Example sentences of "worth more [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 :
2 Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested .
3 ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’
4 Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted .
5 But there is something of a tension in Mill 's view , because he thinks that erm it 's very important that if there is plural voting then the people who only have one vote should be prepared to accept the situation , so that the reasons why these people are given extra votes should be reasoned that the public , the uneducated accept past critics have pointed out if that 's going to be the case , why is it necessary to give these people extra votes , give the educated actual votes , because if the uneducated accept that the decisions of the educated are worth more than their own decisions , the opinions of the educated are worth more than the opinions of the uneducated , if they really do accept that , what 's to stop them just following the decisions of the educated in their own vote ?
6 And make sure your insurance company knows about any specific items , like valuable antiques , that are worth more than the insurance limit they may have set .
7 For patients , continued trust in the basis for their doctor 's decisions is worth more than the possibility of quicker access to elective surgery .
8 You are worth more than the birds !
9 At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business .
10 Since Gladstone 's day , governments have accepted that literacy , learning and literature are worth more than the revenue from a tax on the product .
11 A radio would probably be worth more than the car itself .
12 Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value .
13 They will not complain if they believe that their property is worth more than the band in which it has been allocated .
14 The idea is that the bidder must think that the shares in the company are worth more than the bid price , for example , because under the bidder 's control the company will be operated more efficiently , otherwise the bid would not be made .
15 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
16 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
17 It is not the fact that a coin is often worth more than the value of the bullion it contains .
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