The phrase "are rather major" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is significant or important in a particular context.
Example: "The changes in the policy are rather major and will affect all employees."
Alternatives: "are quite significant" or "are fairly substantial."
I think we are rather missing a major point about money in politics, at least in the United States.
Therefore, it may provide a suitable alternative to the use of BLUP-based methods for traits that do not fit an infinitesimal model and are rather regulated by few major loci.
The analysis reveals that major disparities are rather common among the hypotheses regarding the higher-level relationships of platyrrhines.
However, analytical results using in-house laser ablation ICP-MS techniques [7, 36, 38 41] show that the apatites synthesized in SynCLAP12 are rather homogeneous in terms of major and trace elements, surely within the analytical uncertainties.
It was rather a major fixer-upper, but with a newfound drive to start a new and more positive chapter in her life -- and with a better relationship being established with her daughter -- Carrie looked ready to take it on.
At this time the operation was rather more major than today, as the incision to remove an appendix was much larger than that needed for modern keyhole surgery techniques.
WHAT TO DO DURING THE DAY -- Though Arts District is rather large, the major sites are concentrated into one walkable area.
Although Cramer voted for the policy, he thinks it is "rather ridiculous" because major supporters can be lost, even though they are generally invited to return after a year.
"What they were able to document is, rather than this major outbreak that was easy to document, there's been this insidious, chronic mortality, that, if you add it up over time, is no less threatening to the whitebark," said Logan.
The focus of this section is, rather, on two major issues hindering research on modern high-throughput genomics and bioinformatics projects in African institutions: shortage of trained bioinformaticians and infrastructural problems.
