Example sentences of "[conj] it is worth [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Although the technology was not microprocessor-based , and the events are now thirty years past , the study 's theoretical approach and empirical findings are of such interest and relevance that it is worth describing them in some detail .
2 It is likely that computerized storage and retrieval facilities will take on an increasing importance in literary studies ; so it is worth exploring them whenever you can .
3 Lenin used a number of different arguments to justify recognizing the right to secede , and it is worth summarizing them .
4 Here again , if any particular type of equipment is absolutely essential in the bathroom , and finance is a problem , the social services department of the local authority may be able to help , and it is worth approaching them before anything is purchased or installed .
5 Williams put forward what is still an admirable rationale for politicised lexicography , and it is worth quoting him :
6 Therefore the problem for us is not necessarily to get clients to install a new identity , but rather to find out which ‘ corporate communications ’ are unintelligible , and then to ask — in today 's cost-conscious times — whether it is worth putting them out at all .
7 I may look into the cost , work involved and practicalities of doing it mainly electronically as well as whether it is worth starting it at this stage of the season .
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