Example sentences of "be worth [det] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when , as his friend and director Mike Nichols asserts , an actor has inscribed upon popular history a character who has influenced the modern male personality , as did Henry Fonda , James Cagney , Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart , his personal idiosyncrasies are worth more than a cursory glance . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’ |
| 3 | Thus , the value of the firm is equal to the total value of its expected future stream of cash flows , discounted to take account of the ‘ time value of money ’ ( ’ a pound tomorrow is worth less than a pound today ’ ) and risk . |
| 4 | The Kaduna-based Hausa language newspaper Gaskiya ta fi Kwabo ( ‘ The Truth is Worth More than a Penny ’ ) , took this allegation further by quoting from a leading Kaduna State politician : |
| 5 | Try not to get pushed into this — your health is worth more than a few extra quid . |
| 6 | Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested . |