Example sentences of "[is] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a somewhat less biased view of the global scene it 's worth sending for the latest Report on the State of World Population from the UN 's Fund for Population Activities ( 485 , Lexington Ave . |
| 2 | If you 're planning to move house , it 's worth knowing about the Home Arranger service offered by the Leeds Permanent Building Society . |
| 3 | And they know everybody who 's worth knowing in the househunting jungle — which makes them the ideal people to recruit the rest of your team . |
| 4 | then it 's worth looking at the idea . |
| 5 | Er , we have been in er organising these new seats , about the same time as the Labour government took in nineteen seventy eight , er I said that when I intervened upon him and I say it again it 's worth paying on the records , exactly the same pressures have been on us as were as on them . |
| 6 | Convert or sceptic , the philosphy seems to be if it works for you , it 's worth paying for the privilege . |
| 7 | Er now I I would expect , I do n't know whether it 's worth talking about the general principle that we 're talking about different routes here and as i understand , the purpose today was to talk about the need for relief roads and I would expect at some future date , at a public enquiry when er I 'm defending er the outer blue er the outer northern route , to defend why that was chosen as opposed to an inner northern route and not rely upon the key diagram in the structure plan and the stars that are shown on there . |
| 8 | I think it 's worth checking with the company concerned , but where caustic soda has been used , it leaves a whitish residue , and this should be washed off with clean water , then the wood allowed to dry . |
| 9 | Equally , however , it should be recognised that some writing is about communicating with the outside world and having a say in that world . |
| 10 | ‘ Selling is about getting on the telephone , ’ Brown says , ‘ and using a variety of techniques involving charm , bullying and whatever else you can muster . |
| 11 | White Lies … in contrast , is about lying in the daylight . |
| 12 | Friendship is about caring for the other person , respecting the other person , sharing your interests with the other person , enjoying just being with the other person — but not about suffocating the other person with big slobbering kisses ! |
| 13 | That that 's for going in the swimming pool with her |
| 14 | In particular , it is worth experimenting with the direction of both the roll and the stall turn to see if any improvement can be found . |
| 15 | When Neill and Buchanan challenge what is many boxing fans ' most cherished theory , it is worth delving into the social backgrounds of all the world champions and many leading contenders . |
| 16 | It is worth looking at the way the Soviet leader 's behaviour changed in the course of the crisis . |
| 17 | For examples of carefully worded questions in public opinion polls it is worth looking at the newspapers to see how very carefully the professional market research firms word their questions when they are asking ordinary people for their current political views . |
| 18 | For evidence of this , as well as of his continuing interest in the outcast and distressed , it is worth looking at the Postscript to Yarrow Revisited and Other Poems ( 1835 ) . |
| 19 | It is worth looking at the Delta-Epsilon pair , close to Gamma . |
| 20 | Before getting to grips with the corporatism as such , it is worth looking at the idea of the local state . |
| 21 | If , however , this investment of time and effort for training and research into the market is beyond the reach of your dealership , there are , after all , only so many things that can be tackled in a day , it is worth looking at the alternatives . |
| 22 | To give an idea of the syllabus for an LLB student it is worth looking at the typical curriculum in individual years . |
| 23 | Most of these are well beyond binocular range , but it is worth looking for the ‘ Black-Eye ’ galaxy M64 , which is within a degree of the star 35 Comæ , not far from Alpha . |
| 24 | It is worth knowing about the following aspects of your teenager 's life : |
| 25 | The powerful combination of Richard Hannon and Pat Eddery is worth supporting in the Swan Handicap , where Hopeful Bid attempts to supplement a recent victory at Yarmouth . |
| 26 | Now whether we would find in our strate if we were to have a strategic sites policy erm whether there 's an issue there that it might let in as it were too much of that kind of land use and not enough of the manufacturing or proper office kind I think is worth kicking around the table . |
| 27 | It is worth distinguishing between the management power structure and the general production structure , because what we have got increasingly are quite a lot of women at the professional level , working in individual production teams , as producers and directors of individual series or individual programmes . |
| 28 | Whether the case is worth taking to the Commissioners is doubtful , bearing in mind the costs involved for one business . |
| 29 | The question , however , is whether that risk is worth taking in the interests of preserving the prospect of an informed decision when the question arises for mature consideration . |
| 30 | Though margins on top-notch corporate loans have nearly doubled in the American market to about 50 basis points ( hundredths of one percent ) , they must widen further before it is worth lending in the midst of a recession . |