Example sentences of "[adv] have been a bad [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some might think a little delayed public spending on roads would not have been a bad idea at that time . |
| 2 | I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if ATP wanted to demonstrate that they really are interested in the welfare of more than just the top 75 , as some of their lower-ranked members have recently suggested , then helping Birmingham through its current difficulties , which one hopes are only temporary , would not have been a bad thing . |
| 4 | It could n't have been a worse morning for the Queen of England to visit us . |
| 5 | Which , to Charles ' mind , would n't have been a bad thing . |