Example sentences of "[is] not worth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either I work on the big glass , he wrote , or my life is not worth living . |
| 2 | Inadequately treated wood is not worth bothering with : the retaining walls are too fundamental to the design and structure to take any risks . |
| 3 | This kick is not worth covering in detail since it invariably comes in low and catches the opponent in the groin , and thus rarely scores . |
| 4 | ‘ It is not worth shoe-leather . |
| 5 | President Houphouet Boigny , of Ivory Coast , is on record as saying that a minister who can not enrich himself is not worth his salt . |
| 6 | Most companies demand a minimum shareholding before offering discounts and in most cases it is not worth buying the shares just to receive the perks . |
| 7 | But in view of the actual American mood at this time , such a possibility is not worth even a cursory exploration . |
| 8 | Even heads who do not share this cartel mentality may find that aggressive expansion is not worth the candle . |
| 9 | A determined show of political resistance from Mr Yeltsin and his supporters in other republics might help convince many old-fashioned Russian nationalists that hanging on to the Baltic republics is not worth a fight . |
| 10 | Before 1994 , the suggested date for introducing reforms , it may decide that the change is not worth the political and administrative pain . |
| 11 | ‘ Your family is not worth this £81.84 you have spent . ’ |
| 12 | He can not , ‘ mighty prince ’ that he is , appear to suggest that she , his ‘ princess ’ , is not worth four hundred shekels . |
| 13 | Mr Stern 's costings tell him it is not worth paying more than £750/acre for bare arable land if he is to make a reasonable living . |
| 14 | You sometimes hear people say that it is not worth eating differently , or getting to the right weight ; they say they prefer a short and happy life to a long and miserable one . |
| 15 | Going up one flight of stairs to visit the lavatory is not worth recording as exercise for the average person ! |
| 16 | ALL THE PAIN THAT MONEY CAN BUY : The Life of Christina Onassis by William Wright Gollancz , £5.99 MANY MIGHT think that Christina Onassis 's 37 years of life , notable only for her four marriages and succession of lovers , is not worth a full-scale biography , certainly not one of almost 400 pages . |
| 17 | Professor Lear believes that individuation and autonomy are the highest goals of Man and he also believes , along with Socrates , that the unexamined life is not worth living . |
| 18 | ‘ Without the money to pay for your promises , your manifesto is not worth the paper it is written on , ’ said Mr Lamont . |
| 19 | If employed , they can be seen as having obsolete skills in which it is not worth investing . |
| 20 | Help them to stick up for themselves and see that it is not worth being treated badly just in order to have a best friend . |
| 21 | It is not worth our while because we can not redeem them for as much as they would get for five- or 10-dollar bills . ’ |
| 22 | However a hand drill can be a useful extra tool for making holes in locations remote from a power supply , or simply for a one-off drilling job in the workshop for which it is not worth unpacking and setting up a power tool . |
| 23 | The implication is that sovereignty is not worth having , since we are totally constrained by what the Germans do anyway . |
| 24 | I am told it was never finished , that it never will be finished , that it is not worth finishing . |
| 25 | The whole of French music is not worth a sou … |
| 26 | ‘ Once we unite the economy and build one apparatus … all this notorious self-determination is not worth one rotten egg . ’ |
| 27 | If a product is perceived as being only for older disabled customers then it is not worth developing . |
| 28 | Elephants : if you actually shoot elephants in a controlled way you may in fact preserve the species , and that is something that has been done , though it is less important if everybody avoids using ivory and it is not worth killing the elephants at all . |
| 29 | Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living . |
| 30 | The police officer on patrol has to ask whether it is worth proceeding with and against every suspect , and will often decide it is not worth it . |