Example sentences of "as bad [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps it was n't as bad as it looked , and in any case one could n't go on sitting here , being stared at by the whole of St Petrock's-on-Sea while Chignell waved smelling salts under one 's nose . |
| 2 | The contour lines on the map were remarkably close together for the final descent but we decided it could n't be as bad as it looked . |
| 3 | ‘ It was n't as bad as it looked , ’ Sacco said . |
| 4 | It was , I did n't erm believe that the picture of constraint that was painted in appendix two was quite as bad as it looked . |
| 5 | ‘ Not as bad as it looked on first assessment . |
| 6 | things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts |
| 7 | things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts |
| 8 | That is not as bad as it sounds . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | What happened , what , it 's not as bad as it sounds , it 'll . |
| 11 | But is it as bad as it sounds ? |
| 12 | Still , it did n't smell as bad as it sounded . |
| 13 | If so was it as bad as it sounded on the radio ? |
| 14 | He had her foot in his hand before she could stop him and his indrawn breath made her aware that it looked as bad as it felt . |
| 15 | Did it sound as bad as it felt ? ’ |
| 16 | But it is not as bad as it seems , and it is fairly typical for any dozen books selected at random . |
| 17 | The ascent from here to the summit looks fairly fearsome but it is not as bad as it seems . |
| 18 | This is n't as bad as it seems ; switching a PC on and off does it more harm than leaving it powered up . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Its not actually as bad as it seems . |
| 21 | It does n't taste as bad as it smells . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But the news is n't as bad as it looks . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 |