Example sentences of "not worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either I work on the big glass , he wrote , or my life is not worth living . |
| 2 | Most of the things I had were dated and not worth very much , so I found myself selling off my past as jumble and bric-a-brac . |
| 3 | Inadequately treated wood is not worth bothering with : the retaining walls are too fundamental to the design and structure to take any risks . |
| 4 | Many trailers are dangerous much above 80 k.p.h. ( 50 m.p.h. ) and it is just not worth taking any chances going much faster . |
| 5 | This kick is not worth covering in detail since it invariably comes in low and catches the opponent in the groin , and thus rarely scores . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not worth shoe-leather . |
| 7 | Indeed , as I mentioned above , there is plenty of evidence from research with the very young infants that their input systems allow them to make appearancereality distinctions ( for example , apparent versus real shape ) at so young an age that the possibility that they have to rely upon records of their actions to do this is just not worth considering . |
| 8 | ‘ The police will have you believe that on the night of 12 September , after consuming half a tin of pilchards , she decided life was not worth living and hacked off her left leg with a non-existent sharp instrument . |
| 9 | Sitting on the train she had suddenly thought that it was not worth it . |
| 10 | They were not worth living for . |
| 11 | President Houphouet Boigny , of Ivory Coast , is on record as saying that a minister who can not enrich himself is not worth his salt . |
| 12 | The summons he receives from a free-floating blonde — ‘ Leave ‘ em , Billy , they 're not worth it . |
| 13 | ‘ A hairdresser 's not worth his salt if he 's not prepared to give a consultation , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Most companies demand a minimum shareholding before offering discounts and in most cases it is not worth buying the shares just to receive the perks . |
| 15 | If the directives were to be criticised , it would have to be on the basis that any use of the power would damage the reputation of the British broadcasting authorities for independence and that that price was not worth paying for so small an effect . |
| 16 | But in view of the actual American mood at this time , such a possibility is not worth even a cursory exploration . |
| 17 | Even heads who do not share this cartel mentality may find that aggressive expansion is not worth the candle . |
| 18 | The male contestants , the jury found , were not worth a mention . |
| 19 | A determined show of political resistance from Mr Yeltsin and his supporters in other republics might help convince many old-fashioned Russian nationalists that hanging on to the Baltic republics is not worth a fight . |
| 20 | Before 1994 , the suggested date for introducing reforms , it may decide that the change is not worth the political and administrative pain . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , let's have another cuppa tea , luvvie , and forget all about it … it 's not worth it . |
| 22 | ‘ Your family is not worth this £81.84 you have spent . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Not worth it . |
| 24 | — Anyway , he 's not worth getting so worked-up over . |
| 25 | He can not , ‘ mighty prince ’ that he is , appear to suggest that she , his ‘ princess ’ , is not worth four hundred shekels . |
| 26 | Mr Stern 's costings tell him it is not worth paying more than £750/acre for bare arable land if he is to make a reasonable living . |
| 27 | In the Fifties the things you bought to throw away ranged from Kleenex to baking tins , from razors with only one blade ( supplied by vending machine ) to watches not worth repairing . |
| 28 | The Korean War and several other border wars , backed by the super-powers , had been judged not worth pressing the nuclear button for and it was this consideration which had produced the British H-Bomb in 1957 . |
| 29 | You sometimes hear people say that it is not worth eating differently , or getting to the right weight ; they say they prefer a short and happy life to a long and miserable one . |
| 30 | Going up one flight of stairs to visit the lavatory is not worth recording as exercise for the average person ! |