Example sentences of "worth more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That picture hanging over your fireplace might just be worth more than your whole house . |
| 2 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
| 3 | Just sit down for few minutes , you are probably worth more than you think . |
| 4 | Miss Wilson , who has worked for the auctioneers for 25 years , suspected it was worth more than its modest £1,200 estimate . |
| 5 | In the context of hospitality and friendship , little and often is worth more than the grandest of annual social jamborees . |
| 6 | ‘ Some things are worth more than money . ’ |
| 7 | It is not the fact that a coin is often worth more than the value of the bullion it contains . |
| 8 | You are worth more than the birds ! |
| 9 | The sculpture of Medardo Rosso is also worth more than a passing glance . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The most casual obscenities , the most hackneyed endearments , coming to me from your rose-red lips , are worth more than the sagest advice of all the old men in the world . |
| 12 | Surely polymeric surfactants , which are becoming increasingly important as dispersing agents , are worth more than the three pages devoted to them here . |
| 13 | When money is falling in value ( prices rising ) , borrowers gain at the expense of lenders because today 's money is worth more than tomorrow 's money . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’ |
| 15 | His query concerns a 2-iron which his local pro reckoned might be worth more than just a few bob . |
| 16 | THAT old glass paperweight hiding in the back of the china cabinet may seem like a worthless ornament but it could be worth more than you think . |
| 17 | Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value . |
| 18 | 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 : |
| 19 | However he also meant everyone to realise that the ‘ new thing ’ was worth more than the ‘ lost lore ’ . |
| 20 | But the new property must not be worth more than the old one . |
| 21 | Kanfer 's assertion that words are , in the end , worth more than the ‘ legitimate ’ social grievances of feminists is , to say the least , a weak and unconvincing argument . |
| 22 | Smith 's job is to make people see he could care less , can do something about Britain 's problems and that his words are worth more than those of Johnny Devaluation . |
| 23 | Try not to get pushed into this — your health is worth more than a few extra quid . |
| 24 | On their pumping new single , ‘ Gold ’ , which is bizarrely reminiscent of New Order circa 1984 , East 17 go for the sneeringly philosophical angle , insisting that ‘ life is worth more than gold ’ . |
| 25 | His collection is worth more than that . |
| 26 | And make sure your insurance company knows about any specific items , like valuable antiques , that are worth more than the insurance limit they may have set . |
| 27 | The aim of the USRC was to create just such an impression as Disraeli had done — that Unionist action would be worth more than Liberal words — and they often quoted him with pride . |
| 28 | Clark capitulated and stayed with Virgin , on the grounds that idiosyncrasy and fun were worth more than conventional careerism . |
| 29 | The idea is that the bidder must think that the shares in the company are worth more than the bid price , for example , because under the bidder 's control the company will be operated more efficiently , otherwise the bid would not be made . |
| 30 | For patients , continued trust in the basis for their doctor 's decisions is worth more than the possibility of quicker access to elective surgery . |