Example sentences of "not [adv] bad as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then , it is not so bad as to give you taxi syndrome . |
| 2 | Entering the train was not so bad as entering the eastbound one would have been . |
| 3 | Both defecting ( refusing to pull ticks off ) is pretty bad , but not so bad as putting effort into pulling another 's ticks off and still ending up infested with ticks oneself . |
| 4 | The punishment was hard because Maggie would miss her visit , but it was not so bad as losing some of her pay . |
| 5 | Beating of maid by princesses not as bad as painted , jury told . |
| 6 | Mr Alistair McDuff , for the princesses , told the court Mrs Swami 's treatment in the summer of 1983 was dreadful , but in previous years things were not as bad as painted by her . |
| 7 | At the barrier at Gatwick , I was met by a friendly policeman who told me that the injuries were not as bad as had at first been thought , and that none of my family was in danger — news which immediately reduced me to tears . |
| 8 | Den Bosch , Netherlands-based Tulip Computers NV reported a loss — the first in its history — of about $8m for 1992 , and said it is cutting out the dividend , but the shares improved about 8% after the company said that it expected better 1993 results — and the loss was not as bad as had been feared : analysts had seen a loss of as much as $13m . |
| 9 | Chernobyl effects " not as bad as feared " |