Example sentences of "worth more [subord] a " in BNC.

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1 The sculpture of Medardo Rosso is also worth more than a passing glance .
2 But when , as his friend and director Mike Nichols asserts , an actor has inscribed upon popular history a character who has influenced the modern male personality , as did Henry Fonda , James Cagney , Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart , his personal idiosyncrasies are worth more than a cursory glance .
3 ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’
4 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 :
5 Try not to get pushed into this — your health is worth more than a few extra quid .
6 Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested .
7 A lecturer at a further education college has won a grant worth more than a third of a million pounds to study volcanos .
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