Example sentences of "bad as it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is not as bad as it sounds . |
| 2 | In engineering , cellulose is never used in the completely dry condition so that the range of strength and stiffness is not quite as bad as it sounds . |
| 3 | What happened , what , it 's not as bad as it sounds , it 'll . |
| 4 | But it is n't so bad as it sounds , really it is n't . |
| 5 | But is it as bad as it sounds ? |
| 6 | The balance-of-payments deficit is not as bad as it looks , partly because it stems from private sector choices rather than public sector profligacy , and is thus inherently less inflationary as individuals can not resort to the printing press to ease the burden of their debt ; and partly because much of it may be imaginary , since the figures omit the ‘ balancing item ’ of unrecorded net receipts from overseas assets . |
| 7 | But the news is n't as bad as it looks . |
| 8 | However it is n't quite as bad as it looks because the amount that you will have paid in will only feel like £4,520 . |
| 9 | But it is not as bad as it seems , and it is fairly typical for any dozen books selected at random . |
| 10 | The ascent from here to the summit looks fairly fearsome but it is not as bad as it seems . |
| 11 | This is n't as bad as it seems ; switching a PC on and off does it more harm than leaving it powered up . |
| 12 | Month after month , as the British economy has languished in a deep and damaging recession , the only reaction from a puzzled and beleaguered Government is the claim that it is not as bad as it seems and that good times are round the corner . |
| 13 | Its not actually as bad as it seems . |
| 14 | There 's a lot of erm , conflicting ideas about using Abbey 's rate book and , and you might look very confusing in itself , but actually it 's not half so bad as it seems . |
| 15 | It does n't taste as bad as it smells . |
| 16 | I mean today I 'm not gon na open me shopping on the bus but I mean it 's not nearly as bad as it has been |