Example sentences of "[be] bad [subord] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watched by her baffled cat , Mildred squeezed through the gap and hopped away down the corridor , convinced that nothing could be worse than just sitting helplessly in her room . |
| 2 | Revised estimates drawn up by the government and central bank towards the end of 1989 showed the country 's economic situation to be worse than previously thought , with a current-account deficit of dollars 2,029 million for 1988 , although the situation was expected to improve in the early 1990s as a result of increased oil revenues . |
| 3 | The view is likely to be controversial , as other research indicates that ozone loss could be worse than previously thought and that the problem could last for many generations . |
| 4 | Dr Mostafa Tolba , executive director of the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) , has said that damage to the ozone layer is worse than previously thought and has proposed advancing a ban on ozone-destroying chemicals by four years to the start of 1996 . |
| 5 | It was worse than ever getting up the companion , much worse than last time . |