The phrase "are rather closed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not open or accessible, often referring to attitudes, discussions, or physical spaces.
Example: "The committee's discussions are rather closed, making it difficult for outsiders to understand their decision-making process."
Alternatives: "are quite closed" or "are somewhat closed".
"Our real life networks are rather closed," said Grant-Thomas, who is also a political scientist.
As shown in Figure 3, the original data and predicted values are rather closed.
This is substantially higher than the global average of bilateral visa requirements of 65%% reported in (Czaika & De Haas, 2014), which seems to confirm that African states are rather closed towards the free movement of people.
Nor that his personality is rather closed, reserved, even secretive.
This can only be a good thing for theatre, which is often seen as being rather closed and clubby.
"I perceive the group as a very political organization that is rather closed to divergent points of view," she said.
"There's an image of the Foreign Office being rather closed and perhaps a little old-fashioned in its ways of working," says Fraser.
(I-13) 'The resistance for this platform is harsh.' (I-4/16) 'Too much attention is given to how things work from the companies' perspectives.' (I-15) Open versus a closed system 'This place represents a no man's land that is easily accessible to all kinds of actors.' (I-19) 'Ultimately, this place is rather closed.
Surprisingly, for the small geographical and temporal frames, our results were rather closed to the 12.5% average pairwise diversity obtained in phylogenetic analyses of 8624 ORF5 sequences gathered world-wide from the North American, Asian and European continents and over more than 15 years [ 33].
He said he was not preparing a lawsuit against the governor and was not aware of anyone who was. "We've been rather closed-mouthed about it because what we're interested in is serving his interests and not anyone else's agenda," he said.
This suggests that SepF filaments, presumptive precursors of the closed rings, are rather inflexible and always close on themselves.
