Example sentences of "[adv] not worth the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just not worth the candle . ’ |
| 2 | just not worth the hassle . |
| 3 | ‘ What will it take before you realise he 's just not worth the anguish ? ’ |
| 4 | It 's just not worth the risk . |
| 5 | This requires a V8 110 Bell housing and first motion shaft fitting to the gearbox , a major strip down , wiring changes , new chassis mounts , hoses , exhaust , etc and so is probably not worth the effort |
| 6 | Even so , she had no means of recognising them and to wade through three hundred-odd pages in search of some unidentified reference would be a formidable task and probably not worth the effort . |
| 7 | He did not feel that he would want to return to university , so he decided to apply for an unclassed ‘ War Honours ’ degree — ‘ probably not worth the paper it 's written on ’ , but perhaps enough to get him started in some profession , such as colonial service or , possibly , journalism ; he rather liked the idea of becoming a parliamentary correspondent for a newspaper . |
| 8 | Water resistance : little resistance to persistent rain but the fabric dries out so quickly after shows that it 's often not worth the bother of getting out your overtrousers . |
| 9 | However , it is clear that , throughout Britain and particularly in the construction industy , the YT guarantee for many young people is simply not worth the paper that it is printed on . |