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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	Sometimes doing everything can be worse than nothing. But what can be worse than being dead? Women are affected disproportionately by this type of violence and the situation can be worse if the woman is dependent on the offender economically, socially or as regards her right to residence. It can be worse than I remembered. What can be worse than standing here with you? We don't want to accept that it can be worse somewhere else, or better. Nothing can be worse than that. The situation can be worse, and become more serious, with children's skin, which is more permeable than adult skin; the quality of what is put onto, or rubbed into, that skin can therefore really make a difference in terms of health.

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Sometimes doing everything can be worse than nothing.
But what can be worse than being dead?
Women are affected disproportionately by this type of violence and the situation can be worse if the woman is dependent on the offender economically, socially or as regards her right to residence.
It can be worse than I remembered.
What can be worse than standing here with you?
We don't want to accept that it can be worse somewhere else, or better.
Nothing can be worse than that.
The situation can be worse, and become more serious, with children's skin, which is more permeable than adult skin; the quality of what is put onto, or rubbed into, that skin can therefore really make a difference in terms of health.