Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Welfare State International 's street theatre production of the mythologised life of Alfred Nobel , ‘ Lord Dynamite ’ , on April 13 should be worth a visit . |
| 32 | I mean that might be worth a query if the Finance Committee are sort of erm er er worrying about the heating . |
| 33 | In June 1989 Burmin estimated the deposit it had discovered on Croagh Patrick might be worth a minimum of £30 million . |
| 34 | GOLF 'S 1993 European Volvo Tour will be worth £24.75 million , a 12.5 per cent increase for 39 events in 19 different countries — 16 of which will be worth a minimum of £600,000 . |
| 35 | The exceptions are sufficiently rare to be worth a study on their own ; it was quite a challenge for designers to make effective use of a relatively small circular area with a hole in the middle . |
| 36 | ‘ Your house will be worth a lot more now , ’ people remarked brightly , which observation — if it brought forth a reply at all — was countered by a snapped : ‘ I did n't buy it as an investment ’ . |
| 37 | They could be worth a lot of money one day . |
| 38 | However , your pension may be worth a lot of money and , especially as you approach retirement , it is important that you should know the main essentials , including any options that may still be available to you . |
| 39 | gon na be worth a lot of money , with some people you 've got to give them a couple of free tickets |
| 40 | You have a case here which must be worth a lot of money , yet there is argument over whether somebody needs an electric toothbrush , how many toilet tissues he is going to use , etc . ’ |
| 41 | This tapes gon na be worth a lot of money is n't it . |
| 42 | That 's I want , do n't do n't chuck old and ancient things away that might be worth a lot of money later on . |
| 43 | You know and supposedly it should be worth a lot . |
| 44 | Might be worth a flutter . |
| 45 | This may not be an original idea but I thought it might be worth a mention . |
| 46 | ‘ FitzAlan would think of him , too , and Ralf 's life would n't be worth a straw . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ If my lord ever finds you here , scrubbing tables , my life wo n't be worth a straw , ’ muttered Ellen two hours later , as she wielded a brush with more energy than accuracy . |
| 48 | The coin was meant to be worth a pound , but for all normal purposes the value of a pound was twenty silver shillings each weighing one-fifth of an ounce , and the golden guinea went to a premium above this . |
| 49 | But it is complicated and I er mean really for the average investor , unless you 're a non-taxpayer , because the in er the income from the gilts is gross , it may be worth er it may be worth a non-taxpayer holding gilts , and er getting a gross yield of maybe eight and a quarter , nine percent . |
| 50 | Its procedures often seemed too specific to be worth the candle of locking someone up . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | Because stores need to restock hot CDs quickly , the savings from buying abroad would not be worth the delay in delivery . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | That movement alone would be worth the price of this CD . |
| 57 | A sound company in a faltering market may not be worth the price . |
| 58 | ‘ It might be worth the price of a new car to get away from you ! ’ she seethed , letting off the handbrake . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | 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 . |