Example sentences of "be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though a picture may sometimes be worth a thousand words , this may not be true when it comes to drawing out facts from figures . |
| 2 | A picture may be worth a thousand words but you 'll still need some text to explain what the pictures are about ! |
| 3 | Although a picture may be worth a thousand words the reader still needs to know what the picture relates to . |
| 4 | Would you think it actually takes a hundred calls to make one appointment , but each sale is not gon na be worth a thousand pound though is it ? |
| 5 | That dusty old painting on the wall could well be worth a small fortune once inside an auction house . |
| 6 | There is one apposite text which may be worth a closer look . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A call from you would be worth a hundred scribbled messages on Christmas cards . |
| 9 | Well yes I mean it 's it 's got to be worth a hundred quid or more . |
| 10 | MADONNA 's new contract with Warner Brothers is said to be worth a cool $60 million . |
| 11 | If Di Haine 's Smooth Escort makes the cut for the Grand National at Aintree tomorrow he could be worth a sporting each-way bet as his trainer has always maintained he was made for the marathon . |
| 12 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 13 | Over one year , a £10 a month investment would be worth a respectable £143.26 now , if it could have been placed in the same hypothetical fund . |
| 14 | So even on this minimal change scenario , eliminating the imbalance in tabloid partisanship would be worth a 1 per cent swing to Labour . |
| 15 | What has not been developed to the same extent is the suggestiveness of his work on the novel for theories of genre , a suggestiveness which I will only touch on here , but which seems to me to be worth a great deal more investigation and discussion . |
| 16 | When they bought them from me , I said , ‘ For the next ten to fifteen years do n't sell these , because by then they will be worth a great deal ’ . |
| 17 | I knew anything of Dad 's — anything — would be worth a great might hundred dollars . |
| 18 | American investors were the big buyers , mainly sophisticated funds prepared to gamble that GPA would cling to life or prove to be worth a substantial sum broken up . |
| 19 | They were very much caught up in the opinion that if they were an indie band , it could n't possibly be worth a major record company taking them seriously . |
| 20 | ‘ Supposed to be worth a million pounds , ’ his voice sank to a whisper . |
| 21 | ‘ They could be worth a million for all the difference it would make , ’ said Reid . |
| 22 | ‘ This place would n't be worth a twopenny fart after that little incident . ’ |
| 23 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 24 | If anyone is offering decent odds it could be worth a few quid |
| 25 | ‘ The national media attention given to Pwllheli , in the run-up to the final decision , must be worth a few million pounds in advertising terms alone . ’ |
| 26 | Well I mean that 'll that might be worth a few marks . |
| 27 | ( A band of this stature would be worth a costly legal battle ) . |
| 28 | If the widening of the 20 per cent lower income tax band to £3,000 in 1993/94 is taken into account ( which will be worth a further £25 a year to all basic and higher rate taxpayers ) , then the net effect of this and the change in the MCA on a married man aged under 65 who pays tax at the basic rate of 25 per cent will be an increase in tax of £1.17 a week or about £61 a year . |
| 29 | It would be worth a little temporary gossip to see how he did it . |
| 30 | As a rough guide two strands wound together make something approximately like three-ply in thickness and three together are usually reckoned to be about a four-ply. these fine industrial yarns used to be in the ‘ odds and ends ’ bins , but the manufacturers have caught on to the fact that they are popular with machine knitters , so now they can be bought under a brand name . |