Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] it [is] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of those who fought to prevent the building said ‘ We do n't know if it is worth preserving after all the upheaval on site ’ . |
| 2 | Erm , I do n't know if it 's worth speaking now , I , I 'd like to second everything that has said , and what the auditors have said erm , in the management arrangement . |
| 3 | Now , I do n't know if it 's worth asking |
| 4 | I do n't know whether it 's worth putting it as a separate |
| 5 | Erm , four nine , the research of formal question letter , order form or contract , to my mind , quite honestly , a purchase order form is a contract from the client but erm , the quiff seemed to think that it was n't so , I do n't know whether it 's worth changing this , depends how the auditors form . |
| 6 | Er now I I would expect , I do n't know whether it 's worth talking about the general principle that we 're talking about different routes here and as i understand , the purpose today was to talk about the need for relief roads and I would expect at some future date , at a public enquiry when er I 'm defending er the outer blue er the outer northern route , to defend why that was chosen as opposed to an inner northern route and not rely upon the key diagram in the structure plan and the stars that are shown on there . |
| 7 | As we shall discuss in the next chapter , there is a lot more work to be done before the causal process underlying this relationship is laid bare : we do not know whether it is through buying a better diet or better medical care , for example , that richer countries improve their life expectancy . |
| 8 | In fact it is presupposed to see if it is worth proving . |
| 9 | It is much more a question of knowledge and awareness of which foods to eat and which to avoid than it is of following blindly someone else 's strict regime . |
| 10 | The evidence you found may not on its own be inconsistent with the suicide theory , but just the same , it 's your duty to hand it over and let the police decide if it 's worth following up . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't say anything to Philippe because it was so inconclusive , ’ she finished , ‘ and I still ca n't decide whether it 's worth taking them to the police . ’ |
| 12 | The the thing is Yeah , I mean anything Rather than travelling , telephone , because you have to run up an awful lot of telephone calls before it 's worth driving over and doing it |
| 13 | In practice a confidence level has to be developed within each activity , which can then be used to determine whether it is worth pursuing downstream activities or not . |
| 14 | But Gray is unlikely to be axed simply to silence the unjustified demands of the minority but he must wonder whether it is worth carrying on anyway when the supporters are so fickle . |
| 15 | Never mind what you read and hear to the contrary ; your plants have had quite enough shock as it is without adding to it . |
| 16 | Witnessing is as much about showing people Christianity in the way we live as it is about explaining Christianity by the things that we say . |
| 17 | You might take this with you on shopping trips to see whether it 's worth buying lots of cut-price special offers . |
| 18 | The police officer on patrol has to ask whether it is worth proceeding with and against every suspect , and will often decide it is not worth it . |
| 19 | A comfortable position for writing when work needs to be undertaken at close range is in some respects more difficult to achieve than it is for reading . |
| 20 | See if it 's worth shelling out for ( £3.99 cassette , £5.99 disk ) in the lettuce-chewing ZZAP ! review next ish ! |