Example sentences of "[pron] [is] worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ban is expected to be part of a series of new measures to tighten control of the illegal horticultural business which is worth billions of dollars a year . |
| 2 | In much the same way , nearly all creature comforts must be sacrificed for performance — a condition which is worth it most of the time , but very occasionally not . |
| 3 | Here we may have a glimpse of the future shape of organisation and management theory and practice which is worth on-going consideration in relation to schools . |
| 4 | There is a derivative , the Ppenny ( Pp ) , which is worth £400 000 . |
| 5 | In an affidavit , which is worth quoting at length — if only because information of this kind is so rare from the pen of a security officer — Massiter stated : |
| 6 | As a result of inflation and part repayment of mortgages most home owners have a property which is worth far more than they owe on it . |
| 7 | There is a story about Ribeira Brava which may or may not be true but which is worth the telling . |
| 8 | It really is sickening to have an aeroplane , which is worth its weight in gold out here , broken through damned bad handling . ’ |
| 9 | Jupiter is the planet of increase , which is worth considering not in terms of financial and material improvements but in the expansion of your awareness and self-understanding — an expansion which will lead to better things in the future . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , it has its place in camcorder operating techniques and there is a right way of doing it which is worth learning and practising . |
| 11 | The deal , which is worth £393m , has come under fierce criticism from the other American airlines . |
| 12 | As a result of inflation and part repayment of mortgages most home owners have a property which is worth far more than they owe on it . |
| 13 | General Motors Corp 's Hughes Network Systems Inc has a contract to build a digital network for fixed telephone and cellular phones in Chengdu , the capital Sichuan Province in the People 's Republic of China : the initial contract , which is worth $15m , will serve more than 20,000 subscribers and expansions of the network will eventually serve 100,000 subscribers ; the entire Chengdu network is set to go on line in November ; Hughes is also building a similar network in Tatarstan , in the Russian Republic . |
| 14 | However , there is an interesting and well developed literature which is worth considering in its own right , namely the application of the arbiter model to explain the existence of authoritarian regimes under capitalism . |
| 15 | Informix was expecting a $22m cheque last week for its share of the 60,000-user US Army RCAS contract which is worth $1.6bn overall : it received an initial $5m payment back in January . |
| 16 | Ron Skates , president and chief executive officer of Data General Corp and senior vice president , Tom West , were in the UK last week to bolster the company 's bid for a share of the UK Home Office 's Unix System Environment — House 2 — contract for open systems hardware , which is worth up to £100m split between three suppliers . |
| 17 | Probably the most useful recent equivalent is Clutton-Brock and Albon 's Red Deer in the Highlands , while a short summary is in Clutton-Brock and Ball , Rum , the Natural History of an Island — a book which is worth studying for the interplay of how things affect each other . |
| 18 | It is not as though the law adopts , or still less , creates for its own peculiar purposes and processes a special view of ownership , one which is worth as much or as little as any other view . |
| 19 | Words Children want to use , by Amy Brown , John Downing and John Sceats , which is worth reading , and the dictionaries themselves are good for primary schools . |
| 20 | The court said : " If the right to be heard is a real right which is worth anything , it must carry with it a right in the accused man to know the case which is made against him . |
| 21 | Discussion about the nature of the state will follow below but there is a body of literature about the nature and form of the pressures on the state from the base in contemporary capitalism which is worth noting here . |
| 22 | Now , obviously this is three four four five , and that 's allo that 's available to each person , so if it 's a married couple , they 'll each get that amount , then there 's a married couple 's allowance , which is worth seventeen twenty , and that can be moved either to the male or the female or split er under the regulations as they stand . |
| 23 | ‘ If the right to be heard is to be a real right which is worth anything , it must carry with it a right in the accused man to know the case which is made against him . ’ |
| 24 | Let us suppose that the animals contest a resource which is worth W points to the winner , and zero to the loser . |
| 25 | What we 're talking about here is a £50 package which is worth its money . |
| 26 | Fourthly , for the second year running , there have been two advance payments of the annual ewe premium , including the whole of the 4 ecu per ewe supplement which is worth £39 million in the less-favoured areas to help farmers ' cash flows . |
| 27 | Joy , who lives in Astley , is justifiably proud of her micro motor , which is worth around £3,000 and boasts a CB unit , stereo and alarm . |
| 28 | This is illustrated in Knight v Fellick [ 1977 ] RTR 316 ( which is worth reading ) . |
| 29 | The Consumer Guarantees Bill 1990 , would have included in the present s14(2) of SGA 1979 and its equivalent provisions under SOGIT 1973 ( as substituted by Sched 4 to CCA 1974 ) and the SGSA 1982 , the following provision which is worth setting out in full since it received Government approval and is likely to be re-introduced in the near future : ( 2A ) For the purposes of this Act , goods are of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory , taking account of any description of the goods , the price ( if relevant ) and all the other relevant circumstances . |
| 30 | Yes , yes , I mean we 've , we 've sort of talked about it but not done very much about it , Communicado of course is based on the Lyceum which is something which is worth knowing , erm |