Example sentences of "have a bad " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 " I could n't have a worse offer if I lived to be a hundred .
5 This will probably have a worse risk-benefit trade off than the formalised use of league tables .
6 This will probably have a worse risk-benefit trade off than the formalised use of league tables .
7 So sometimes a horse may only have a bad habit in relation to a certain rider , and in that case it will be the rider who will need the extra training .
8 Having to check your watch will have a bad effect on the way you handle the interview and what you learn from it .
9 Your holiday will have a bad start if you have to struggle with luggage , deal with train cancellations , and endure a frantic rush to reach the plane just in time .
10 ‘ I did n't have a bad curry on the last night , ’ I replied , after come consideration .
11 They might have a bad past but they 've got something which saves them .
12 Benson says : ‘ Whatever profession you 're in , you can have a bad night — like you might misspell a word sometimes .
13 They might have a bad past but they 've got something which saves them .
14 Despite the moral panics which occasionally blow up — as for example when two IRA suspects escaped from Brixton prison in July 1991 — the English penal system does not have a bad record over ‘ security ’ , in the sense of keeping prisoners inside prison .
15 Er , I agree with them that the elderly do have a bad deal , but if e , if somebody 's got to take money off well surely sho , the government should be taking a cut ten to twenty percent off of their damned wages !
16 ‘ He could have a bad week swingwise and still win by five shots because he 'd somehow make the best of his opportunities , no matter how limited they were .
17 ‘ I am never on the Pacific coast in el Niño year , ’ Rodriguez said , still smiling , ‘ but if the rains of the Amazon slip across the Cordilleras you will maybe have a bad flight to Cajamarca .
18 Particularly if you discover that that child did n't have a bad characteristic in their in their ego before this event occurred , and so on .
19 Everything that Labour says about public spending shows that it is completely indifferent to inflation , which would have a bad effect on unemployment .
20 We would like them to acquire more , of course , but they do not have a bad record .
21 And your father must have a good side , but he must also have a bad one .
22 No it 's er the initial the initial report that 's gone back has said that you 're gon na have a bad knee very shortly but apart from that you 'll be inflicted with some physical injury .
23 Did you have a bad lunch chair ?
24 The auditor also criticised prices which he said had been too low in the past and meant a marked increase last year , which could have a bad effect on demand .
25 ‘ Does n't your firm have a bad reputation ? ’
26 Well we ca n't have a bad year presumably it means you do n't pay tax .
27 To build up his pot , because he might have a bad month , or he might want to go on holiday .
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