Example sentences of "are [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People say that Lee is either precious or lazy ( make up yer minds , f—wits ! ) , but it 's become manifest that these songs are worth all the tons of grief and introspection and the endless re-tuning . |
| 2 | It 's smashing walking along this track because it 's firm underfoot and the views back to Malham and over to Great Scar and Attermire are worth nine out of ten in anybody 's book . |
| 3 | Cars such as the Vauxhall Cavalier SRi , Rover 416 GSi and Ford Sierra 2.0i Ghia are worth little more than the same model with a lower spec . |
| 4 | The top grades of the new qualifications are worth two conventional A-Levels , and it 's hoped that as many as half of all sixth formers will soon be studying for them . |
| 5 | he said , now look you lost eighty pound out of that draw I said yes I did they 'll only allow you fifty so he says I 'll say these cuff links are worth thirty pound , so he was on my side were n't he ? |
| 6 | Sardines and anchovies are worth extra money if canned in olive oil and their flavour is greatly improved , even if you do not eat the oil . |
| 7 | The exceptions cost a percentage of most business training courses and are worth much more . |
| 8 | The words are worth one last look . |
| 9 | Particular symptoms that relate to the separate parts of the body are worth 1 point . |
| 10 | Now even losers are worth millions . |
| 11 | GRAY 'S ELLAND ROAD TEENAGE STARS ARE WORTH MILLIONS NOW |
| 12 | Er , what we can do If the figures are worth eleven and a half days erm seventeen , seventeen days . |
| 13 | Currently world sales of photovoltaic equipment are worth some US$ 100 million . |
| 14 | It would be wrong to disregard them and they are worth some special study . |
| 15 | Both the village and surrounding countryside are worth some exploration and I was lucky as my trek gave me an insight into both . |
| 16 | Still , some things are worth another look — the bizarre and burlesque nature of saxman Lee Thompson 's two solo spots emphasises hidden depths , as does Mike Barson 's adept way with a Motown backliner rhythm . |
| 17 | But , in true South African style , it also owns large stakes in other subsidiaries outside mining , which are worth another 9 billion rand . |
| 18 | I decide that these two are worth another . |
| 19 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Some things are worth more than money . ’ |
| 21 | You are worth more than the birds ! |
| 22 | But when , as his friend and director Mike Nichols asserts , an actor has inscribed upon popular history a character who has influenced the modern male personality , as did Henry Fonda , James Cagney , Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart , his personal idiosyncrasies are worth more than a cursory glance . |
| 23 | The most casual obscenities , the most hackneyed endearments , coming to me from your rose-red lips , are worth more than the sagest advice of all the old men in the world . |
| 24 | Surely polymeric surfactants , which are becoming increasingly important as dispersing agents , are worth more than the three pages devoted to them here . |
| 25 | Smith 's job is to make people see he could care less , can do something about Britain 's problems and that his words are worth more than those of Johnny Devaluation . |
| 26 | And the latter do better — and are worth more in the telecoms market place — than ‘ ingenieurs maison ’ , who have not graduated from an engineering or telecoms school , have difficulty in making the all important transition from ‘ technicien ’ to ‘ cadre ’ status , and tend to form the most militantly unionized ‘ lumpenproletariat ’ of say , the DGT or Alcatel . |
| 27 | And make sure your insurance company knows about any specific items , like valuable antiques , that are worth more than the insurance limit they may have set . |
| 28 | The idea is that the bidder must think that the shares in the company are worth more than the bid price , for example , because under the bidder 's control the company will be operated more efficiently , otherwise the bid would not be made . |
| 29 | If this failed , words were assigned weights on an inverse term frequency basis ( uncommon words are worth more than common words ) , and the system would look for records containing just some of the words of the search . |
| 30 | Add up the value of your home , car , shares and belongings and you may well find you are worth more than the current threshold . |