Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the trouble " in BNC.
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1 | I did not know enough about painting to recognise it , or even guess at its value , but in the present-day crazy art market even a relatively modern painting might well be very valuable , and this one was apparently worth the trouble and risk that Ewen Mackay had taken . |
2 | West Brom were then safe and were not too bothered about letting Stoke beat them to send Leeds down after the trouble that Leeds fans had caused at the Hawthorns . |
3 | The sad thing is such behaviour will only end up getting the poor stalker or ghillie the sack so it 's not worth the trouble . |
4 | One reason for this resistance might be the common idea that language is ‘ trivial ’ , so linguistic reforms are not worth the trouble they cause . |
5 | With roses that are normally grown on their own roots , propagating your own by cuttings is quite feasible , but with H.T.s , many Floribundas and those which are budded and grafted , apart from the fun it is not worth the trouble . |
6 | So then the teachers think if he is like that he 's not worth the trouble . |
7 | One foreign ministry clerk in the early years of the twentieth century " soon decided that it was not worth the trouble to go to the office to sleep when I could sleep more comfortably in my own bed or pass my time in more interesting or more amusing tasks " , while an Italian ambassador is said to have spent only fifteen days of a year in residence in a post which he disliked . |
8 | The total penalty , then , was scarcely worth the trouble and cost involved in Mr Hunte 's consultations with senior ICC officials , conciliators all , it seems . |
9 | When I say we 've got some trouble , we do , but it 's not like the trouble we had half an hour ago , when in fact there were three lines , sections of which there were no trains on at all . |
10 | AIM AWAY FROM THE TROUBLE |
11 | The scuffling players were joined by officials of both sides , including Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan , who tried in vain to get his men away from the trouble . |
12 | Yet the ex-soldier had faithfully followed the advice of James Chichester-Clarke , then Northern Ireland Prime Minister : ‘ Stay indoors , away from the trouble . ’ |
13 | A Canadian friend who visited Junieh a few years ago said that it was an excellent and interesting place for a cruising yacht to go : cheap , with pleasant , welcoming people and without danger , provided you stay away from the trouble spots . |
14 | To give this impression would ensure shipwreck on a reef which we shall in any case be lucky to avoid , the indifference of the reader who takes it for granted that we are trying to deduce imperatives from the facts of which one ought to be aware , and assumes in advance that there has to be a flaw somewhere , hardly worth the trouble of locating , as in a new proposal for a perpetual-motion machine . |
15 | A more general definition of resistance valid for varying cross-sections may be easily arrived at , but it is hardly worth the trouble . |
16 | But you can see the police parked up at the trouble spots . |
17 | In strategic terms the England manager , who does not have a Gerson or Pele to bail his team out of the trouble caused by such indiscretions , was right , but if you drive the idiosyncrasies out of football altogether what is left can be grey indeed , which is what one finds a little disconcerting about the present Brazilian side . |
18 | That decision was the second major controversy of Hunt 's extraordinary year : this time not just Ferrari but many others felt that the race had been stopped to give Hunt time to repair his car , an argument given plausibility by the fact that Lauda had made his way out of the trouble and was clearly leading the race when it stopped . |
19 | The two following drills illustrate this , the first one being an example from Dusun ( Philippines ) : A general principle is that substitution should be made at the trouble spot or as near the trouble spot as possible . |
20 | It 's well worth the trouble , though , firstly because it 's obviously ideal for bringing out the bass in small guitars , secondly because it looks just fabulous , and thirdly because it makes the inside of the guitar smell like an explosion in a spice market . |
21 | But for anyone contemplating a similar project , it was no more difficult than many domestic-type woodworking exercises , and well worth the trouble . , |
22 | They hope it will prove so complex and costly to implement that the company may finally decide that mining in Mayo simply is n't worth the trouble . |
23 | You 'll get nothing out of him , the man 's practically penniless , and he is n't worth the trouble . ’ |