Example sentences of "[vb infin] a worse [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | For example , leaving rates of women employees may show a worse picture than for male employees . |
2 | After the disastrous presidency of George Bush , Arfur Daley himself could n't do a worse job . |
3 | Similarly both the Rathenau Advisory Group in the Netherlands and the Industrial Institute of Economic and Social Research in Stockholm , carried out simulations which indicated that slow introduction of microelectronic technology would have a worse effect on employment than keeping up with other countries . |
4 | Recognising that relocation may have a worse effect on married staff than on single workers , it is not unusual to find that they receive higher allowances . |
5 | " I could n't have a worse offer if I lived to be a hundred . |
6 | By the end of the year he was predicting , in research carried out for the Scottish National Party , that unemployment would have a worse impact in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK , reflecting the poorer social conditions prevalent there . |
7 | If you do n't watch out , you can get a worse habit than the one you started with . |
8 | ‘ The public will get a worse railway for more money , ’ he claimed . |
9 | Can you imagine a worse fate than being condemned to listen to the endless trivia that surround most criminal prosecutions ? |
10 | ‘ I can not imagine a worse torture than not knowing how long your pension will be paid , ’ Mr Trench told a London news conference before they marched to Parliament to lobby their MPs . |