Example sentences of "it [is] rather " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's rather marvellous , really , when you think about it . ’ |
| 2 | It 's rather ironic , really , when you think about it . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's rather difficult for me to show my face at Brigade H.Q at the moment , ’ I replied . |
| 5 | ‘ A pleasant , cheerful FO character said [ 30 October ] : ‘ It 's rather fun to be at No. 10 the night we smashed the Anglo-American alliance . ’ ’ |
| 6 | It 's rather like pond life — little tadpoles eating even smaller ones and bigger ones eating them . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's rather a long way , though . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's rather fanciful to think you will be able to walk into a solicitor 's office in Carlisle , engage one lawyer , then argue your case up to the highest court in the land . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's rather a delicate matter . ’ |
| 10 | And yet it 's rather cold-blooded . |
| 11 | Frankly , it 's rather spooky . |
| 12 | It 's rather distinguished , lots of the best people are . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's rather nice ! ’ |
| 16 | It 's just that I am so evil and perverted and encrusted with slime that it 's rather difficult for me to remember the fact . ’ |
| 17 | Of course we all need a certain amount in order to exist — and it 's rather nice to have a bit to spare . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's rather illogical ’ , she points out , ‘ to have a school with no water . ’ |
| 20 | It 's rather like a computer when the disc goes wrong — you know the info is there but you ca n't tap into it . |
| 21 | It 's rather like the scene that I penned at the beginning of this column . |
| 22 | It 's rather a tight fit , ’ she said apologetically , and the woman beamed at her . |
| 23 | Rather than trying to bluff your way through , it is better to say something like , ‘ Right at this moment it 's rather difficult to remember the exact details , could I possibly look over the advertisement again ? ’ |
| 24 | As you can imagine , it 's rather effective . |
| 25 | It 's rather unfortunate . |
| 26 | Really , it 's rather exciting . |
| 27 | Any political party ought to have vision , but it 's rather strange to find your editorial ( ‘ The vision thing ’ , 8 May ) quoting William Beveridge on the evils of Want , Disease , Squalor and Ignorance . |
| 28 | 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 ! |
| 29 | WITH ALL THIS BRAVADO it 's rather ironic that none of the performers would tell me their real names . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not really anything very important , Michael , it 's rather a small thing we 're asking of you . |