Example sentences of "[verb] it [is] rather " in BNC.
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| 1 | And again as I say it 's rather a nice erm picture which erm er was given to me some time ago . |
| 2 | As this model stands it is rather cumbersome even with the simplifying assumption of a constant required rate of return . |
| 3 | comparing it , comparing it with erm one thousand , two hundred , he 's , he says it 's rather suspicious |
| 4 | By the time this stage has been reached it is rather late to try and prevent it . |
| 5 | Yeah and if you go in and think it 's like all the other museums you have charts you have figures statistics along with you you know it 's rather very sad but it 's entertaining |
| 6 | Er but i you know it 's rather nice actually . |
| 7 | The introduction of smoke into a gas flow without unduly disturbing it is rather difficult except in wind-tunnels specially designed for the purpose . |
| 8 | He said , ‘ Yes , I suppose it is rather late . ’ |
| 9 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I apologise for laughing , but you must admit it is rather amusing . |
| 12 | Do you think it 's rather patronising ? |
| 13 | I should think it 's rather like Northern Ireland , actually . |
| 14 | But well I mean it 's rather stupid for how long ? |
| 15 | This argument has a psychological ( and ideological ! ) appeal although the empirical evidence to support it is rather thin . |
| 16 | I , too , think it 's rather a lot of money . ’ |
| 17 | in seeing this house , because it 's , well we think it 's rather nice er , you know it 's quite a |
| 18 | I think it 's rather important in connection with the north eastern A sixty four sector to realize that and reference has been made to the M A F F Central Science Laboratory , that it was a condition specified by M A F F in nineteen ninety , that their site should be a green field site free of airborne pollution . |
| 19 | For instance , I think it 's , I think it 's rather pointless to be preaching er values outside an organisation , if ones not following those values within the organisation . |
| 20 | I 'm glad to say it got a thorough sort of leathering in the Lords , and so I think it 's rather premature for him to say that by fixing a budget we have belighted the whole police service in Wiltshire , for the next er , eight or whatever number of years he said , I think that certainly is rather premature . |
| 21 | Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate . |
| 22 | planning applications and er er items relating to Poor Lane , er and also the traffic on Station Road later on , er I think it 's rather complicated to talk about all of these at at one go , because I know er different members of the public have come for different reasons and perhaps , for the moment , I 'll not ask for any comments about Mr Smith 's proposals on Poor Lane , er nor er comments about Station Road , er but I will ask you if you want to refer to planning applications , er we have three planning applications , one is to extend the car park behind the pub , one is for a change of plan to one of the houses on the development adjacent to us , er and the third one is er er the plans submitted by Grant Development at Thorney , erm , I suspect most comments will be about the last , er perhaps I should ask first if anybody wants to make any comments about proposals behind the reindeer in , or at Chapel cottage site , does anybody , er in the public want to mention those erm , well we will go on to the one at Thorney then , and you 're Mr Walker ? |
| 23 | A quarter of drivers leave their cars unlocked , I think it 's rather more than that in the summer . |
| 24 | I think it 's rather mild |
| 25 | I think it 's rather dandy he 's finished off , he 's put this white erm stuff you know what they squeeze from now . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I think it is rather grand . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , Miss Danziger , you must allow it is rather unusual for guests to keep engagements from one year to the next , as you do . |
| 29 | I tend to think it 's rather hard to over-read Shakespeare , simply because of the experience of finding that my reading fell short on many occasions . |
| 30 | I tend to think it 's rather hard to over-read Shakespeare , simply because of the experience of , of finding that my reading fell short on many occasions . |