Example sentences of "as the worst " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite what was then described as the worst financial recession for fifty years , the Mallaig train sold out in just nine days , there being no shortage of takers for seats which by now were creeping up towards the £40 mark , and beyond the pockets of the traditional excursion-train traveller . |
| 2 | They heard Jack Jones , the former transport workers ' union leader , condemn British pensions as the worst in Europe and denounce means-testing for pensioners . |
| 3 | In Kharkov and Poltava lack of fuel was cited as the worst problem of all . |
| 4 | Raven regarded Karl Barth as the worst menace to sane rational thinking . |
| 5 | HOSPITALS in many parts of England and Wales may be put on ‘ red alert ’ and ban non-emergency admissions from today as the worst flu epidemic for 14 years sweeps the country , increasing admissions and seriously depleting nursing staff . |
| 6 | Hospitals in many parts of England and Wales may be put on red alert and ban non-emergency admissions as the worst flu epidemic for 14 years sweeps the country . |
| 7 | New crime figures for England and Wales confirmed 1990 as the worst year on record , with recorded crimes up 17% to more than 4m . |
| 8 | The RUC moved in and triggered what Farrell describes as the worst rioting since 1935 . |
| 9 | But where I thought of this part of the game as the worst , Ken positively savoured it . |
| 10 | Songqiao ( 1988 ) describes the Mu-Us sandy region on the southeastern margin of the Ordos plateau and the Kolshin sandy region of the west Liao River basin as the worst cases of desertification in Chinese history . |
| 11 | However , this year Mildred was older and hopefully wiser ( at any rate she was more full of good intentions than ever ) and she was quite determined to lose her reputation as the worst witch in the school . |
| 12 | Also on the baby hit-list were cut-price Kwiksave as the worst supermarket chain , Debenhams as worst store , Wimpy the worst restaurant and the now-defunct Dan-Air as worst airline . |
| 13 | The Halloween night fight at London 's Earls Court was hyped as the worst nightmare for one of the boxers . |
| 14 | The weekend storms , which have left at least 111 people dead , are already being described as the worst of the century . |
| 15 | The toll in what will go down as the worst rioting in US history is incomprehensible . |
| 16 | The number of skin cancer cases in Britain has doubled in 10 years , with the South West as the worst area . |
| 17 | His son is being held at Bangkok 's Immigration Detention Centre , regarded by British Embassy staff as the worst jail in the city . |
| 18 | His next direction project is a biopic of EDWARD D WOOD , acknowledged as the worst film director of all time . |
| 19 | He knew now why Aeroflot was known as the worst airline in the world . |
| 20 | The Italian government describes Denmark 's presidency of the European Community as the worst since Britain 's . |
| 21 | It 's all good-humoured teasing and winding up , and for my part I 've long since ceased to care whether or not anyone regards me as the worst climber in the world or some sort of antediluvian relic with no rights to any opinion on ‘ rock climbing as it is done these days . ’ |
| 22 | All knew that they would have to pass through what has been described as a maelstrom , and that they would have to rely on the seamanship of their coxswain to reach the relative safety of open water ; there would be no second chance in conditions which were described as the worst in living memory . ’ |
| 23 | For a company which in its 90 years ' existence has made its share of bad decisions , this may rank as the worst of them all . |
| 24 | It is significant that the Prussian army , the most successful and admired of the age , used a heavy musket which was generally regarded as the worst in Europe . |
| 25 | We have to remember in terms of timing that we started with the Gulf War and then moved into perhaps what will be seen as the worst recession since the '30s . |
| 26 | Four people died and 34 were injured on Oct. 5 in rioting in Lomé , described as the worst disturbances in 23 years of one-party rule . |
| 27 | Some 200,000 members were expected to lose most of their savings in what was described as the worst collapse of a deposit-taking institution in Australia since 1990 . |
| 28 | In what was widely described as the worst civil unrest since independence , rioting erupted in Bamako , the capital , on Jan. 21 after the police banned two anti-government demonstrations demanding political reforms and the introduction of multiparty democracy . |
| 29 | The ruling RPT firmly rejected in May a return to a multiparty system government [ see p. 37809 ] , but after mass protests and rioting in Lomé in October , described as the worst disturbances in 23 years of one-party rule , the RPT central committee approved a proposal for the drafting of a new constitution which was expected to provide for political pluralism [ see p. 37767 ] . |
| 30 | In a report to the UK Royal Geographical Society in October 1990 three British scientists described the devastation resulting from the shrinking of the Aral Sea [ see also p. 36791 ] as the worst " ecological disaster " in the world . |