Example sentences of "[coord] it is rather " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , with all their drawbacks , panels are interesting ways of collecting information and it is rather surprising that they have not been used more in academic research where ideas rather than pin-point accuracy of measurement may be the desired goal . |
| 2 | Chief Insp Roger Worton , of West Yorkshire police , said : ‘ We did n't expect that and it is rather surprising . ’ |
| 3 | In fact , language , through abstraction , is a much more efficient form or communication and possesses much more control over its interpretation , and it is rather that this difference in evocation is less likely to be evident in artefactual symbolism than in linguistic symbolism . |
| 4 | But there is some strain on the heart and it is rather large and it is n't working so well . |
| 5 | The hare and the hatter also decide to put the poor little dormouse into the teapot , which is rather cruel because he did n't do anything to them and it is rather a strange thing for his companions to do . |
| 6 | It is also important to examine the throat for the presence of gonococci ( by cultural methods ) , since , not only may it be the only site involved , but it is rather more difficult to eradicate the infection from this place . |
| 7 | This line of thought seems to be promising , but it is rather vague . |
| 8 | Contrary to what is often said , there is a law of trespass in Scotland but it is rather a complex and grey area . |
| 9 | But it is rather Sartre 's own text that seems to be caught between these two dialectical possibilities of expansion and compression in a double logic . |
| 10 | However , there are several Mira variables which can be found with binoculars when near maximum , and can even show some colour ; I have given notes about them in the pages which follow , but it is rather pointless to go into detail , because long-period variables are the province of the telescopic observer , and estimates made with binoculars are inevitably rough . |
| 11 | As the magnitude is above 6 , it is detectable with the naked eye under very good conditions , but it is rather isolated , and takes time to identify . |
| 12 | Erm again I , I ca n't help but s er er getting slightly digressed but it is rather interesting that John Major this year decided to go for a general election before the local elections . |
| 13 | But it is rather charm less I think , and there is at least one far more enticing place nearby if you plan to stop in this valley . |
| 14 | The mint mark STR might have been used at Treveri ( Trier in Germany ) , but it is rather suspect . |
| 15 | When he fragments and decomposes the objects in his still lifes and landscapes , it is not in order to strip form bare or to disengage some essential quality , but it is rather as a means of creating a completely new kind of pictorial space . |
| 16 | No doubt this was the real point of the missive , but it is rather vaguely expressed and makes one wonder whether the author really had much idea what had happened . |