Example sentences of "[verb] [be] worse [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Britain 's performance since the war has been worse than that of many of her competitors , then the Crown must take part of the blame . |
| 2 | Today it has been worse and it is getting worse now . |
| 3 | Implying that the water we supply is worse than what 's in Europe , and the sewage effluence we put into rivers is not as good as the rest of Europe . |
| 4 | Doubtless you will find yourself in positions where what I 've said is worse than useless , and facing foes who have thought of tricks I would never have dreamed of . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes neglect is worse than abuse . ’ |
| 6 | His injuries would have been worse but for Territorial Army training supervisor Mr Colin Wilberforce , who risked his life to drag Mr Samson away before the grenade exploded . |
| 7 | There is no doubt at all that without the peacekeeping force the war would have been worse than it was . |
| 8 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
| 9 | Undoubtedly the people left behind can experience immense dislocation , amounting in extreme cases to complete social and economic dereliction , but with no economic base to support a larger rural population , conditions would have been worse if those who moved to the towns had chosen to remain in the countryside . |
| 10 | He also admitted beating Mr Leyland , although the injuries would have been worse if his friends had not intervened . |
| 11 | Another brother they tried to contact was worse than useless apparently . |
| 12 | Poor Ruth , thou hast been worse than dead . |
| 13 | But there was some comfort in the figures for the Government and for an already hard-pressed pound , which could have faced another battering if the deficit had been worse than the expected £1.5billion . |
| 14 | ‘ She had been worse than usual , when one evening she said , very clearly , ‘ Joe ’ . |
| 15 | It had been worse than he had expected , but he had seen it through and without disgrace . |
| 16 | For Labour , Mr. Kinnock has said he is appalled by the figures which he claims are worse than he expected . |
| 17 | Mind you he 's been worse than he usually is today . |