Example sentences of "was not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The police will have you believe that on the night of 12 September , after consuming half a tin of pilchards , she decided life was not worth living and hacked off her left leg with a non-existent sharp instrument . |
| 2 | Sitting on the train she had suddenly thought that it was not worth it . |
| 3 | If the directives were to be criticised , it would have to be on the basis that any use of the power would damage the reputation of the British broadcasting authorities for independence and that that price was not worth paying for so small an effect . |
| 4 | Alida thought about the man once , to decide that he was not worth thinking about , and then though t no more . |
| 5 | Spending most of each day in the house , she had no one except Maria to talk to and Maria was not worth the effort . |
| 6 | The common currency exchanged between strangers was not worth much . |
| 7 | Labour supporters in Bristol had considered canvassing known overseas voters but decided it was not worth the expense . |
| 8 | For the first time , a public debate began over whether doctors , in consultation with parents , had the right to terminate life because they believed that the life concerned was not worth the living . |
| 9 | Academic opinion was divided as to the merits of the house ; and Lady Birk , the minister involved , was constantly to refer to ‘ other voices ’ who whispered behind closed doors that the house was not worth saving . |
| 10 | The Church argued that it was not worth spending such high sums on the building 's repair . |
| 11 | What still have to be worked out are the criteria which would justify not intervening aggressively , or , to put it another way , would amount to a quality of life which was not worth having . |
| 12 | Had I been in a vehicle I could have gone back , but on foot it was not worth risking the wasted energy . |
| 13 | Personally I liked it , but felt it was not worth all the publicity I had helped create for it . |
| 14 | ‘ And yet when you were sick and hungry , wanderin' through the streets , you had reached the point when you thought life was not worth livin' . |
| 15 | ‘ The Lady Yolande was not worth visiting , ’ Ranulf said reassuringly . |
| 16 | Anna was brought to us when her life was not worth anything . |
| 17 | If doubt is eventually justified , we were believing what clearly was not worth believing . |
| 18 | It had not taken long for her to realise that it was not worth the risk of her position and Stephen 's love . |
| 19 | Reminding her that she would still be in full control at all times , I asked her whether it was not worth trying the technique to see what happened . |
| 20 | The Concentrated Reinforcement Programme was discontinued since it was considered that the very marginal improvement that it had over the Standard programme was not worth the relatively more substantial increase in running costs . |
| 21 | The students at Beida , some of whom were on the verge of taking to the streets , probably feared the possible repercussions and with the end of term imminent , they decided that open protest was not worth the risk . |
| 22 | The Globe was designed to sell in large numbers — anything under half a million was not worth considering . |
| 23 | He was not worth my losing my badge ! |
| 24 | ‘ Quality of life ’ was at stake , and the courts concluded that Mr. Bland 's life was not worth preserving . |
| 25 | It had passed to Evelina in the days when a Burne-Jones was not worth twopence and goodness knew what Evelina had done with it . |
| 26 | The case for a separate traffic corps , strongly resisted by the police , was not worth pursuing . |
| 27 | Clara , when the idea was broached , declared instantly that it was not worth her while to ask her mother 's permission , whereupon the school embarrassingly said that if it were finance that were in question , then help might be forthcoming . |
| 28 | We should remember that it was ill the employers " interests to claim that it was not worth providing women with a long training because they would waste it by leaving early ; while it was in the trade union 's interest to claim that women were incompetent because they had only received a short training . |
| 29 | She considered most carefully whether life was or was not worth living before she killed herself . |
| 30 | It was not worth presenting reasoned arguments to Mrs Harper . |