Example sentences of "[subord] it is worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Red Pike follow the ridge to High Stile ( 0.75 miles ) where it is worth wandering a little northwards along the summit spur to get the best views of Buttermere . |
| 2 | This is not the place to dwell on the answer to the first question , although it is worth remarking that there are significant nuances of opinion between Britain , on the one hand , and France and Germany , on the other , concerning the relationship with the United States . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , these encouraging results have not been substantiated in prospective studies of special forms of treatment , although it is worth noting that no proper , prospective controlled study in which patients have been randomly assigned to either a treatment or a no-treatment group has been carried out . |
| 4 | It does of course raise serious questions about reductionism ( Peacocke 1985 ) , although it is worth noting that reductionism between levels ( e.g. from the social to the biological or from the biological to the biochemical ) is different from reductionism within a given level ( e.g. the psychological as against the sociological , or the sociological as against the economic ) , which is a matter of perspective or aspect rather than level in Comte 's terms . |
| 5 | In the first place Braque had detached himself from visual appearances to a much greater extent than Cézanne , who while he was obviously very much aware ( if only instinctively ) of the purely formal or abstract side of painting , relied nevertheless , in his still lifes and landscapes , on an exhaustive study of the ‘ motif ’ as his point of departure , although it is worth mentioning that in his articles Emile Bernard had suggested that Cézanne 's vision ‘ was much more in his brain than in his eye ’ . |
| 6 | Although it is worth stressing that Saussure 's work is open to a variety of interpretations , and although he himself did not use the concepts structure and structural , it was his idea of the arbitrary and differential nature of the linguistic sign , and therefore of the essential disjunction between language and reality , that became the foundation of the structuralist movement . |
| 7 | Below S * you would have to pay more than it is worth to you to have the tree cut back further . |
| 8 | For those unfamiliar with molecular genetics , this chapter may prove difficult , but the ideas it contains do constitute the core of modern biology , so it is worth making an effort to master them . |
| 9 | THE top rate of tax hit 98 p.c. and inflation exceeded 20 p.c. during the last Labour government , so it is worth considering tax-exempt and inflation-proofed investments in the six days before a possible change of government . |
| 10 | In the cold and possibly damp environment of the loft , roof timbers are at considerable risk from rot and woodworm , so it is worth treating your loft timbers with a good timber preservative before laying insulation . |
| 11 | Dropping boards and sails through not carrying them correctly can be very expensive , so it is worth learning the correct method ( Figs 8 and 9 ) . |
| 12 | The range of media is large and the costs can be high so it is worth investigating the pulling power of different choices . |
| 13 | Some patients do not complain of the side-effects or relate them to therapy , so it is worth questioning patients carefully to see that all is well . |
| 14 | Take your own advantage of the difficult atmosphere by realizing that things can not get much worse so it is worth while going out on a limb to say what you want to say without worrying about causing a negative reaction ! |
| 15 | Performance figures are available for most machines , so it is worth making comparisons before you choose . |
| 16 | Elsewhere , costs vary considerably from bank to bureau de change , and hotel to back street restaurant , so it is worth shopping around . |
| 17 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 18 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 19 | An apple tree is likely to live considerably longer than the person who plants it , so it is worth careful siting with good soil . |
| 20 | We will usually be treating individual instructions or groups of instructions in terms of the facilities that they control , so it is worth saying a few words here about the instruction set as a whole . |
| 21 | No other file organization can achieve this , so it is worth accepting a fairly low packing density to retain the file in this form . |
| 22 | The Government try to justify their claims about a minimum wage on the grounds of what it might to do employment , so it is worth spending a little time on the reasons why we shall insist on introducing it , and the rationale behind that . |
| 23 | It is likely that computerized storage and retrieval facilities will take on an increasing importance in literary studies ; so it is worth exploring them whenever you can . |
| 24 | The price of shares can fall as well as rise , so it is worth noting these two golden rules : |
| 25 | GARDEN visiting is one of the most popular ways to spend summer Sunday afternoons and there are several guides to help you decide which , when , where and if it is worth the journey . |
| 26 | I am not sure if it is worth it , |
| 27 | In fact it is presupposed to see if it is worth proving . |
| 28 | One of those who fought to prevent the building said ‘ We do n't know if it is worth preserving after all the upheaval on site ’ . |
| 29 | If it is worth the cost then the accruals system will provide the vehicle for this information . |
| 30 | A gentleman ‘ should not make too much use of tobacco ’ but ‘ should recognize the Fort in Agra as unequalled in the whole world [ and ] … must think of Isfahan as the best town in Persia ’ ; if he insists on travelling he should visit ‘ Egypt because it is worth seeing ’ . |