Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Happens , but they do try and go for bigger takings , I mean they 'll not break into my house it wo n't be worth all that worth . |
| 2 | ‘ So we hope that the mistletoe will be worth that . ’ |
| 3 | Fifty pounds for a pair of earrings , must be worth that in gold . |
| 4 | I remember that my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian challenged the Prime Minister to comment on the increase , and he answered that the chairman must be worth that salary . |
| 5 | Invest in a good piece now : later , it will be worth much more , ’ he says , gesturing towards tip worktables , fire irons , needlework samplers and silk pictures . |
| 6 | I 've seen loads of rings like this , so they ca n't be worth much . ’ |
| 7 | You constantly discount yourself : ‘ My opinion may not be worth much but … ’ |
| 8 | A manor , it now seems unnecessary to reiterate , might be worth much or little , depending on a combination of factors : the size of the demensne and the efficiency of its management , whether the customary fines were certain or arbitrary , and if the latter , the vigour with which they were exploited . |
| 9 | Assuming the cardboard box was full of letters and that each one carried a stamp — used stamps of Natal and Cape Province between the years say , 1850 and 1890 — would they be worth much ? |
| 10 | No scheme will be worth much if farmers are allowed merely to give over their least productive land . |
| 11 | Of course , SERPS rights had to be forfeited , but for younger people these were calculated to be worth much less than the personal pension could offer . |
| 12 | It could be worth many , many thousands of pounds in conventional advertising and at the same time gain that vital reputation of doing everything right . |
| 13 | Estimates vary widely but by 1995 many industry analysts expect HDTV hardware and programming to be worth many billions of pounds . |
| 14 | It is only in recent years that our indigenous antiquities have come to be worth enough on the market for systematic looting to be profitable in a financial sense . |
| 15 | Under such circumstances a ticket can be worth less to its owner than to somebody else ; if so , a sale will benefit both parties . |
| 16 | She asked why women 's labour should be worth less than that of men . |
| 17 | A year of unhealthy life is considered to be worth less than 1 : the value is lower if the quality of life of the unhealthy person is worse . |
| 18 | The intruder lacks this knowledge ; the territory would , to begin with at least , be worth less to him . |
| 19 | Unregistered foals could be worth less and may not be worth breeding for sale . |
| 20 | A marble and a stalls back seat could be worth several minutes of noisy bagatelle . |
| 21 | Control of handing out the £28 million in prizes will be worth several hundred million pounds a year to the successful company . |
| 22 | Often , such a realization arising from contact with other ageing people can alone be worth several face-to-face counselling sessions . |
| 23 | The same car registered just a week or two later in January will be worth several hundred pounds more when it 's time to trade it in . |
| 24 | In October 1989 a member of the Executive Council , Tony Blake , reported that four oil companies had approached Fullerton seeking oil exploration licences ; he commented that the sale of such licences could be worth several times as much as the revenue from fishing licences . |
| 25 | Could it be worth this pain ? |
| 26 | Should be worth half a careers officer . |
| 27 | It 's not even going to be worth half of that , or a third of that let's say . |
| 28 | That picture hanging over your fireplace might just be worth more than your whole house . |
| 29 | City analysts have put a price tag of as much as £60m on Hargreaves and some potential bidders , including the Irish group CRH , have intimated that the business would be worth more to an existing player in the market than a newcomer . |
| 30 | News Corp may well be worth more in pieces than together . |