Example sentences of "[be] badly [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this good control , plus the fine grip and limited body roll , are badly let down in the driver appeal stakes by the steering . |
| 2 | Her lungs are badly scarred , her throat is damaged , her sense of taste and smell have almost completely gone and she suffers severe mood swings . |
| 3 | Of 130 dams constructed in the last 50 years in the Masvingo District , more than half are badly silted ( Elwell 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Historical sites and ancient monuments that are badly presented , providing little or no explanation , seldom achieve popularity as tourist sites unless they are unique and already world-famous , as in the case of Stonehenge , in Wiltshire . |
| 5 | ‘ These panes of glass are bullet proof and will not shatter , but if they are badly weakened a large , frightened animal like a bear may be able to force its way through and the consequences would be very severe ’ . |
| 6 | The rooms are badly heated , the facilities are okay and and it 's been , it 's been an okay experience so far . |
| 7 | Now if these issues are badly handled , yes there could be civil war between the Republics . |
| 8 | Deaths have also been reported in the United States , and if recovery is possible , then vital organs such as the liver , kidneys and lungs are badly damaged . |
| 9 | I wonder if it is here that the pictures are to appear , worrying that the seats are badly arranged , pointing the wrong way , that we wo n't be able to see them properly . |
| 10 | Used as part of the walls in the later fabric , a number are badly mutilated as a result . |
| 11 | YOU ca n't enjoy good beer if the pubs that serve them are badly run or have been modernised in a vulgar and insensitive fashion . |
| 12 | The arguments against housing mentally handicapped people in such institutions are not founded , in the main , on the premise that they are badly run or insensitive to the needs of their ‘ patients ’ , but rather that no mentally handicapped person should be institutionalised and segregated from the community as a whole unless they require hospital and medical care . |
| 13 | I think the big national companies are badly run . |
| 14 | And on the physical health side , enormous numbers of children are badly fed , physically neglected , by the loving parents who bore them ! |
| 15 | On the Somerset Levels , inundated by heavy floods in 1872 and 1873 , a report described how ‘ Ague set in early in the spring and is now very prevalent … among the poorer families who are badly fed and clothed . ’ |
| 16 | A novel scatty yet dense , as when events are badly related in real life . |
| 17 | But Arab journalists who have visited the area lately say the Arab radicals are badly split , have no central organisation and live in fear of expulsion or arrest . |
| 18 | And in a social context of too few well-trained and experienced mathematics teachers , where the parents of boys are more likely to complain if their children are badly taught , the girls ' classes may well be assigned the less competent or less experienced teachers . |
| 19 | Questions which ask for a ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ answer are badly devised and do not carry the interview forward in a constructive way . |
| 20 | If old galvanised cisterns are badly corroded , they should be replaced with a cistern made from one of the other materials . |
| 21 | My window sills are badly rotting in places . |
| 22 | ‘ I know they are badly staffed there and the nurses are working very hard but it should be a bit better organised . |
| 23 | Too many customers wait too long for replies to their complaint — replies which in too many cases are badly written and do not deal with all aspects of the complaint . |
| 24 | In Britain , working-class women are badly represented on full-time university psychology courses . |
| 25 | The Pang , Ver and Misbourne rivers , already suffering from over-abstraction , are badly affected . |
| 26 | Women in particular are badly affected , because they tend to have the lowest paid jobs and to spend several years looking after children . |
| 27 | As with hypochlorites all are badly affected by the presence of dirt . |
| 28 | QACs are badly affected by hard water and are progressively inactivated by dirt and other organic substances . |
| 29 | The cost of sporting involvement may not , in most cases is not , realized during early phases , but , on reflection , many black sportsmen believe their academic results are badly affected by an overconcentration on sport . |
| 30 | People who already have breathing problems are badly affected if pollution levels are high when they come into the city centre . |