Example sentences of "[is] [adv] bad as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing is so bad as having to imagine . ’ |
| 2 | In Poems and Versions ( Carcanet , £6.95 ) David Wright 's contribution to this sub-genre is so bad as to be fascinating : I turn the leaves of memory To see you , prince of Rathbone Place , In blackout years , defying with Magnanimous and careless spirit … |
| 3 | You sitting on the sofa is as bad as letting the dog on it . ’ |
| 4 | Nobody is as bad as Aveling looks . |
| 5 | This points to Eleanor of Provence , Edward 's mother and consort of Henry III , whose reputation is as bad as that of Eleanor of Castile is good — though not for David Gordon , who seems to think that because she 's said to be ‘ of Provence ’ , this puts her above suspicion . |
| 6 | It has reiterated Israel 's long-maintained refusal to consider returning any of the Golan Heights to Syria , adding , for good measure , that the Syrian regime is as bad as the Iraqi one . |
| 7 | Underpriced trips simply increase until congestion is as bad as before , and smog worse . |
| 8 | We 've had various explanations , including the British Post Office telling us that Australia 's strike record is as bad as Britain 's and that there have been numerous disputes that have delayed the mail to that country . |
| 9 | their BAAA ! is as bad as their BITE . |
| 10 | ‘ Assuming the situation is as bad as we are hearing , we can not wait much longer , ’ said the spokesman , Commander Barry Frewer . |
| 11 | However , the issue is a lively one today , since some contemporary utilitarians adopt a highly rigorist outlook ( arguing , for example , that not to have done all one personally might to feed the starving in far off places is as bad as murder ) which other moral philosophers see as the reductio ad absurdum of utilitarianism . |
| 12 | At the end of the day , an absolute commitment to cultural insiderism is as bad as an absolute commitment to biological insiderism . |
| 13 | ‘ This is as bad as that castle on Khul , ’ she muttered . |
| 14 | ‘ A fellow at work said the class system here is as bad as the caste system in India . ’ |
| 15 | The truth of the first of these dicta is easy to see : any change may make matters worse rather than better ; only in a system which is as bad as it can possibly be , can change be introduced which must be beneficial . |
| 16 | If that is starting again , it is as bad as what is going on in Mogadishu . |
| 17 | Coun Tony Richmond , leader of the Tory group on Darlington council , says litter and pollution in the river is as bad as ever and has called for swift action . |
| 18 | It 's as bad as the Big Dipper at Blackpool . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's as bad as a war wi' you two , ’ Thomasina had said . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're very kind , Sean , but maybe if it 's as bad as that my husband would want to go himself … . ’ |
| 21 | having the flu , near a fortnight ago now , she 's on these pills and she 's as bad as ever , and not sleeping again . |
| 22 | Then of course , me Dad , when that closed down , it was like everything else , it 's as bad as it is today , for jobs . |
| 23 | God — it 's as bad as marriage ! ’ |
| 24 | But you do n't get that choice you do n't er and to me I , I hate going because the , you , you got everyone seems to be , it 's , it 's as bad as a road really with the trolleys erm and I badly miss this over-the-counter service but er |
| 25 | the next day it 's as bad as ever . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's as bad as can be , ’ Chambers said . |
| 27 | She 's as bad as me and you ! |
| 28 | Your mum 's as bad as Albert ! |
| 29 | I do n't think it 's as bad as that here but I do n't think it can ever happen here , hopefully . |