Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] it [be] worth [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this connexion it is worth remembering that it takes a little longer to change where cymbals are concerned ( owing to the way in which they are held ) but from bass drum to side-drum , triangle , or tambourine , or from any of these to any other , is a matter of seconds . |
| 2 | But at this point it is worth mentioning briefly that there are plenty of examples of people ‘ losing touch ’ with their elderly parents as a way of avoiding maintenance payments , during the period in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , when certain Boards of Guardians were trying rigidly to enforce financial liabilities . |
| 3 | At this point it is worth mentioning that motherboard should be securely supported under the socket . |
| 4 | At this point it is worth taking a step back from the scene and recalling that the Soviet Union and all the East European states are signatories to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution . |
| 5 | In fact , at this point it 's worth taking a pitchfork to that grossly over-rated entity — CAMP . |
| 6 | At this point it 's worth mentioning that one of the best approaches to persuasion in any situation can be to ask yourself : ‘ What 's in it for them ? ’ and to consider what needs ( as mentioned earlier in this chapter ) you can meet . |
| 7 | A subsequent chapter will address the question of how this threat is routinized by members of the RUC generally , but at this juncture it is worth considering how the management 's dilemma leads them to organize community and neighbourhood policing in an area like West Belfast , where attack is imminent . |
| 8 | In this respect it is worth asking whether it is a mere coincidence that neo-colonialism produces for the bureaucracy a reversion to pre-bureaucratic ( e.g. medieval ) forms of compensation for service to the state . |
| 9 | To explain the grandeur of this palace it is worth knowing that Count Humprecht Černín was an important ambassador in Rome , Venice and Istanbul . |
| 10 | In this context it is worth remembering that the late Middle Ages was a period of climatic deterioration , with lower temperatures and higher rainfull than in the thirteenth century and earlier . |
| 11 | In this context it is worth looking at a recent study carried out in California by Harbicht Research Inc for Southern California Edison , a local utility company who investigated how local residents felt about a proposed " wind-farm " project . |
| 12 | In this context it is worth recalling the long-established case law on the judicial review of a Community institution 's discretion where ‘ the evaluation of a complex economic situation ’ is involved : the Court must confine itself to examining whether the exercise of the discretion contains a manifest error , or constitutes a misuse of power or whether the institution did not ‘ clearly ’ exceed the bounds of its discretion . |
| 13 | At this stage it is worth emphasising that we still deal with personal injury litigation under an adversarial system . |
| 14 | At this stage it 's worth remarking that wa there are perhaps three prominent features of endotoxin effects first of all , they promote physcocine release and th the the two pro , prominent phsycocines affected are I O one , Interlooping one and TMF , tumourmacrosis factor which I hope you heard about in the immunology course . |
| 15 | Before concluding this section it is worth drawing the reader 's attention to the so-called suicide , by hara-kiri , of the Japanese writer , Yukio Mishima . |
| 16 | In this connection it is worth bearing in mind that a hospital birth will be recorded in the registration district in which the hospital stands and not in the district which contains the parents ' home . |
| 17 | But in this connection it is worth noting here that we found women even more likely than men to say they would prefer to pay extra for credit insurance , against the risk of inability to repay : credit insurance is discussed in the section immediately following this . |
| 18 | In this connection it is worth noting that in another context , and in another part of the same Act , Parliament has made express provision for cases in which the suitability of particular accommodation is to be determined by the court in the course of ordinary litigation . |
| 19 | This then inevitably means that by the early spring it is worth working the same ground a second time . |
| 20 | If you are recalled for a second interview it is worth changing to a different outfit altogether if you can afford it or have something else suitable . |
| 21 | For a somewhat less biased view of the global scene it 's worth sending for the latest Report on the State of World Population from the UN 's Fund for Population Activities ( 485 , Lexington Ave . |
| 22 | Against this liberal orthodoxy it is worth making two points . |
| 23 | But before jumping to that conclusion it is worth pondering whether the weed is more resistant to husbandry practice rather than the herbicide . |
| 24 | For instance , in choppy water it is worth sacrificing your angle to the wind for a little more speed to punch through the waves . |
| 25 | For really urgent stuff it 's worth paying for reliability . |
| 26 | If you do rely on a friend or neighbour on a fairly relaxed and informal basis it is worth showing them some appreciation occasionally , a return of favours or a thoughtful gift . |
| 27 | After two fruitless days spent trying to place 60m shares in Midland Bank , owned by the Kuwait Investment Organisation , at 362p apiece , a decision to chop the the offer price back to 356p , together with the rise in Hongkong & Shanghai Bank 's share price in Hong Kong overnight ( increasing the value of its paper offer to 394p ) , eventually convinced arbitrageurs both here and in the Far East it was worth taking the stock . |
| 28 | Practical PC recently received a heart-rending letter from a reader and while it was already too late to help in her particular case it is worth going over her story to prevent others from falling into the same trap . |
| 29 | Before you are carried away by the possibilities of information manipulation for its own sake it is worth taking a step back and examining how much more than the pen , paper and adding machine you really need . |
| 30 | At the same time it 's worth remembering that at least one contrast colour , even if only a large plant or a mass of flowers or cushions , will help to emphasize the clever harmony of the background colour scheme . |