Example sentences of "[be] bad for [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 It would be bad for my fucking head , but you must be very in
2 Far from being the healthy breakfast choice , some cereals can be bad for your heart , says the report in Which ?
3 KEEP FIT videos can be bad for your health — giving you slipped discs or torn ligaments , it is claimed today .
4 But too much alcohol can be bad for your heart and your liver and cause problems at work , with family and friends .
5 It 's ‘ Thou hast already and , this being the case , thou mightest as well go on doing it , since if thou doth n't , it might be bad for thine psyche , and anyway if we told thee not to , thou wouldst accuse us of being prejudiced and go on doing it all the same . ’
6 Low interest rates are seen — government can not win — as being bad for their savings .
7 That is bad for their allies and themselves , but it is hardly new .
8 Even though most women know that smoking in pregnancy is bad for their baby 's health , being linked with low birthweight , premature birth and miscarriage , 25 per cent of pregnant women carry on smoking .
9 And it is bad for his cash flow .
10 ‘ Well , I always take a nap of an afternoon and when you rap the knocker it startles me , which is bad for my nerves . ’
11 Lucy is bad for your psyche .
12 TRYING to get fit quickly after the Christmas binge is bad for your health , experts warn today .
13 Cushions and pads may help for a while but they will never convert a seat or chair that is bad for your back into one which gives you comfort and relief .
14 It may not be just the drink that is bad for your health .
15 Lead-free petrol is bad for your car 's health , according to motor mechanics who say they 're repairing dozens of cars which have been damaged by it .
16 An amendment that the palace be run jointly with the Graduate Union was turned down on the grounds that ‘ the Graduates are too old and it 's bad for their health . ’
17 No they do n't it 's bad for her diet .
18 ‘ It 's bad for your digestion , mother , too much tea . ’
19 Officially it 's bad for your health .
20 It 's bad for your health
21 I might as well say it ; I am fed up with people writing to me and saying : ‘ Do n't touch the Ouija board ; it 's bad for your health ’ . ’
22 Salt 's bad for your heart so
23 Yes I do know it 's bad for my health as a matter of fact , that 's why I like it .
24 ‘ Do n't do that , Irish , it 's bad for my blood pressure , ’ he murmured in her ear .
25 It 's bad for my nerves — and unnecessary .
26 I am quite satisfied with the performance of the tyres but am unwilling to use them if they are bad for my Land Rover in the long run .
27 They thought that my father was a bad parent because he dressed Eric in girl 's clothes and let him run wild , and my mother let them take him because she did n't like children in general and Eric in particular ; she thought he was bad for her karma in some way .
28 My father never went to the cinema because the technicolour was bad for his epilepsy .
29 We were told by our parents that it was bad for our health to drink a lot of water in such heat , so we all became very thin , as well as very brown , in the sun .
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