Example sentences of "bad as [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | its true , their , their both , their both at fault and I think a bad tempered driver is every as bit as bad as a drunken driver . |
| 2 | All of which helps to explain why Mr Kohl 's chances of winning re-election do not look as bad as a shrinking economy , growing budget deficit , and foreign-policy gridlock might lead you to expect . |
| 3 | At the end of the day , an absolute commitment to cultural insiderism is as bad as an absolute commitment to biological insiderism . |
| 4 | Once again she suffered badly from morning-sickness although it was n't as bad as the first time . |
| 5 | I tried to persuade him that things could n't be so bad as the French paper made out or he would have been wired for . |
| 6 | I find it a very useful thing , and I am as bad as the next person at chatting merrily away with little thought of time or the expense of it . |
| 7 | The New Left was in practice turning out to be almost as bad as the Old Left when it came to defining political priorities and treating women as the cheer-leaders , nurturers and sexual services brigade of the revolution . |
| 8 | The first part , on the promenade , was not so bad as the last lap up into the town centre where all the local talent was collected round the cinema and amusement arcade or merely loafing about the pavement . |
| 9 | Gloria said it was n't half as bad as the last place . |
| 10 | It 's as bad as the Big Dipper at Blackpool . |
| 11 | If things are as bad as the hon. Gentleman says , will my right hon. Friend ask the business men why the west midlands has managed to attract so much investment in manufacturing from abroad , why foreign countries have chosen to locate in the United Kingdom and whether they believe that those people would stay if they had to experience the burden of heavy taxation , job losses and days lost in strikes that would occur with the return of a Labour Government ? |