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 | ’ 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 ? |
| 23 | He 's effectively a surveyor . |
| 24 | she 's only a pup. some dogs do . |
| 25 | The levy 's only a pretext . ’ |
| 26 | It 's only a hole in it , he said oh , no it 's |
| 27 | ‘ It 's only a dance , you know . ’ |
| 28 | It 's only a foot ! |
| 29 | Yeah , it 's only a foot . |
| 30 | It 's only a stick ! |