Example sentences of "worse than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must look worse than a dowd . |
| 2 | But she was worse than a headmistress ; she was the Rector 's wife . |
| 3 | ‘ I hope you did n't get anything worse than a ducking , ’ she added , turning to Jenny . |
| 4 | There 's no doubt poor joints or iffy angle alignment can spoil this sort of job , but nothing is worse than a staircase border which snakes up and down , glaring at you daily . |
| 5 | By my first weekend at the Centre I was that very dangerous creature , one worse than a missionary , a convert . |
| 6 | There 's nothing worse than a jam where there 's not bits in it could be anything . |
| 7 | Worse than a Fool that 's complaisant and kind : |
| 8 | Sleeps all day sleeps all bloody night , worse than a cat . |
| 9 | Worse than a child in n it ? |
| 10 | It is much worse than a judge at Cruft 's checking over the points of a Pomeranian or Pekinese , and you are more likely to be bitten . |
| 11 | A fate worse than a cookbook |
| 12 | If they do not , and if the institutions remain inactive , then auditors face something much worse than a cookbook . |
| 13 | Worse than a smokey house ’ , |
| 14 | For her part Piaf once told her sister , ‘ You ca n't have a house without a man , Momone , it is worse than a day without sunshine . ’ |
| 15 | When she 'd gone to work for the Bradfords Paddy had been left on his own and it had got worse than a pigsty then . |
| 16 | Not much worse than a tumble in the hunting field . ’ |
| 17 | Though my injury from the officer 's ball was not much worse than a flesh wound , it hurt me and looked bad . |
| 18 | It was worse than a mountain — it was a maze ; and how intricate its twists I soon discovered . |
| 19 | This has the worst reputation of any ‘ creepy-crawly ’ in the public imagination , and yet its bite , which is extremely rare , is no worse than a bee sting . |
| 20 | A ship is worse than a gaol . |
| 21 | Alan from Derby says , I wonder why wearing a wig is any worse than a woman wearing make-up . |
| 22 | You 're getting worse than a woman you , now you 're at home ! |
| 23 | Their bite is worse than a horse 's — |
| 24 | First that , in the absence of special strengths , and on the basis of external restraints , we might expect such companies to perform worse than a plc . |
| 25 | ‘ A bad marriage is much worse than no marriage at all . ’ |
| 26 | Worse than no cricket ! |
| 27 | Twenty-nine years ago , there was certainly a recognition in the House that a bad agreement was much worse than no agreement , and there may be a message in that for us today . |
| 28 | 1.39 It is clear from Walkley v Precision Forgings that an unserved writ is worse than no writ at all . |
| 29 | Bonhams ' disclaimer for quality of service at the beginning should sound a note of warning : bad restoration is worse than no restoration . |
| 30 | The route , at least , was what they 'd said , and so with nothing worse than the altitude to battle against , we reached the summit with ample time to absorb the views . |