Example sentences of "be [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There appears to be contradiction here ; clearly partnerships , to be worth their invention and investment must have clear intended outcomes which are mutually understood . |
| 2 | Smaller companies that are just experiencing difficulties getting a phone line are not going to want to pay that kind of money , but it may still be worth their while to get in touch with BT , given its extensive knowledge of and contacts within the former Eastern bloc . |
| 3 | Even in a larger group , so long as a few actors stand to benefit disproportionately from the group 's success , then it may be worth their while to bear the costs of collective action , although less-involved people will free-ride . |
| 4 | Ultimately , therefore , even if the big publishers had properly understood how software would be used in classrooms , they might well have found the size of the industry too small to be worth their attention and resources . |
| 5 | Alternatively , if a firm made its issue thinking share prices were indeed going to rocket ( for that is what the low yields implied ) , then it could be worth its while to take the cash and invest it back into equities or other financial instruments . |
| 6 | And once in your hand , a patent can be worth its weight in diamonds — so treat it with care and remember the case of Walter Hunt . |
| 7 | Of course , even if insider trading had some tendency to make the market smoother the benefit from that smoothness ( and it is not entirely clear why smooth gradual movements are preferable to sudden jumps ) might not be worth its cost . |
| 8 | A dreadful extravagance on one level , but I am in no doubt it will be worth its weight — pure silk £15 , so maybe it will be George 's Christmas present to me . |
| 9 | But once safely in position it will be worth its weight in gold for the extra light and space it will create . |
| 10 | That will disappoint David Gower fans and baffle those critics who believe any lefthander would be worth his weight in gold against leg-spinner Shane Warne . |
| 11 | But a bowler who does not break down at the end of every other over and who can finish each season with an average around the 25 mark would be worth his weight in gold now . |
| 12 | If your conference has a significant attendance , it may be worth your while to stage an exhibition and sell stands to related groups . |
| 13 | For instance , if you 're on a traffic junction outside a railway station like Lime Street , you wo n't be there five minutes before you 're approached by some hotelier saying , it would be worth your while to send them up to his hotel . |
| 14 | One of the biggest films of the coming year should be Dracula — and if you can hang on to your book token for a few weeks , it will be worth your while waiting for the publication of Bram Stoker 's Dracula — The Film And The Legend ( Pan , £7.99 ) . |
| 15 | And finally the Soft Sell — it will always be worth your while to invest in a stout umbrella ! |
| 16 | IF you 're tied in to a high mortgage rate it might be worth your while doing the switch . |
| 17 | If the bride or groom or their families or ancestors are famous , it might be worth your while looking them up in Who 's Who , and similar reference works , of which there are many editions covering authors , scientists , theatrical personages , and royalty . |
| 18 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
| 19 | He said that there is a regular demand for shots of Sydney , and therefore it would be worth my while making a detour to extend my portfolio . |
| 20 | He said that there is regular demand for shots of Sydney , and therefore it would be worth my while making a detour to extend my portfolio , I asked him to give me a list of potentially commercial sites in the city , based on his experience of sales and of demands . |
| 21 | Do you think that might be worth my while doing that ? |
| 22 | Now if you can go there all you 're doing is if you 're showing interest and you qualify like you reckon is it going to be worth my while , what sort of people go there , you know the R N I . |
| 23 | First to give an undertaking that he will consider this matter very fully and in consultation with the Home Secretary between now and the report stage and secondly , that his consultation will extend across Your Lordships House , because I do think that in the light of the discussion which we have already h had there is a consensus emerging among Your Lordships which had will be worth my Noble friend following up . |
| 24 | ‘ So interested , ’ Wexford said , ‘ that I 'm sending Detective Constable Loring down to find out who 's missing in the holiday towns and it might be worth our while to check with London too . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It is very sad , because the service is badly needed , but it would not be worth our while . ’ |
| 26 | Now if a few more countries ban us , then it will hardly be worth our while coming over because , even though the prize-money is very good , we would be taking too many enforced breaks . |
| 27 | of what sixth form courses entails , now , erm , three or four of us thought it might be worth our while , or your while if you just briefly said what I 'm going to say now , that erm , the , the |
| 28 | Yet vestigial gestures towards value persist , usually at the end of an exposition , where the critic in a final flourish claims , or at least hopes , that something valuable has emerged from the analysis ; a revelation of the quality of the author 's imagination ; or of the inevitable tendency of all texts to be about their own processes of composition , or to come apart in the reader 's hand ; or of the aesthetic fascination of the patterns of imagery that have been revealed ; or , at the very least , and least interestingly , that something ‘ interesting ’ will have been said . |
| 29 | Even with overtime £3 15s to £4 would be about their maximum weekly pay . |
| 30 | Whatever our misgivings about the story 's historicity ( and we make a grave and fundamental error if we think the value of a passage like this is measured by the extent of its historicity ) , and however confident we might be about its origins , it asks and surely deserves to be taken on the storyteller 's own terms . |