Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] worse [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the relations between the trade unions and the judiciary are worse than they were in the period immediately following the Taff Vale decision in 1901 . |
| 2 | Partial partnership is worse than none |
| 3 | Since the same argument applies to in vitro fertilization by donor , which the Committee recommended should be available on a properly organized basis , the case against surrogacy continues as follows : ‘ Further the intrusion is worse than in the case of AID , since the contribution of the carrying mother is greater , more intimate and personal , than the contribution of a semen donor . |
| 4 | This tip does not apply if you are camping at Aviemore however , where imagining your surroundings in daylight is worse than anything Hell can come up with . |
| 5 | It was still dark and the weather was wet and foggy , but the blue fog inside the car was worse as the Substitute lit his third pungent little Tuscan cigar . |
| 6 | The humiliation was worse because it was so public , and it was a good thing that Annabel had not been in New York when the news broke , when gloating gossip writers had jammed Scott and Annabel 's home phones with their venomous questions . |
| 7 | The figure was worse than expected and the company does not anticipate any improvement in the overall year results . |
| 8 | The scale of disrepair disclosed by the survey affects all tenure sectors although , as usual , the condition in the private rented sector is worse than elsewhere ; for example , one in six dwellings in the private sector was found to be unfit for human habitation … |
| 9 | Their bite is worse than a horse 's — |
| 10 | But in some ways the law was worse than it was ten years ago . |
| 11 | The crush in the bar was worse than before the show , but this time Charles was luckier . |
| 12 | In fact , I gave her more thinking time than I 'd bargained for as the crush at the bar was worse than when we 'd arrived . |
| 13 | Bismuth is still used by some practitioners as an adjunct to penicillin therapy , but in most centres the advent of penicillin and other antibiotics has , at long last , brought an end to the many centuries during which the treatment of syphilis was worse than the disease itself . |
| 14 | Bonhams ' disclaimer for quality of service at the beginning should sound a note of warning : bad restoration is worse than no restoration . |
| 15 | ‘ Your German is worse and worse . |
| 16 | Yes , the American safety record is worse than ours . |
| 17 | It creaked open , and the sound was worse than the bangs . |
| 18 | A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes . |
| 19 | Everyone agreed that tinnitus was worse when they were tired , particularly when they were mentally tired rather than physically tired . |
| 20 | For Claire King , the European promotions manager for EMI , going to the hairdresser is worse than going to the dentist . |
| 21 | The 38 lenders are also thought to have been told that trading is worse than at any time since the current owner took over in the late 1980s . |
| 22 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that there is no serious argument about the fact that the members of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce are fearful about a possible change of Government , and that the only question open to debate is whether higher taxation is worse than higher interest rates , and whether either is worse than higher inflation ? |
| 23 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |
| 24 | To grow old in vice was worse than to die . |
| 25 | 1.39 It is clear from Walkley v Precision Forgings that an unserved writ is worse than no writ at all . |
| 26 | When stenosis is the cause of severe symptoms , the prognosis without valve replacement is worse than that of many cancers , with a three year mortality around 75% Balloon valvoplasty offers only short term palliation . |
| 27 | It has been shown that in performing sequences of three such movements aphasics are worse than non-aphasic left brain damaged patients who in turn are worse than patients with right brain damage . |
| 28 | But society is worse than impossible without control of conflict … |
| 29 | Dr Mostafa Tolba , executive director of the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) , has said that damage to the ozone layer is worse than previously thought and has proposed advancing a ban on ozone-destroying chemicals by four years to the start of 1996 . |
| 30 | There was dirt underneath my fingernails and my hangover was worse than normal , as the result of weeks of drinking throbbed through my head and churned my stomach . |