Example sentences of "[adv] worth the trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not know enough about painting to recognise it , or even guess at its value , but in the present-day crazy art market even a relatively modern painting might well be very valuable , and this one was apparently worth the trouble and risk that Ewen Mackay had taken . |
| 2 | The total penalty , then , was scarcely worth the trouble and cost involved in Mr Hunte 's consultations with senior ICC officials , conciliators all , it seems . |
| 3 | To give this impression would ensure shipwreck on a reef which we shall in any case be lucky to avoid , the indifference of the reader who takes it for granted that we are trying to deduce imperatives from the facts of which one ought to be aware , and assumes in advance that there has to be a flaw somewhere , hardly worth the trouble of locating , as in a new proposal for a perpetual-motion machine . |
| 4 | A more general definition of resistance valid for varying cross-sections may be easily arrived at , but it is hardly worth the trouble . |
| 5 | It 's well worth the trouble , though , firstly because it 's obviously ideal for bringing out the bass in small guitars , secondly because it looks just fabulous , and thirdly because it makes the inside of the guitar smell like an explosion in a spice market . |
| 6 | But for anyone contemplating a similar project , it was no more difficult than many domestic-type woodworking exercises , and well worth the trouble . , |