Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its procedures often seemed too specific to be worth the candle of locking someone up . |
| 2 | Toshiba and Hitachi have the cushion of their heavy electrical divisions to fall back on — indeed Hitachi was largely dragged down by its mainframe business and it must be wondering how much longer that game will be worth the candle . |
| 3 | Toshiba and Hitachi have the cushion of their heavy electrical divisions to fall back on — indeed Hitachi was largely dragged down by its mainframe business and it must be wondering how much longer that game will be worth the candle . |
| 4 | Because stores need to restock hot CDs quickly , the savings from buying abroad would not be worth the delay in delivery . |
| 5 | If the Germans had not come to short-change the paying public , the play of Duncan Ferguson , in particular , also shaped up to be worth the admission money alone before Scotland fell behind . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | That movement alone would be worth the price of this CD . |
| 8 | A sound company in a faltering market may not be worth the price . |
| 9 | ‘ It might be worth the price of a new car to get away from you ! ’ she seethed , letting off the handbrake . |
| 10 | If the job is very important it may be worth the cost of sending some one whose work you know well to cover the assignment . |
| 11 | Cars , of course , are also offered for comparative testing but there is usually no question of the tester -keeping the car at the end of the trial period , whereas the vacuum cleaner would not really be worth the manufacturer 's while collecting . |
| 12 | This may , or may not , be expensive — but the reward may well be worth the money , as the present author has found on more than one occasion . |
| 13 | If there are small administrative costs of changing prices ( so-called ‘ menu costs ’ ) , it may not be worth the firm changing its price as the adjustment costs may dominate the small gain in profitability . |
| 14 | Undaunted I was sure it would be worth the effort of breaking them in — and it was . |
| 15 | You could still transfer stitches by hand tooling but , except when working small motifs , this would take more time than would be worth the effort . |
| 16 | The rewards , however , are seen to be worth the effort to master the new game . |
| 17 | There are too many concepts and procedures to learn , and for simpler applications , if probably wo n't be worth the effort . |
| 18 | If you have large draughty windows on the east- and north-facing walls , it might be worth the expense for the resulting extra comfort . |
| 19 | This is not a practical way to run a paper and pencil address book because it 's not possible to turn directly to the 3423rd character in a book , and the saving in space would not be worth the tedium involved . |
| 20 | If this was done , the reformers argued , it would give the sections of the public concerned with these areas of policy a chance to react , and it would once again be worth the pressure groups ' while to explain their points to the Commons before the precise details of forthcoming legislation were settled . |
| 21 | However , their use to the d-i-yer can be worth the £50–£100 investment . |
| 22 | Keith Skeoch , chief economist at stockbroker James Capel , said : ‘ Whatever he puts forward now in the way of economic policy wo n't be worth the paper it 's written on . ’ |
| 23 | An important implication of this , in the context of attempts which may be made to encourage Denmark to change her mind , is that assurances and comforting words which are not directly part of the Treaty are unlikely to be worth the paper they are written on , or the microphone they are spoken from , so far as the emerging European law is concerned . |
| 24 | It has n't passed on a penny to the landlord … and his tenancy agreement may not now be worth the paper it 's written on |
| 25 | There was the war horse to be thought of : a fine animal might be worth the value of a small lordship or , put differently , in the mid-fifteenth century a charger could cost a French man-at-arms the equivalent of anything from six months ' to two years ' wages . |
| 26 | In a very rich catalogue of experience , the Great Patriotic War may be worth the balance of the collection . |
| 27 | It must be worth the revelation ! ’ |
| 28 | But if you just want one multi-purpose power saw , it could be worth the investment . |
| 29 | I 've never seen the sort of breathtaking squalor I witnessed there but give them a day when their neighbourhood is shown to be worth the world running through it , gratefully accepting water and candy from them at the roadside , and it 's amazing the way mutual mistrust can disappear . |
| 30 | but it would be worth the kids on their weekend trips going and having a look in there . |