Sentence examples for is rather at from inspiring English sources

He also has a steeliness about him that is rather at odds with his gentle, grandfatherly "very nice chap" persona.

Of course, Casper lives here too, but is rather at odds with the others, opting for a less confrontational approach.

It is, rather, at the very edge of America, blending into Calexico, the border town that leads to the much larger Mexican industrial city of Mexicali.

But her leadership abroad is rather at odds with the Government's increasingly poor record on environmental matters at home, something the Commons Energy and Climate Change select committee pressed home yesterday in a combative hearing.

Vanished by Tim Weaver Penguinn, £7.99) Weaver's "skip-tracer" David Raker – who finds missing persons by any means necessary – is one of those characters whose genteel, well-tempered narration is rather at odds with his line of work.

This is rather at odds with the academy's idea of what its annual ceremony is all about: the bestowing of "awards of merit for distinctive achievements" is supposed to be prestigious, dignified, honorable and devoted to the art of cinema -- or at least, you know, to movies.

We were rather at their mercy".

While the brain is good at many things, it is rather bad at others.

John Mills is rather good at selling ironing board covers.

Not surprisingly, he thinks he is rather good at it.

Physically the space is rather small, at 5,000 square feet.