Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Course it 's worth bothering because a lot of young men that was unemployed come down to the school where I 'm the caretaker and they said , we know that you 're running short is there any chance of getting in on the scene ? |
| 2 | It is worth remembering that a sparrow has more vertebrae in its neck than a giraffe . |
| 3 | It is worth emphasizing that a fit is made to pulse measurements extending over more than a decade , i.e. over 3 x 10 8 s , with an accuracy to 10 7minus4 S or better ! |
| 4 | ‘ It is worth emphasising that a return to first principles of traffic safety for children does not give support for the abolition of shared space ’ approaches in favour of either ‘ Radburn'-style pedestrian-vehicle segregation … nor a return to Roads In Urban Areas ’ styles of design with relatively wide , fast roads in residential areas ’ |
| 5 | While this increase is startling , it is worth noting that a concern over ‘ crime waves ’ , and rising levels of juvenile crime in particular , is not a new phenomenon . |
| 6 | For the longer term , it is worth noting that a number of the member states have a more independent system of audit , under which a company 's accounts are audited , not by its own accountants , but by auditors who primarily owe a public interest duty . |
| 7 | It is worth noting that a number of subjects did not answer the b question in terms of truth or falsehood of fact , but according to what the speaker , in asking the preceding question , had appeared to presuppose . |
| 8 | It is worth noting that a difference in temperature is the same for both scales . |