Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be worth [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewis reached his third Test fifty before edging a flowery drive , and Salisbury recovered from an excruciating blow on the box from Waqar to bang him through the covers and generally give the impression that he might soon be worth a sport higher than No. 9 in the order . |
| 2 | It seems a bit on the pricy side , especially as no case is included , but it might well be worth the extra for the feel of the neck and the promise of high reliability . |
| 3 | As your pension is normally ultimately based on the size of your salary when you retire , the two years ' worth of added rights could still be worth a tidy amount . |
| 4 | That dusty old painting on the wall could well be worth a small fortune once inside an auction house . |
| 5 | This may , or may not , be expensive — but the reward may well be worth the money , as the present author has found on more than one occasion . |
| 6 | Yet , the benefit inherent in a holder 's right to sue the carrier may well be worth the burden of having to pay unpaid freight . |
| 7 | Though a picture may sometimes be worth a thousand words , this may not be true when it comes to drawing out facts from figures . |