Example sentences of "[is] something worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of writers whose taste is to be trusted the very oddness of a recipe often means that here is something worth special investigation . |
| 2 | Perhaps most of all , it needs staying power , realism and a belief that it is something worth working for . |
| 3 | And the reason murder is a virtual necessity in the detective story is that , in an essentially frivolous sort of book , it gives the reader a paradoxical feeling that here is something worth reading about . |
| 4 | We have already seen that a murder is necessary in a detective story , if only to tell the reader that this is something worth attention . |
| 5 | But they might be drawn to the sound of a group of females socialising — think that this is something worth investigating — and help us to lure them out again . ’ |
| 6 | They feel the fighting is justified because their religion is something worth supporting and fighting for because if everybody just accepted what the other said then no-one would have the right to choose and end up with a dictatorship where one person is saying what they believe in and nobody fights back so everybody would end up having to agree . |
| 7 | Not only must you spray regularly , but it 's a good idea to vary the brand of spray that you use ; the nasty wee beasties soon develop resistance if you use the same one over and over again , and that 's something worth taking the time to avoid . |
| 8 | It 's about the future of our planet and that 's something worth fighting for … the real challenge for politicians is to convince people that being keen on the environment is not a cost-free option . ’ |
| 9 | In the hope that there 's something worth waiting for ? ’ |
| 10 | It need not cost , cost the County Council anything at all , right , the combination and so on , we can do it for relatively low cost , and may get financial support , it 's a , it 's something worth doing to exploit the links that we have with our Embassies and Chambers of Commerce abroad . |
| 11 | at least that 's something worth having . |