Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That dusty old painting on the wall could well be worth a small fortune once inside an auction house . |
| 2 | As your pension is normally ultimately based on the size of your salary when you retire , the two years ' worth of added rights could still be worth a tidy amount . |
| 3 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 4 | I knew anything of Dad 's — anything — would be worth a great might hundred dollars . |
| 5 | What has not been developed to the same extent is the suggestiveness of his work on the novel for theories of genre , a suggestiveness which I will only touch on here , but which seems to me to be worth a great deal more investigation and discussion . |
| 6 | When they bought them from me , I said , ‘ For the next ten to fifteen years do n't sell these , because by then they will be worth a great deal ’ . |
| 7 | American investors were the big buyers , mainly sophisticated funds prepared to gamble that GPA would cling to life or prove to be worth a substantial sum broken up . |
| 8 | They were very much caught up in the opinion that if they were an indie band , it could n't possibly be worth a major record company taking them seriously . |
| 9 | ‘ This place would n't be worth a twopenny fart after that little incident . ’ |
| 10 | Orange or red nut feeders are especially attractive to siskins , but if there are squirrels around it may be worth the extra expense of a tough model such as the Gilbert squirrel-proof feeder , which has a nut basket surrounded by a mesh which will only allow the birds through . |
| 11 | In some instances , the long-term benefit to the victim may be worth the short-term price , but it is a question which must be faced . |
| 12 | He evidently considered that gain to be worth the negative propaganda value of a militarily minor defeat , especially as it was portrayed as a defeat for the Italians , not for the Nationalists . |
| 13 | Your roll of wire will be worth an exploratory dig , tools become toys to be kicked around and chewed , and your jumper which you foolishly left hanging on the fence is now going to suffer a life-threatening crisis . |
| 14 | It seemed to be about a young woman , thinking aloud as she went about her home doing her chores . |
| 15 | Now the more certain that we want to be about a particular inference , right , the smaller is the significance level . |
| 16 | Like a dutiful citizen , I checked in with the Usher and he looked at his clipboard and said there would be about a fifteen-minute wait , so why did n't I take a seat ? |
| 17 | You should dig a pit a yard deep ; for comfort while digging , this will need to be about a square yard in area . |
| 18 | ‘ Then you must be about the only person in London that has n't heard , ’ Bragg said drily . |
| 19 | ‘ I have n't even seen the original series — I must be about the only guy in the western hemisphere who has n't , ’ he said as the cast walked up the plank in Irvine , Ayrshire , to inspect the Vital Spark for the first time . |
| 20 | It was to be about the –wicked stepmother ’ in Snow White , something from her point of view , redress some of the balance . |
| 21 | Most ‘ American ’ restaurants offer barbecued chicken — this will be about the lowest-calorie possibility you will see among the hot choices . |
| 22 | The aims of higher education ( whether , for example , it should be about the disinterested pursuit of knowledge , or about training students for the graduate job market ) are confused . |
| 23 | ‘ My houses have to be about the right thing , ’ he told Endill . |
| 24 | It could n't be about the fire-damaged gin . |
| 25 | The development officers felt that 50 would be about the maximum number of new cases they could take on over a 12 month period . |
| 26 | And people do live in other parts of the area , and they need telephones — from what I 've seen of the place they 'll be about the main link with the outside world . |
| 27 | I hope that my painting stands beyond the moment ; I want it to be about the human situation rather than a fleeting moment in time or a specific view ’ . |
| 28 | I hope that this debate will be about the valuable contribution that Britain can make to the European community , rather than a sterile argument about whether the king 's prerogatives will be taken over by the Government and given away in the face of the people . |
| 29 | The issue may be about an undesirable friendship , being out late at night , buying a motor bike , drinking alcohol , and so on . . |
| 30 | An art monograph need not be about a person , but can be about an individual work or a scheme such as a mural decoration . |