Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [be] worth " in BNC.

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1 There is one apposite text which may be worth a closer look .
2 There is an alternative to either of these courses which may be worth considering and that is that the Government should take the line that they have come to the conclusion that , while some restriction ought to be made in the infliction of the death penalty , the time has not yet come for its complete abolition .
3 Methods that are used by other organisations , which may be worth considering are direct advertising in national press , and production of a recruitment leaflet based on an issue of concern such as the CPRE Road Verges leaflet , and various Greenpeace examples .
4 The use of circling or underlining parts of their work , arrows to show how pieces of work connect , brainstorming , asterisks to show things which may be worth returning to , parts of diagrams abandoned as a result becomes clear , and other messy ways of working may need to be encouraged if people are used to hiding their rough work or throwing it away .
5 You have a case here which must be worth a lot of money , yet there is argument over whether somebody needs an electric toothbrush , how many toilet tissues he is going to use , etc . ’
6 The interactions of X-rays with living tissues were studied in very few laboratories , perhaps because physicists working with the new rays were not usually well informed about the biological problems which might be worth approaching , and biologists lacked the background and training in physics necessary to use X-rays in their work .
7 Shorter and narrower versions are also available , including ‘ sit-up ’ or shower baths , which might be worth considering if you want to fit in a shower or a bidet as well .
8 Two tactics which might be worth considering with this aim in mind are the use of test cases first as policy-changing devices and second as political catalysts .
9 This was true enough : the Company needed to sell about £100,000 of goods a year in West Africa to carry on enough trade to cover its fixed costs for shipping and for its forts ; it was never able to manage this and in a good year it could only take about 6,000 slaves across , which might be worth £90,000 .
10 Er there 's a book , which I do n't think is on your list but it might be called By Thorn and Henley er which might be worth looking at .
11 There are , however , three strategies which might be worth considering .
12 He is believed to own around 40 properties there and in the Isle of Man , as well as a large private art collection which could be worth £1m .
13 Casting aside Pennzoil 's claims that it had no intention of launching a bid , Chevron moved into top gear to protect itself against a takeover which could be worth $35billion and would revive memories of some of the biggest corporate battles of the 1970 's and 80's .
14 SUSSEX have won a three-year sponsorship deal with Merrydown Cider which could be worth as much as £250,000 .
15 The final choice — which will be worth thousands of pounds to one manufacturer — will be made by the Royal Yachting Association next month .
16 GOLF 'S 1993 European Volvo Tour will be worth £24.75 million , a 12.5 per cent increase for 39 events in 19 different countries — 16 of which will be worth a minimum of £600,000 .
17 He pointed out that the company 's investment portfolio alone , ‘ which will be worth $17.73 per share by 30 September 1990 , if the portfolio experiences the same rate of growth as last year , is equal to nearly the value of the total cash-out price ’ .
18 I will send the hon. Gentleman a copy of the Strathclyde programme , which will be worth some £20 million ecu , which is £15 million .
19 If the widening of the 20 per cent lower income tax band to £3,000 in 1993/94 is taken into account ( which will be worth a further £25 a year to all basic and higher rate taxpayers ) , then the net effect of this and the change in the MCA on a married man aged under 65 who pays tax at the basic rate of 25 per cent will be an increase in tax of £1.17 a week or about £61 a year .
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