Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Check out Ian Marshalls rating … he s down as a central defender . |
| 2 | It is rather as a precaution against compounding one media mistake with another . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She is rather like a lyric author herself , a bit of a lyre . |
| 5 | It is rather like a Labour Party conference , without the block vote . |
| 6 | The effect is rather like a newspaper carrying blank columns where items have been banned . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've often thought that each person is rather like a different vessel out at sea . |
| 8 | Her life really was that of one of the anawim , the ‘ little ones ’ of God — and the distaste that many of us feel for her is rather like a similar distaste for Thérèse of Lisieux . |
| 9 | The BBC is rather like a cross between the Church of England and the Post Office . |
| 10 | Labour today is rather like a car company whose models have acquired a reputation for unreliability . |
| 11 | The hoist is rather like a ski-chair with a bar in front of the patient , and may be attached to the side of the bath . |
| 12 | A healthy aura is rather like a filter , allowing only that which is beneficial to affect us ; this is what it should achieve in a well-balanced person . |
| 13 | The fruit is rather like a small peach , but the hull dies off towards the end of the season . |
| 14 | It is a relational database which is rather like a filing cabinet in which not only the dividers have been removed but also all pieces of paper without words on them . |
| 15 | It is rather like a BANSHEE , with wails like those of a woman and which pierce the countryside for miles around . |
| 16 | A glastyn is rather like a BROWNIE , helping the farmer with chores and asking only for a bowl of cream and some bread at day 's end . |
| 17 | If he will forgive me he is rather like a graduate from the Shirley Williams institute for the caring and compassionate politician . |
| 18 | PERFECT PORRIDGE This easy recipe is rather like a hot version of muesli but uses the best kind of oats , has wheatgerm as a bonus and indulgent toppings . |
| 19 | ‘ It is rather like a human Scud missile . ’ |
| 20 | Since the abalone is rather like a large snail in having a protruding ‘ foot ’ , it does not need to be opened in the same way as a mussel for the otter to eat it . |
| 21 | Two years later Julian Barnes , in Flaubert 's Parrot ( 1984 ) , entertained the same subversive point in a novel of impish erudition : the past , he suggests in his opening chapter , is rather like a greasy piglet , and anyone who tries to seize it is bound to look ridiculous . |
| 22 | As a result the fax protocol , which is rather like a file transfer protocol , such as ZMODEM , has to be implemented the comms software driving the modem . |
| 23 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 24 | A teacher in the art lesson with children is rather like a conductor with his orchestra . |
| 25 | The checklist is rather like a map which leaves out a lot of detail , but shows what is likely to be most relevant for the traveller . |
| 26 | On most sites , the relationship between contexts is drawn as a matrix diagram , which is rather like a family tree . |
| 27 | Parsley needs far more root-room than it is usually given ; the main or tap root is rather like a small carrot , and this should be allowed for . |
| 28 | The BM is rather like a Prolog predicate . |
| 29 | It is rather like a child rejecting food he has not tasted because he does not have enough information to make it seem attractive . |
| 30 | The situation is rather like a balloon with a number of spots painted on it being steadily blown up . |