Example sentences of "are not worth " in BNC.

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1 My dear , my thoughts are not worth sharing just now .
2 The means of escaping poverty are not worth pursuing by a woman who genuinely wishes to be happy .
3 ‘ There are some patterns that are not worth looking at , miss .
4 Those who do not pass or who are not worth bothering about in terms of academic success get very little reward out of the school system .
5 They certainly will not go out of their way to be critical — and if they do they are not worth knowing in the first place !
6 In one sense , we are not worth it .
7 Cheap reels are not worth a second thought .
8 One reason for this resistance might be the common idea that language is ‘ trivial ’ , so linguistic reforms are not worth the trouble they cause .
9 Many waste-management policies impose economic costs that are not worth it , writes Frances Cairncross , our environment editor
10 ‘ Many things — like appearance — are not worth worrying about .
11 The hairy ones are mustachioed and bewhiskered in the most flamboyant way , the unpleasant-tasting ones have skins brilliantly coloured in reds , yellows , blacks and purples — all warnings to potential hunters that these morsels , for one reason or another , are not worth eating .
12 Since women are not worth the booze you buy them
13 You are not worth it .
14 It appears that unless people go to work in some landscape recognisable to L. S. Lowry , their jobs , conditions and efforts are not worth talking about .
15 With regard to the rest of the local ornithology around Yarrundi he was more confident , and in his instructions to Gilbert written on 20 January 1842 , he stipulated , ‘ The Brushes are not worth hunting for the birds . ’
16 In South America , the mahoganies , Swietenia spp. , were much sought after , so that today , they have suffered through genetic erosion to such an extent that often they are not worth exploiting , only those of poor form having been left in the forests to set seed .
17 However , the broker/dealer may well complain that this rule will allow the floor to take good trades off him , leaving him with the trades that are not worth having .
18 Erm , perhaps it will be Mr 's policy to impune all district auditors that their findings are not worth erm , troubling with .
19 One , one might argue that erm one might argue that there is a cynical implication thereupon , one might argue that but , but in i i in exactly the same way at the moment you might argue that all the assurances they 've given on Hong Kong are , are not worth the paper they 're written on and , and , and as soon as the , soon as you get through to nineteen ninety seven they 'll walk in .
20 across the board trouble is when you get these differential spend all the interpretation on them , not that you 're rewarding the good teachers but that some teachers are not worth rewarding .
21 It 's not as if there are n't aspects of his career that are n't worth exploring : how did he come to use drums , then almost unknown in Texan country line-ups ?
22 After a clash with ITV interviewer Gary Newbon , Benn rounded on the ‘ armchair critics who said I 'm washed up ’ and blasted : ‘ They are n't worth a hand job . ’
23 they 're a band you love to hate , far more than the Manic Street Preachers , who crave to be loathed but simply are n't worth the effort .
24 The cults in this country are n't worth a damn , we all know that .
25 Governesses are n't worth their salary , are they , Mamma ? ’
26 Such people are n't worth knowing in the first place .
27 The fixed-r the fixed- rates really are n't worth going for .
28 ‘ Then our lives are n't worth a beggar 's shit . ’
29 " They are n't worth it , kid . "
30 The Words are n't worth one fraction of a second of sadness for a daughter of mine :
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