Example sentences of "not worth the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she 's going over at half past eleven and she said to me if it 's not worth the money I 'm not changing and er , I shall tell him that I 've certainly got to go on the books you know |
| 2 | Otherwise you could be changing status now only to change back again very shortly and it is not worth the upheaval for what would only be a marginal difference . ’ |
| 3 | Believing revanche to be either unrealizable , or not worth the price to be paid , it looked to colonies , social progress and economic expansion for French achievement . |
| 4 | Not worth the licence fee as Derek says . |
| 5 | It 's not worth the aggravation ’ . |
| 6 | just not worth the hassle . |
| 7 | Thin foil wrappers , for example , contain so little material that it 's not worth the cost of recycling . |
| 8 | Even heads who do not share this cartel mentality may find that aggressive expansion is not worth the candle . |
| 9 | If that is the case , and she becomes upset , you could be very tempted to drop the whole issue , feeling that it is just ‘ not worth the candle ’ . |
| 10 | If Coleby 's overheads at the development stage go over a certain figure , he may decide that the game 's not worth the candle . |
| 11 | It 's just not worth the candle . ’ |
| 12 | Assailed from both sides , the masher decided that the game was not worth the candle , and , dodging by Neil , to the latter 's great relief , he scuttled off towards the Haymarket . |
| 13 | Generally it 's not worth the candle to try and dodge the revenue authorities . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not worth the fruit and the sugar . ’ |
| 15 | It was not worth the sulk and you 're ashamed of me are n't you that he could keep up for three days when required . |
| 16 | It was not worth the plaintiff suing the driver as he was uninsured and had no money . |
| 17 | ( He should have won a Nobel Prize for general relativity , but the idea that space and time were curved was still regarded as too speculative and controversial , so they gave him a prize for the photoelectric effect instead — ; not that it was not worth the prize on its own account . ) |
| 18 | It 's just not worth the risk . |
| 19 | It had not taken long for her to realise that it was not worth the risk of her position and Stephen 's love . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The economic gain from foreign contracts is not worth the risk to national property . |
| 22 | It 's not worth the risk Flora . |
| 23 | Chief Trading Standards Officer Ken Wardale said : ‘ Our local traders have got the message that selling fireworks to young children is not worth the risk of prosecution . |
| 24 | it is not worth the salesperson 's time to let the buyer finish . |
| 25 | Since women are not worth the booze you buy them |
| 26 | You just get it anywhere it 's not worth the sort of on it . |
| 27 | Water resistance : little resistance to persistent rain but the fabric dries out so quickly after shows that it 's often not worth the bother of getting out your overtrousers . |
| 28 | ‘ There comes a time when it 's not worth the commitment you 've got to give ’ — ALEX WYLLIE ( retired All Black coach ) . |
| 29 | Labour supporters in Bristol had considered canvassing known overseas voters but decided it was not worth the expense . |
| 30 | The sad thing is such behaviour will only end up getting the poor stalker or ghillie the sack so it 's not worth the trouble . |