Example sentences of "[is] [prep] spend [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 As a general principle , every so often it 's worth spending a little time relating words to their root , either the immediate derivation ( fanciful — fancy , variety — vary , especially — special ) , or etymologically ( hippopotamus , fee , salary , window ) .
2 It is worth spending a little time to ponder the significance of this .
3 This is a crucial and extremely innovative part of the Highlander education ‘ system , ’ and it is worth spending a little time stressing the importance of this .
4 As the errors remain instructive , it is worth spending a little time considering what went wrong .
5 The Government try to justify their claims about a minimum wage on the grounds of what it might to do employment , so it is worth spending a little time on the reasons why we shall insist on introducing it , and the rationale behind that .
6 It is worth spending a little time explaining why .
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