Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [be] worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the new property must not be worth more than the old one . |
| 2 | In the North and West it may not be worth while sowing a catch crop after a late harvest , particularly if the ground is wet . |
| 3 | If you succeed in finding another job , or already have one lined up at the time that you go , it may not be worth suing your employer because the losses for which you could claim reimbursement may be minimal . |
| 4 | If you can afford to leave your job , the claim may not be worth pursuing financially . |
| 5 | You constantly discount yourself : ‘ My opinion may not be worth much but … ’ |
| 6 | And since many credit card issuers have introduced an annual charge of around £8 to £12 , it may not be worth getting a credit card just to take on holiday , although there are additional benefits such as travel insurance if you use the card to buy your ticket . |
| 7 | As one teacher put it to me , ‘ on a bad day I have the feeling that I am struggling hard to do something that may not be worth doing at all ’ . |
| 8 | Biddy said gently , ‘ She may not be worth the trouble , Pip . ’ |
| 9 | A sound company in a faltering market may not be worth the price . |
| 10 | If there are small administrative costs of changing prices ( so-called ‘ menu costs ’ ) , it may not be worth the firm changing its price as the adjustment costs may dominate the small gain in profitability . |
| 11 | But if you are close to these ages and not currently contracted out it may not be worth changing your status . |
| 12 | bloody blue moon and you may not be worth putting on your and calling every six weeks Mandy , but , it might be worth asking it in a more open way . |
| 13 | Unregistered foals could be worth less and may not be worth breeding for sale . |
| 14 | Yesterday , the market was left with the impression that Midland might not be worth quite as much as analysts had hoped and the shares were marked back 7 to 365p . |
| 15 | It might not be worth buying a two-man board , but if you ask around you will often find one lying unused in a backyard . |
| 16 | It might not be worth adding a card to a machine which needs only occasional access to the network . |
| 17 | Of course , even if insider trading had some tendency to make the market smoother the benefit from that smoothness ( and it is not entirely clear why smooth gradual movements are preferable to sudden jumps ) might not be worth its cost . |
| 18 | Why , I mean it might not be worth anything , I mean , you know , it 's a value , you ca n't , you ca n't start influencing them about money to early , because it 's the value benefit of that that they 're really looking at . |
| 19 | However , testing for boundedness as a general procedure would not be worth while , in general . |
| 20 | For if not then ultimately there is no meaning to survival ; for a life whose meaning stands and falls on whether one escapes or not … ultimately would not be worth living at all ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It is very sad , because the service is badly needed , but it would not be worth our while . ’ |
| 22 | Because stores need to restock hot CDs quickly , the savings from buying abroad would not be worth the delay in delivery . |
| 23 | Rincewind tried to work it out , and decided that even if the box were crammed with star opals and sticks of auricholatum the contents would not be worth one-tenth the price of the container . |
| 24 | In saying that the free market equilibrium would be at E , we are really saying that it would not be worth while for each individual to check up privately on each and every drug on the market . |
| 25 | And by then , surely , it would not be worth the trouble . |
| 26 | It was also the Leader of the Opposition who said that if he were to abandon socialism he would not be worth voting for . |
| 27 | This is not a practical way to run a paper and pencil address book because it 's not possible to turn directly to the 3423rd character in a book , and the saving in space would not be worth the tedium involved . |
| 28 | But the decay may not be spreading , in which case the damage done by intervention will not be worth it . |
| 29 | In ten years ' time the English language will not be worth speaking . " |
| 30 | It is in both the firm 's and the consumer s interests that this is for some extended period : in the case of the latter because search costs ( presumably ) are finite and so will not be worth incurring if there is only some probability of finding low prices , unless the benefits are substantial . |