But it was taken as a positive because it was not as bad as forecasts.
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Finally, Danish taxes--while plenty high--are not as bad as the whopping 63% income tax suggests.
Though the cuts were deep and painful, they were not as bad as once feared.
"You just hope and pray that it's not as bad as it looks, " said Delabar.
"I'm glad it's not as bad as what it could have been, " he added.
But in this case a pretty restrictive REMS was still not as bad as expected.
Greece had already reached crisis conditions by then, though not as bad as now.
Also encouraging for the bulls is that May is not as bad as advertised.
"These figures are not as bad as they could have been, " added Mr Robertson.
The deterioration of Europe's productivity growth is probably not as bad as it seems.
In any case, they argue, it's probably not as bad as the Chinese and others say.
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"Our hurricane season is pretty bad, but not as bad as this was, " Lagafuaina said.
For a start, the news from Equitas was not as bad as had been feared.
That's not as bad as it sounds, since the tax will typically be at the child's rate.
He'll try to reassure the country that the current economic malaise is not as bad as it seems.
So when she threw up, the result was "not as bad as you'd think, " Berkman said on Thursday.
Barca hope to have Messi back for that match, as his injury is not as bad as feared.
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But if the recession was not as bad as expected, the recovery has been a great deal worse.
To be sure, the legislation is not as bad as it might have been with respect to Cuba.
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So far Zhao says that Shanghai and Guangzhou are not as bad as he had heard from friends.
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He says today's unemployment rate is not as bad as in previous eras.
She has quite a few stitches under her chin and her shoulder is not as bad as first thought.
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Best Buy holiday sales were not as bad as some investors had feared.
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It is always possible to point to a worse situation and say "see, it's not as bad as this".
Bankers in Europe argue that the loss of trust there is not as bad as it is in America.
But at least it is not as bad as the (in)famous mother of all planning disasters: The Sydney Opera House.
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In his speech, Mr Greenspan was anxious to point out that conditions were not as bad as in late 1998.
Conditions in North Korea remain grim, but not as bad as last year when the country suffered a severe drought.
Meanwhile, Rangers say the knee injury to Kyle Lafferty, carried off against PSV, is not as bad as first feared.
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