Sentence examples for are rather light from inspiring English sources

True, these wines are rather light; this is not a Sauternes vintage to keep for decades.

The drumsticks are rather light weight and I have a bad feeling that in the near future one of my overzealous drummer friends is going to break one during a game, sending pieces of sharp wood flying at my delicate LCD TV.

Vancouver were rather light on firepower last week, with Kenny Miller and Darren Mattocks out.

Mr. Cole's tenor voice is rather light for this heroic music.

However, the panel found that Lee had been "negligent", but ruled that the degree of negligence was "rather light".

Though the baritone Gerald Finley's voice was rather light for the brooding Golaud, he compensated with dark and volatile singing.

In fact, the whole presentation is rather light on practical guidance, giving the impression of a summer project for an over-enthusiastic doctoral student.

"The thunder is loud, but the rain has been rather light," said Mr. Xiao, the academic, who nonetheless counts himself an admirer.

At times over the summer, Mr. Romney's schedule has been rather light, making time for a weeklong family vacation and plenty of closed-door meetings with senior advisers.

Some of the pieces were rather light on rhythm, and this was one of them: it was a way of bringing Basie into the continuum of subtle orchestral jazz writing that followed from Gil Evans.

It's rather light at 7.5 ounces in a casing that's just 5 x 6.5-inches.