Example sentences of "is worth [adj] than [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 If you genuinely think that the property is worth less than the asking price , then make a lower offer .
3 Since these two tend to go hand in hand , anyone whose home is worth less than the mortgage on it , would welcome a little inflation .
4 To hold the contrary , it has been well said , seems to assert ‘ that a bird in the hand is worth less than the same bird in the bush . ’
5 Recall from Chapter 12 that an allowance has to be made for the fact that a given sum of money to be received in the future is worth less than the same sum received now .
6 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 :
7 Try not to get pushed into this — your health is worth more than a few extra quid .
8 Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested .
9 In the context of hospitality and friendship , little and often is worth more than the grandest of annual social jamborees .
10 For patients , continued trust in the basis for their doctor 's decisions is worth more than the possibility of quicker access to elective surgery .
11 They will not complain if they believe that their property is worth more than the band in which it has been allocated .
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