Example sentences of "worth the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If beer is not your tipple , it is still worth the trip because there is so much going on . |
| 2 | You have to go to Holland to get it but it 's well worth the trip . |
| 3 | The view from the top of the hill near Lungawater is worth the trip . |
| 4 | Aphrodisias seems a long way from anywhere , but it is worth the trip for it is one of the most exciting archaeological sites in Turkey . |
| 5 | The heater of the van they drove in was hardly worth the noise it made , and no coffee was available . |
| 6 | The new Savings Certificate , for example , due out Monday week , offers a guaranteed 7.5 per cent tax free , worth the equivalent of 12.5 per cent to a top tax payer . |
| 7 | It has apparently bought Delta 8000 Unix systems worth the equivalent of $40m — 10% of Motorola 's worldwide computer systems sales and almost half its European sales to date . |
| 8 | The Chancellor slapped an immediate ban on Business Expansion Schemes offering loans to investors , a device used to give them a quick payback worth the equivalent of as much as 30 per cent per year . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , there was only one name on the list unknown to Intelligence , so she hoped that one would be worth the debasement she 'd heaped upon herself . |
| 10 | They were assisted by the referee , Clive Norling , who added on nine minutes ' injury time despite the lack of an injury stoppage worth the name . |
| 11 | He did not need a stick at this time , for he was feeling better than usual , and his skin would have passed for normal except for some roughness here and there easily attributable to the chafing of clothes or to taking too many baths in hard water without the benefit of bottled body oils sold by any chemist worth the name . |
| 12 | No education worth the name is wholly self-regarding , nor on the other hand can any be treated as wholly instrumental or other-regarding . |
| 13 | It can be so slight as to be hardly worth the name … or at the other extreme , it can almost totally paralyse action . ’ |
| 14 | No woman worth the name would let it happen . |
| 15 | And well worth the waiting for . |
| 16 | A flock of snow buntings , a skein of brent geese , a flotilla of eiders , a great skua or a lone gannet makes it worth the waiting . |
| 17 | She had never before known how to be still and wait ; there had never been anything as worth the waiting for as this was . |
| 18 | It was not worth the sulk and you 're ashamed of me are n't you that he could keep up for three days when required . |
| 19 | Not worth the licence fee as Derek says . |
| 20 | Some said the facilities were no better than when it was just the plain Milton Keynes Bowl , for many it was still worth the travel , the wait , the time to see Bruce . |
| 21 | It was n't worth the fine , so I retreated to climb every escalator , dream the impossible dream of a store in which silent night meant peace to shop , and not another glutinous accompaniment to wassailing wallets . |
| 22 | Another treasure house worth the drive is Matthew Eden 's , to the east of the city , at Pickwick End , Corsham . |
| 23 | Make not his Worth the Measure of your Song ; |
| 24 | Well worth the journey . |
| 25 | The 795-page catalogue is worth the journey to Venice by itself , and is likely to remain the layman 's definitive Celtic history book for some time to come . |
| 26 | GARDEN visiting is one of the most popular ways to spend summer Sunday afternoons and there are several guides to help you decide which , when , where and if it is worth the journey . |
| 27 | Worth the journey |
| 28 | That bread alone was well worth the journey . |
| 29 | It was n't worth the responsibility . |
| 30 | Frankly , it is n't worth the memory space it takes up , as improvements with other than database programs are imperceptible , and access with database files are n't speeded up very noticeably . |