Example sentences of "it [be] bad [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's bad luck to say its true name . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's bad luck to talk about it . ’ |
| 3 | It 's bad manners to talk about the Holocaust . ’ |
| 4 | But I always have a fork , a knife and fork ; it 's … it 's bad manners to eat with your fingers . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's bad news having accidents . |
| 6 | " It 's bad practice to keep your woodstore above deck , " said Richard . |
| 7 | There is a strong tradition that it is bad luck to disturb a standing stone or stone circle and fear of retribution has undoubtedly helped preserve many that might otherwise have been removed for building stone , gateposts and the like . |
| 8 | It is bad style to begin an answer to a problem by citing a string of cases . |
| 9 | It is bad business to ignore the older consumer , and doing so leaves everyone the poorer . |
| 10 | The modern trend in medicine — like the ancient biblical view — is to see human beings as whole people , recognizing that it is bad practice to treat separate parts of a person without looking at the total man or woman . |
| 11 | The first is that when a property is subject to restrictive covenants , it is bad practice to burden the title with a fresh covenant to observe them , unless it is really necessary to protect a seller , who will remain personally responsible for their observance . |
| 12 | Of course you might want to take a very purist line and say that it is bad manners to remind others of their bad manners . |
| 13 | NOTE In some cultures , especially among Asian women , it is bad manners to make eye contact and may upset the other person . |
| 14 | So developed did the cult of personality in Northern Nigeria become that even in dealing with rude and warlike pagans it was bad form to stoop to securing their acquiescence in the will of the government by resort to force . |