboss will disagree with a decision made by his boss ; but that 's rarely a reason to resign . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's rather a psycho , ’ Robert Kennedy said , off the record , in 1964 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | And that 's rather a pity because we 've been doing these holidays for a long time now , and I think , those people have enjoyed themselves ? |
| 8 | And so it 's not a case of our waiting it 's rather a case of our receiving . |
| 9 | Well , because it 's , it 's rather a case of the blind leading the the blind , erm |
| 10 | It 's rather a relief . |
| 11 | That 's rather a bore . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's rather a lot of paperwork here , things that you should be aware of . ’ |
| 13 | " There 's rather a lot of them , though , " said Marion . |
| 14 | I , too , think it 's rather a lot of money . ’ |
| 15 | Cos otherwise it 's rather a lot to eat for one person . |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Just one point , it 's rather a shame they ca n't be open at weekends ? |
| 19 | ‘ It 's rather a hike . ’ |
| 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 | ‘ No , ’ said Gay , ‘ he 's not classical , whatever else he is ; besides , people always argue about whether it 's a hard or soft C. He 's rather a mystery dog , is n't he ? |
| 22 | It 's rather an adventure . ’ |
| 23 | I think it 's rather an island in in the middle of the ermerm cultivated land so if you stand on top of the Ridgeway and look down you can see the Harwell site standing out as a a green treed area erm compared with the corn all round it . |
| 24 | ’ I would n't call it ‘ confiding ’ exactly , but I ca n't pretend it 's altogether a matter of indifference to me , can I ? |
| 25 | He 's effectively a surveyor . |
| 26 | she 's only a pup. some dogs do . |
| 27 | The levy 's only a pretext . ’ |
| 28 | It 's only a hole in it , he said oh , no it 's |
| 29 | ‘ It 's only a dance , you know . ’ |
| 30 | It 's only a foot ! |