Example sentences of "not worth " in BNC.
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| 31 | Alida thought about the man once , to decide that he was not worth thinking about , and then though t no more . |
| 32 | Spending most of each day in the house , she had no one except Maria to talk to and Maria was not worth the effort . |
| 33 | The common currency exchanged between strangers was not worth much . |
| 34 | You can see for yourself it 's not worth anything . ’ |
| 35 | ALL THE PAIN THAT MONEY CAN BUY : The Life of Christina Onassis by William Wright Gollancz , £5.99 MANY MIGHT think that Christina Onassis 's 37 years of life , notable only for her four marriages and succession of lovers , is not worth a full-scale biography , certainly not one of almost 400 pages . |
| 36 | Professor Lear believes that individuation and autonomy are the highest goals of Man and he also believes , along with Socrates , that the unexamined life is not worth living . |
| 37 | THE Questor Selection offers readers a choice of shares suitable for inclusion in long-term portfolios , with execution — only broker services provided through our arrangements with ShareLink — although it is usually not worth dealing in sums below £1,000 . |
| 38 | ‘ Without the money to pay for your promises , your manifesto is not worth the paper it is written on , ’ said Mr Lamont . |
| 39 | He said : ‘ Most people have a jaundiced idea of sermons as boring and not worth listening to . |
| 40 | If employed , they can be seen as having obsolete skills in which it is not worth investing . |
| 41 | Help them to stick up for themselves and see that it is not worth being treated badly just in order to have a best friend . |
| 42 | It is not worth our while because we can not redeem them for as much as they would get for five- or 10-dollar bills . ’ |
| 43 | Labour supporters in Bristol had considered canvassing known overseas voters but decided it was not worth the expense . |
| 44 | However a hand drill can be a useful extra tool for making holes in locations remote from a power supply , or simply for a one-off drilling job in the workshop for which it is not worth unpacking and setting up a power tool . |
| 45 | My dear , my thoughts are not worth sharing just now . |
| 46 | He did not feel that he would want to return to university , so he decided to apply for an unclassed ‘ War Honours ’ degree — ‘ probably not worth the paper it 's written on ’ , but perhaps enough to get him started in some profession , such as colonial service or , possibly , journalism ; he rather liked the idea of becoming a parliamentary correspondent for a newspaper . |
| 47 | The implication is that sovereignty is not worth having , since we are totally constrained by what the Germans do anyway . |
| 48 | All the carefully prepared summaries and analyses were not worth the paper they were printed on . |
| 49 | This requires a V8 110 Bell housing and first motion shaft fitting to the gearbox , a major strip down , wiring changes , new chassis mounts , hoses , exhaust , etc and so is probably not worth the effort |
| 50 | The means of escaping poverty are not worth pursuing by a woman who genuinely wishes to be happy . |
| 51 | His Poems , think them all not worth a Straw . |
| 52 | If the mother objects to abortion on moral or religious grounds , the tests are virtually pointless , and certainly not worth the additional risks that they raise . |
| 53 | For the first time , a public debate began over whether doctors , in consultation with parents , had the right to terminate life because they believed that the life concerned was not worth the living . |
| 54 | If the activity is n't enjoyable for those taking part and also those that are asked to part with their money then it 's not worth doing . |
| 55 | I am told it was never finished , that it never will be finished , that it is not worth finishing . |
| 56 | The whole of French music is not worth a sou … |
| 57 | ‘ There are some patterns that are not worth looking at , miss . |
| 58 | ‘ Once we unite the economy and build one apparatus … all this notorious self-determination is not worth one rotten egg . ’ |
| 59 | It 's not worth investing in that foundry . ’ |
| 60 | It 's not worth dying or having a slashed face . ’ |