Example sentences of "be [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That dusty old painting on the wall could well be worth a small fortune once inside an auction house . |
| 2 | One explanation could be that the prospect of defeat now seems to him , if not inevitable , then at least sufficiently likely to be worth a contingency wager . |
| 3 | ‘ Your house will be worth a lot more now , ’ people remarked brightly , which observation — if it brought forth a reply at all — was countered by a snapped : ‘ I did n't buy it as an investment ’ . |
| 4 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 5 | That ought to be worth a bonus , a debt Wolstenholme could recover . |
| 6 | And the free publicity the event will gain will be worth a fortune . |
| 7 | MADONNA 's new contract with Warner Brothers is said to be worth a cool $60 million . |
| 8 | ‘ Supposed to be worth a million pounds , ’ his voice sank to a whisper . |
| 9 | BUT as the 2.5 turbo does not have the best reputation , it may be worth a try . |
| 10 | They must be worth a mint of money . |
| 11 | ‘ They must be worth a fortune . ’ |
| 12 | What has not been developed to the same extent is the suggestiveness of his work on the novel for theories of genre , a suggestiveness which I will only touch on here , but which seems to me to be worth a great deal more investigation and discussion . |
| 13 | ( A band of this stature would be worth a costly legal battle ) . |
| 14 | They were very much caught up in the opinion that if they were an indie band , it could n't possibly be worth a major record company taking them seriously . |
| 15 | Though a picture may sometimes be worth a thousand words , this may not be true when it comes to drawing out facts from figures . |
| 16 | Or suppose that your husband gave you a cheque for £15,000 ; would n't that be worth a hug ? |
| 17 | There is one apposite text which may be worth a closer look . |
| 18 | The exceptions are sufficiently rare to be worth a study on their own ; it was quite a challenge for designers to make effective use of a relatively small circular area with a hole in the middle . |
| 19 | ‘ This place would n't be worth a twopenny fart after that little incident . ’ |
| 20 | Caramelised carrot and Cointreau sounded unlikely enough to be worth a try — it was delicious . |
| 21 | So even on this minimal change scenario , eliminating the imbalance in tabloid partisanship would be worth a 1 per cent swing to Labour . |
| 22 | A call from you would be worth a hundred scribbled messages on Christmas cards . |
| 23 | They could be worth a lot of money one day . |
| 24 | In June 1989 Burmin estimated the deposit it had discovered on Croagh Patrick might be worth a minimum of £30 million . |
| 25 | GOLF 'S 1993 European Volvo Tour will be worth £24.75 million , a 12.5 per cent increase for 39 events in 19 different countries — 16 of which will be worth a minimum of £600,000 . |
| 26 | ‘ You know , that could be worth a try , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's got to be worth a try , ’ said Angalo . |
| 28 | This may not be an original idea but I thought it might be worth a mention . |
| 29 | I have a theory that if we were all to knit enough really warm cardigans the summer would be incredibly hot , so it might be worth a try . |
| 30 | ‘ They must be worth a fortune ! ’ |