Example sentences of "[subord] they were worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | They struck in Milbank Road where the pots were worth £50 and in Stanhope Road , where they were worth £100 , on Wednesday afternoon . |
| 2 | However , although they were worth less on the open market than if they had been in ‘ good ’ condition , they were still fit for the purpose for which the buyer wanted them ( making into cattle food ) and were still so upon arrival . |
| 3 | On taking office Sandys did , indeed , warn the Board of Admiralty that he believed that carriers cost more than they were worth . |
| 4 | Many judicial rights were more trouble than they were worth , but , burdensome or trivial , they were nevertheless a foundation of aristocratic influence ; in half the villages and towns as mayor , councillor , or judge , the lord or his representative stood between the subject and his king . |
| 5 | There was not a lot of point in bringing these gifts , since her father 's allotment kept them well supplied with fresh vegetables ( although he did not grow sweet peas , considering them more trouble than they were worth ) . |
| 6 | Despite a strong commitment to resource-based teaching at the time , most schools found multimedia kits more trouble than they were worth . |
| 7 | Fenna might have given her both appetite and menstruation in his parting , but neither of them seemed as though they were worth the effort . |