Example sentences of "[adv] a bad [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a move was clearly designed only to better a bad situation rather than remedy it completely , since it would be expected that the availability of refined sugar would be subject to the same seasonal fluctuations as availability of gur , and there is little reason to suspect that refined sugar was more readily available than the ( unrefined ) gur . |
| 2 | If this is not the case then the purchaser may face arguments from the vendor by way of defence relating to completely different matters ( eg a bad debt provision is in fact excessive as a defence to a claim relating to non-payment of PAYE ) and detailed accounts may need to be drawn up every time there is a breach of warranty ( ie in order to see if there is some surplus which compensates ) . |
| 3 | She had the joint X-rayed on Wednesday night and was somewhat relieved to learn that it was merely a bad case of bruising . |
| 4 | ( ’ Relative autonomy' is not perhaps a bad description . ) |
| 5 | If that 's the case then Down Royal can look forward to a bumper fixture and then maybe those small fields for the Ulster Derby will begin to be only a bad memory . |
| 6 | It is unsound to argue that Svidrigailov 's experience was only a bad dream , because the manuscript variants prove that Dostoevsky was prepared at one stage to forego the actuality of the sexual outcome between Stavrogin and the child . |
| 7 | a dream , I heard myself saying , only a bad dream . |
| 8 | And surely , oh surely , we shall be able to go after Nuadu , and surely the giants are friendly and last night was only a bad dream . |
| 9 | The back and sides are laminated rosewood , not necessarily a bad thing , as solid backs and sides have a far less obvious effect on an acoustic 's sound quality than a solid top . |
| 10 | ‘ Clinton has a first-rate mind and I do n't think it 's necessarily a bad thing that he 's undefined . |
| 11 | Naturally , her tennis and school regimes changed also , although as she sees it , this was not necessarily a bad thing ! |
| 12 | Indeed the Professor 's raps frequently fail to rise above their musical platforms , which is by no means necessarily a bad thing ( especially given their content ) , since said platforms score highly on the think-I'm-gonna-dance register . |
| 13 | But this is not necessarily a bad thing . |
| 14 | writing in 1972 seemed in no doubt that UK graduates then constituted an elite ( which is not necessarily a bad thing ) . |
| 15 | He felt alien , not necessarily a bad thing in itself for an observer . |
| 16 | That is n't necessarily a bad thing . |
| 17 | Perhaps after considering the slave trade , religious oppression , or even just the growth of Bristol as a great commercial city , the armchair historian would be happy to settle down with Anne Crawford on Bristol and the Wine Trade and reflect that not all the vices on which Bristol is founded are entirely a bad thing . |
| 18 | But what happens if work is demonstrably and objectively a bad experience ? |
| 19 | ‘ But we gave away a bad goal through sloppy defending . |
| 20 | It was just a bad day . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I think it 's just a bad cold , my dear ; but in this climate and with all the infections flying about , I 'll keep a close watch on you , ’ he said calmly . |
| 22 | It 's just a bad case of de ja vu , de ja vu , de ja vu , yeah and I got some rough comics you know . |
| 23 | She seemed to be frowning , but it was probably just a bad hangover and the white sun in her eyes . |
| 24 | Just a bad dream … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ That 's all … just a bad dream . ’ |
| 26 | McColgan , slumped in deep dejection , said afterwards : ‘ It was just a bad race on my part . |
| 27 | They thought it was broken , then they said it was just a bad sprain , but apparently they want to do another X-ray , so I simply do n't know what 's happening . |
| 28 | It was nothing serious , she knew that , just a bad bruise in need of cleaning , and the last person in the world she wanted to do the cleaning was him . |
| 29 | just a bad thing to do in n it ? |
| 30 | And it was just a bad place to produce any magazine . |