Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [adv] worth [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note the heavy : this is not worth attempting unless the predation pressure is ( a ) considerable and ( b ) localised . |
| 2 | This is well worth pursuing as you could be owed money from one or more schemes , which will all add to your pension on retirement day . |
| 3 | This is well worth checking before every ferreting session . |
| 4 | The alternative approach is to insulate the roof on the outside , but this is really worth considering only if the roof covering needs renewing anyway . |
| 5 | ‘ Each parent has an individual relationship with their child , and that is always worth improving , ’ they say . |
| 6 | Yeah now that 's , that 's probably worth mentioning to Dave because I think one of the things he was talking about doing was instead of one of the tests or something making people hand in either some sort of lab book or some sort of record of the practical so far this term erm |
| 7 | That 's surely worth brooding on , Mr Millet . ’ |
| 8 | Well on previous experience er , that 's not worth going to . |
| 9 | ‘ Sometimes I wonder if that 's really worth achieving . ’ |