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