Example sentences of "[adj] [is] worth [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is worth considering . |
| 2 | This is worth remembering if your employer tries to justify giving you a raw deal by interpreting a stringent contract of employment harshly , eg by insisting you move your place of work at short notice and without financial help from Leeds to Birmingham , as in one case — even where this is within the terms of an express contractual mobility clause . |
| 3 | This is worth emphasising since monetary control regulations often include references to ratios of various sorts . |
| 4 | And all and another thing I tell you th this this is worth knowing I 've seen you wo n't credit it but I 've seen a rowing boat in Street . |
| 5 | This is worth unravelling , even at the expense of a brief excursion into the mathematical realm of complex numbers . |
| 6 | Many models can be fitted with double doors , so this is worth checking , too . |
| 7 | Minister Michael Howard says this is worth paying because global warming is ‘ an issue of concern to everyone ’ . |
| 8 | This is worth clearing up on the list now , before anything is sent , so what d'y'all think ? |
| 9 | The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour and this is worth keeping in mind as part of the assessment of risk . |
| 10 | A reputation for being fair , just , reasonable and courageous is worth winning even if it does mean occasionally upsetting some people . |
| 11 | The notice of the Portadown Methodist Watchnight Service for 31 December 1848 is worth quoting in full : ‘ You are affectionately invited to attend the above service which will be held in the Portadown Wesleyan Chapel in Thomas Street on Sunday , 31st December 1848 , to commence at 10 o'clock p.m. and to continue till the commencement of the New Year . |
| 12 | The first is worth mentioning only because it gave him his debut in a major studio , for a United Artists production of Studs Lonigan , one more Dean-like character taken from a successful trilogy of novels by James T. Farrell . |
| 13 | Only the second type is a chaotic motion , but the first is worth mentioning for comparison . |
| 14 | James I , champion of the sciences , upheld their claim and part of the instrument of independence , granted in 1617 is worth quoting : |
| 15 | All that I know so far — at least , all that is worth telling here — is that there are a number of different glycoproteins of a variety of molecular weights , on both pre- and postsynaptic sides of the membrane , involved in the response to training on the bead . |
| 16 | That is worth considering , but I am not completely sold on that idea . |
| 17 | It is true that after the age of thirty certain poets seem to be incapable of writing much that is worth reading ; there are notable exceptions , but they only serve to prove the rule . |
| 18 | Surely that is worth paying a little for ! ’ |
| 19 | I think that is worth paying for . |
| 20 | ‘ Neither is worth dying for , ’ he said gruffly , standing up with her in his arms . |
| 21 | That 's worth considering . |
| 22 | But by the time the DTI and other City institutions wake up to the severity of Norton 's plight , will there by anything left that 's worth saving ? |
| 23 | ‘ The Coleys have asked us back for drinks at Château Kitsch — that 's worth seeing anyway , ’ he said , ‘ but lots of potential patrons will be there and the Pony Club Committee , so it could be useful to Perdita . |
| 24 | So that 's worth bearing in mind , and how you handle it , I mean maybe the press officer makes an arrangement to facilitate the the actual contact , but the press officer , a good press officer is not a person who stops the press getting into an organization , a good press officer is somebody who facilitates the press getting into the organization in the right way and talking to the right people preferably about the right things , but if not the right things the wrong things to the right with the right people , if you understand what I 'm saying . |
| 25 | What have I got that 's worth stealing ? ’ |
| 26 | How often do you meet and how many people there , you 're showing interest but you 're also qualifying at the same time and it 's not padding , it 's actually useful information because you 're thinking well that 's worth pursuing the R N I , yes but there 's money there . |
| 27 | That 's worth mentioning is n't it ? |
| 28 | I love you and that 's all I know – all that 's worth knowing . |
| 29 | I said well I , I 'm a confident cook , I 've cooked from meals all round the world you know , and she s and erm , she said oh that 's worth knowing , now the |
| 30 | That 's worth knowing is n't it , in case |