Example sentences of "[noun] it [is] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 For brevity it is worth using these little symbols which are easy to learn .
2 On the Hyperion label the disc comes at ‘ upper mid-price ’ - just under £10-but it is worth remembering that Sir David Willcocks 's vintage performances of the Coronation Anthems with King 's College Choir at their brightest now come on mid-price CD in Decca 's Ovation series , generously coupled with the magnificent , extended Chandos Anthem No. 9 , O Praise The Lord With One Consent .
3 This then inevitably means that by the early spring it is worth working the same ground a second time .
4 If you are recalled for a second interview it is worth changing to a different outfit altogether if you can afford it or have something else suitable .
5 In other words it 's about buttonholing a large crowd , together , instead of chasing them individually .
6 If such people with planned social care can be kept in their own homes it is worth pressing for flexibility of resources to put in the extra help needed .
7 Against this liberal orthodoxy it is worth making two points .
8 In this connexion it is worth remembering that it takes a little longer to change where cymbals are concerned ( owing to the way in which they are held ) but from bass drum to side-drum , triangle , or tambourine , or from any of these to any other , is a matter of seconds .
9 Straps should be checked for cuts and tears , especially round the rivets , and with any crampon type it is worth carrying a long strap so that emergency repairs can be made in the event of breakage .
10 I think for a day 's er work it 's worth assessing the three top people identified with the six outside people that I 've identified who are you know in the next division down to see how they compare .
11 If there is any possibility of a period of supervised practice before returning to work it is worth taking , in addition to any period of standard reorientation .
12 If you are in this position and you want to return to work it is worth making enquiries of your health visitor or the local authority under-fives adviser .
13 In the long run it is by making efficient investment decisions that capacity is adjusted to ensure that this price also reflects long-run marginal cost .
14 For a somewhat less biased view of the global scene it 's worth sending for the latest Report on the State of World Population from the UN 's Fund for Population Activities ( 485 , Lexington Ave .
15 ‘ I 've got to prove to the boss it 's worth having a go on me , ’ he said .
16 In assessing the significance of Clovis 's conversion to catholicism it is worth noting the lack of a firm association between the Burgundians and heresy .
17 In these circumstances it is worth reconsidering the design of the drive circuit .
18 Because trying to meet this criterion has occupied so much of my research time in the past two decades it is worth spelling out again that to adopt a reductionist methodology in research strategy — that is , to try to stabilize the world that one is studying by manipulating one variable at a time , holding everything else as constant as possible — is generally the only way to do experiments from which one can draw clear conclusions .
19 We have used a simple model to illustrate the Lucas critique , but since the point is an important one with wide applications it is worth stating it more generally .
20 If you do rely on a friend or neighbour on a fairly relaxed and informal basis it is worth showing them some appreciation occasionally , a return of favours or a thoughtful gift .
21 We will look at the details of the exercise in Chapter 8 ; for the moment it is worth noting that the review centred around an analysis of school subjects in terms of skills , concepts , and attitudes ( expressed in terms of aims and objectives ) , and an analysis of the contribution of subjects to the eight areas of experience .
22 At the moment it is worth recording that section 55 ( 1 ) of the Sale of Goods Act reads :
23 For the moment it is worth concentrating on the shared concern for speech which is typical of both the written arts and , increasingly , of sociology .
24 Before you are carried away by the possibilities of information manipulation for its own sake it is worth taking a step back and examining how much more than the pen , paper and adding machine you really need .
25 In a large house with long corridors it is worth fitting extra alarms with an interconnect facility , so if one is triggered the others sound too .
26 A subsequent chapter will address the question of how this threat is routinized by members of the RUC generally , but at this juncture it is worth considering how the management 's dilemma leads them to organize community and neighbourhood policing in an area like West Belfast , where attack is imminent .
27 But before jumping to that conclusion it is worth pondering whether the weed is more resistant to husbandry practice rather than the herbicide .
28 In the transcendent it is like unrolling a little carpet of flowers of the desert .
29 When considering an offer of a job in the community it is worth asking a few questions about the day to day management of the service , and the kind of support you can expect to get from your colleagues .
30 At this point it is worth taking a step back from the scene and recalling that the Soviet Union and all the East European states are signatories to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution .
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