Example sentences of "be worth more [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And make sure your insurance company knows about any specific items , like valuable antiques , that are worth more than the insurance limit they may have set .
2 The idea is that the bidder must think that the shares in the company are worth more than the bid price , for example , because under the bidder 's control the company will be operated more efficiently , otherwise the bid would not be made .
3 Since Gladstone 's day , governments have accepted that literacy , learning and literature are worth more than the revenue from a tax on the product .
4 Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted .
5 At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business .
6 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
7 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
8 A radio would probably be worth more than the car itself .
9 Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value .
10 ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’
11 The Kaduna-based Hausa language newspaper Gaskiya ta fi Kwabo ( ‘ The Truth is Worth More than a Penny ’ ) , took this allegation further by quoting from a leading Kaduna State politician :
12 Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested .
13 For patients , continued trust in the basis for their doctor 's decisions is worth more than the possibility of quicker access to elective surgery .
14 They will not complain if they believe that their property is worth more than the band in which it has been allocated .
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