Example sentences of "it worth [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may feel it worth while to spend a year abroad . |
| 2 | Even so , some mammal parents still find it worth while to deposit their babies in a creche . |
| 3 | He found it worth while to put himself to the trouble of finishing touches . |
| 4 | Even to-day I am still surprised that our history master should have thought it worth while to include in his course a class in Plato 's Republic … or that our English master should take me to his home to show me his excellent library and especially his fine editions of Blake and Donne . |
| 5 | Evidently , people in this street were used to strange cars being parked and nobody had thought it worth while to ring the police , despite the fact that the doors bristled with Neighbourhood Watch signs . |
| 6 | As Mr Hart himself asked in a letter to The Times : ‘ In the face of so pellucid a Parliamentary intention , how was it that the Revenue not only thought it worth while to try it on , but actually found two courts to agree with it ? ’ |
| 7 | No one seems to have any idea why ; but hardly anyone seems to have thought it worth while to try to find out … |