Example sentences of "[det] be worth " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the greatest and richest in the land were exempted from the indignity of assessment , so many of the poorest were simply overlooked that every list ended up short of about one-third of the men it should have included , and since almost all of these were worth less than £2 the general level of wealth is made to look higher than it really was . |
| 32 | In fact , even the Japanese language version of these is worth a look , if only for the few English words that remain obstinately untranslatable and stick out glaringly among the elegant Japanese characters . |
| 33 | The latter are worth noting as typical of the general philosophy claimed by many schools to underpin their project involvement : |
| 34 | Do you feel at this point in time that it 's all been worth it ? |
| 35 | But it would all be worth it to see them settled and thriving in their new home . |
| 36 | It 'll all be worth it |
| 37 | ‘ The experience to be gathered from books , though often valuable , is but of the nature of learning ; whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom ; and a small store of the latter is worth vastly more than a stock of the former . ’ |
| 38 | With upwards of four-fifths of people here having less than 30s. in personal property , nobody at all was worth as much as 40s. in one township out of every three , especially upland ones like Arncliff , Hellifield and Kettlewell , though these were not the only ones . |
| 39 | Or suppose that your husband gave you a cheque for £15,000 ; would n't that be worth a hug ? |
| 40 | Would n't that be worth a journey ? " |
| 41 | ‘ What would a rap like that be worth ? ’ |
| 42 | And might not that be worth five thousand pounds ? ’ |
| 43 | So the 3,813 papers transferred at 0.39 each were worth 1487.07 votes to Craig . |
| 44 | However , as Clementina Black pointed out at the end of her inquiry into married women 's work for the Women 's Industrial Council , some women worked when the family income was already adequate , because they prized their independence : ‘ A shilling of your own is worth two that he gives you ’ . |
| 45 | ‘ To see a goal like that is worth the entrance fee alone . |
| 46 | It is true that after the age of thirty certain poets seem to be incapable of writing much that is worth reading ; there are notable exceptions , but they only serve to prove the rule . |
| 47 | In private , during talks with the employers , C. M. Bowerman said : " In reference to the new Society and memorial with 400 signatures , we are men of the world and quite know what that is worth and how those signatures were obtained . " " |
| 48 | All that I know so far — at least , all that is worth telling here — is that there are a number of different glycoproteins of a variety of molecular weights , on both pre- and postsynaptic sides of the membrane , involved in the response to training on the bead . |
| 49 | Surely that is worth paying a little for ! ’ |
| 50 | That is worth about £2 billion a year of the overseas markets won by the industry serving the North sea . |
| 51 | That is worth considering , but I am not completely sold on that idea . |
| 52 | What we 've done , won one of the points I think that is worth er making perhaps is that on er over the last few years we 've seen a complete change in world export philosophy where not only are the Russians exporting all over the place but clearly er there are a number of western aircraft in different parts of the world and therefore what we have also done is to , in comparing er our aircraft against other western ones , we 've also looked at them as potential threats because it 's possible that er erm western aircraft in certain hands could end up being used against us so we have also compared those . |
| 53 | I think that is worth paying for . |
| 54 | MacGregor has the advantage of breadth of experience in Government , especially as Chief Secretary to the Treasury , a post that won him praise from the former Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , whatever that is worth these days . |
| 55 | we 'd go down the station , went pub , there 's er , I think were two and seven pence I 'm not right sure , but that is worth by |
| 56 | that is worth that money |
| 57 | ‘ Neither is worth dying for , ’ he said gruffly , standing up with her in his arms . |
| 58 | Each is worth 10 GCs to a collector ( providing the adventurers do n't flood the market ) . |
| 59 | I love you and that 's all I know – all that 's worth knowing . |
| 60 | That 's worth some thought . |