Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] [be] worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you would n't do that but it may that may be worth a go . |
| 2 | But that may be worth a go if you 've got some Permitabs left . |
| 3 | ‘ But this must be worth — ’ |
| 4 | I 've made a decision to go and say , hey , this might be worth having . |
| 5 | None of this would be worth remark if the narrative carried us along by virtue of its own strength , but it hardly does . |
| 6 | The average outstanding debt on a credit card in 1979 was £95 , compared with £292 today — but , at 1979 rates , this would be worth about £124 . |
| 7 | Reduce debtors to 63 days sales ( £1,095,890 divided by 80 x 63 ) = £863,013 , a reduction of £232,877 ; at 14.5% ; this would be worth £33,767 £50k plus £33k = £83k or , if they chose to , they could have £232k cash to put to better use |
| 8 | He thinks that this would be worth at least £7,000 if he sold the garage tomorrow . |
| 9 | If the government were to raise the tax threshold , by say £100 ( a common policy to try and help the ‘ low-paid ’ ) , this would be worth £30 to a person to the right of point facing the explicit tax rate above . |
| 10 | The robot association calculates this will be worth £35.9 million by 1990 . |
| 11 | If the maximum of £20 a month is saved , this will be worth £1,480 after five years and £1,760 after seven years . |
| 12 | that 'll be worth forty ai n't it , done up ? |
| 13 | No is , I mean I have to be out by half past seven , actually , something on half past seven on , you know , on the other programme that 'll be worth recording I think , something about |
| 14 | And I pick it up and it says Loughborough Building Society and you can see about half a percent er premium rate on fifty thousand pounds , and you think that might be worth going for , for , for somebody who 's got a lot of capital , but is it really , because if you 've got fifty thousand in there , you are at risk . |
| 15 | Do you think that might be worth my while doing that ? |
| 16 | Erm so I mean that might be worth it . |
| 17 | So that might be worth bearing in mind . |
| 18 | Well I mean that 'll that might be worth a few marks . |
| 19 | Er , we 've got all packed in for I mean that might be worth putting back on . |
| 20 | Well that might be that might be worth a a query |
| 21 | I mean that might be worth a query if the Finance Committee are sort of erm er er worrying about the heating . |
| 22 | If it was yellow with sort of pink spots , that 'd be worth putting down . |
| 23 | if you think to yourself well if I can have a a quarter of an hour 's chat with him , that 'd be worth something . |
| 24 | ‘ That could be worth something if I retire . ’ |
| 25 | What was there in the sea , that vast untapped resource that covered nine-tenths of the world 's surface , that could be worth the trouble ? |
| 26 | ‘ You know , that could be worth a try , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Some of these would be worth reviving , for example Elizabeth Hammond 's gooseberry or apple trifle quoted on page 240 and Robert May 's beautiful " black fruit " mixtures . |
| 28 | Now that would be worth having . |
| 29 | Well I think that would be worth looking into |
| 30 | I wonder if that would be worth getting ? |