Example sentences of "than a bad [noun sg] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I ca n't X-ray it , of course , but I 'm pretty sure you 've suffered no more than a bad concussion .
2	I have discovered , Miss Honey , during my long career as a teacher that a bad girl is a far more dangerous creature than a bad boy .
3	A record set and then unset could ultimately have a more detrimental financial effect than a bad debt .
4	Had it not been for splintered wood and debris Alas on deck , and a ripped sail or two , the storm might have seemed no more than a bad dream .
5	‘ I 'm the conman , ’ he replied , and that humiliation by Barnsley instantly began to feel like nothing worse than a bad dream .
6	But the game 's top men are hoping they can devise a constructive plan for improvement so that the awfulness of the past few seasons might soon be no more than a bad dream .
7	It was as if nothing special had happened the night before — no more than a bad dream that stays at the back of your mind long after you have woken up .
8	If it had steeled itself to cross this threshold ( as Yemen bravely did a month ago ) , Egypt might today be afflicted by nothing worse than a bad case of anti-incumbency — hardly surprising after a dozen years with the same tired face at the top .
9	NOBODY EXPECTED The Farm to make anything other than a bad album .
10	a collection of targeted retail companies supported by a strong central management core actually is a good thing rather than a bad thing .
11	So , on the whole , although you 're not a physicist , clearly by your remarks you think that technology and progress in that sense is a good thing , rather than a bad thing .
12	The shots sounded like no more than a bad cough .
13	Most glider pilots have never experienced anything more hazardous than a bad landing , so reading and talking about other people 's mistakes is almost the only way of becoming aware of the kind of situations which lead to broken gliders .

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