Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] worse " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once again problems were recognised , which would only grow worse if not checked . |
| 2 | If you want to live with it a while , then do n't try to deliberately hook or slice the ball ; it will only wobble worse . |
| 3 | ‘ Mummy 's arthritis can only get worse . |
| 4 | I ca n't help thinking things will only get worse when I have the baby . |
| 5 | With unemployment and general economic disarray on the rise , the feeling in the city is that things can only get worse . |
| 6 | It could only get worse for poor Mr Collins as room and meal materialised , but at least he acknowledged of the Cornish in general that they had , ‘ no propensity to jeer at strangers ’ . |
| 7 | This situation is putting you under a lot of strain , and things will only get worse if you do n't act now . |
| 8 | The move will add to the em-barrassment and humiliation heaped on Mr Lamont in recent weeks , and it will only get worse . |
| 9 | The 29-year-old Widnes maestro was forced to pull out of Great Britain 's tour of Australasia in the summer because of a persistent groin strain and said : ‘ I feel the injury can only get worse over the next couple of months . ’ . |
| 10 | Once parents start to try and rationalize the situation , over-compensate or feel guilty about their children not liking each other , the situation will only get worse . |
| 11 | It is a vile and despicable trade as any horse lover knows and unless something is decided about the minimum value law soon , by 1992 it will only get worse . |
| 12 | So once a person becomes unconscious , remember they 've got to go to hospital because they can only get worse , right , there is n't any , enough sugar in that body to , to be able to work properly so they 'll only get worse . |
| 13 | So once a person becomes unconscious , remember they 've got to go to hospital because they can only get worse , right , there is n't any , enough sugar in that body to , to be able to work properly so they 'll only get worse . |
| 14 | She fears Swindon 's housing problems can only get worse . |
| 15 | What is clear , however , is that the problems facing the water industry are their most difficult yet and that unless some action is taken , the problems can only get worse . |
| 16 | After yesterday 's announcement of huge cuts in the defence budget , things can only get worse . |
| 17 | It can only get worse as the long Winter stretches ahead . |
| 18 | Things can only get worse then . |
| 19 | Otherwise it 'll only get worse . |
| 20 | Well that sort of problem will only get worse |
| 21 | Things will just get worse if you do n't face this thing . |
| 22 | If you do notice something unusual which you are sure is not a software problem , then you should take a careful look for the cause or things will just get worse , possibly with more serious consequences . |
| 23 | The situation could easily get worse if something is not done immediately and I suggest moving the travellers away from the centre of town to the outskirts onto a piece of disused land for example until a short-term site has been rented or a permanent site set-up . |
| 24 | It is ‘ natural ’ , Harkabi warned , that such conflict should always get worse . |
| 25 | Cos er it 's only gon na gradually get worse and worse |
| 26 | At that time the presence of these pupils was seen as a problem , one that would very probably get worse before ( and most people predicted ) natural processes of assimilation and dispersal meant that it got better . |
| 27 | It is thought that bitches of breed with a tendency to be dominant will often become worse after they are spayed . |
| 28 | The clear message from the conference was that without adequate facilities , many head injured patients will fail to improve and could even get worse . |
| 29 | When views and feelings , previously hidden , do get a chance to show themselves , the situation may indeed seem worse . |