Example sentences of "be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , their use to the d-i-yer can be worth the £50–£100 investment . |
| 2 | Undaunted I was sure it would be worth the effort of breaking them in — and it was . |
| 3 | It is easy to find out who deals with A&R in a record company , and it has to be worth the legwork to find the person specializing in your type of music . |
| 4 | We reckoned , however , that the privacy would be worth the extravagance . |
| 5 | In such cases it would be worth the trouble of introducing worms from elsewhere . |
| 6 | This may , or may not , be expensive — but the reward may well be worth the money , as the present author has found on more than one occasion . |
| 7 | Its procedures often seemed too specific to be worth the candle of locking someone up . |
| 8 | It could be worth the risks . |
| 9 | This really is vintage material and would be worth the strongest recommendation at any price . |
| 10 | That movement alone would be worth the price of this CD . |
| 11 | What was there in the sea , that vast untapped resource that covered nine-tenths of the world 's surface , that could be worth the trouble ? |
| 12 | It seems a bit on the pricy side , especially as no case is included , but it might well be worth the extra for the feel of the neck and the promise of high reliability . |
| 13 | But if you just want one multi-purpose power saw , it could be worth the investment . |
| 14 | You could still transfer stitches by hand tooling but , except when working small motifs , this would take more time than would be worth the effort . |
| 15 | Keith Skeoch , chief economist at stockbroker James Capel , said : ‘ Whatever he puts forward now in the way of economic policy wo n't be worth the paper it 's written on . ’ |
| 16 | In some instances , the long-term benefit to the victim may be worth the short-term price , but it is a question which must be faced . |
| 17 | In a very rich catalogue of experience , the Great Patriotic War may be worth the balance of the collection . |
| 18 | Toshiba and Hitachi have the cushion of their heavy electrical divisions to fall back on — indeed Hitachi was largely dragged down by its mainframe business and it must be wondering how much longer that game will be worth the candle . |
| 19 | Because stores need to restock hot CDs quickly , the savings from buying abroad would not be worth the delay in delivery . |
| 20 | Toshiba and Hitachi have the cushion of their heavy electrical divisions to fall back on — indeed Hitachi was largely dragged down by its mainframe business and it must be wondering how much longer that game will be worth the candle . |
| 21 | There was the war horse to be thought of : a fine animal might be worth the value of a small lordship or , put differently , in the mid-fifteenth century a charger could cost a French man-at-arms the equivalent of anything from six months ' to two years ' wages . |
| 22 | The rewards , however , are seen to be worth the effort to master the new game . |
| 23 | If the job is very important it may be worth the cost of sending some one whose work you know well to cover the assignment . |
| 24 | Cars , of course , are also offered for comparative testing but there is usually no question of the tester -keeping the car at the end of the trial period , whereas the vacuum cleaner would not really be worth the manufacturer 's while collecting . |
| 25 | Biddy said gently , ‘ She may not be worth the trouble , Pip . ’ |
| 26 | Unfortunately , there was only one name on the list unknown to Intelligence , so she hoped that one would be worth the debasement she 'd heaped upon herself . |
| 27 | Yet , the benefit inherent in a holder 's right to sue the carrier may well be worth the burden of having to pay unpaid freight . |
| 28 | If this was done , the reformers argued , it would give the sections of the public concerned with these areas of policy a chance to react , and it would once again be worth the pressure groups ' while to explain their points to the Commons before the precise details of forthcoming legislation were settled . |
| 29 | There are too many concepts and procedures to learn , and for simpler applications , if probably wo n't be worth the effort . |
| 30 | It should be worth the wait . |