Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] is worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anything that 's good is worth a lot of money , that 's your gauge , and a good performance is worth a lot . |
| 2 | To the fishkeeper a good retailer is worth his weight in gold . |
| 3 | A good picture is worth any number of words for it can communicate a point quickly and succinctly , and in any language . |
| 4 | A beautiful design is worth making into a feature , so take care that the overall effect is not too fussy and muddled . |
| 5 | If a minimum temperature of about 13°C/55°F is difficult to maintain , a heated propagator is worth considering for those plants that require a high temperature to germinate , such as tomatoes , sweetcorn and many bedding plants . |
| 6 | My Stock will blaze when other snuffs are out ; a Rising Star is worth two setting Suns : And now that in the style of my Siege of Memphis , opportunity reaches forth her silver hairs and bids me hold . |
| 7 | An art in science is to judge when an outlandish notion is worth pursuing and when to ignore it . |
| 8 | If there are four marks for a given point , the candidate who gets it all right gets four , the candidate who gets it all wrong gets nothing , but the chap who gets it part right has a possibility of one , two or three , and it 's often a question of judgement as to what an imperfect answer is worth . |