adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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more
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The general message was not to look back at past crimes but forward to a more worthwhile place in society.
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Catalogues and directories are often difficult to trace and it may be more worthwhile to find some reliable programs through known sources.
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Both techniques could considerably improve the efficiency of electrically-driven heat pumps, making them a more worthwhile proposition.
really
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Most people want the satisfaction of making a really worthwhile and meaningful contribution.
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Nothing really worthwhile can be accomplished overnight or without a lot of effort on your part.
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There were no great expectations that they would actually enjoy the experience, let alone learn anything really worthwhile .
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With a specialty like his, he could afford to wait until a really worthwhile chance came up.
very
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These days it can be very worthwhile to buy a substantial specimen to give a small garden instant maturity.
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They all find it extremely hard work but very worthwhile .
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All in all, then, a pioneering collection of very worthwhile and stimulating music, ideal for guess-the-composer quizzes.
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Male speaker It's been very worthwhile and enjoyable being the licensee.
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A second handle is a very worthwhile extra with a percussion drill, allowing greater control of the drill bit.
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This could prove very worthwhile in coping with the National Curriculum and its additional demands on staff.
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And the accounts of Tatham's kidnapping and death had been very worthwhile reading.
well
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Members from many distant places make the effort to attend and find it well worthwhile .
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The whole package is well worthwhile for the enthusiast.
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Of course it can be well worthwhile simply to transform cultured tissue in this way.
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It's well worthwhile collecting copies of prospectuses from other schools in the area including prep. schools.
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So the simple precaution of avoiding housing cattle alongside lambing ewes could be well worthwhile this spring.
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On balance it is well worthwhile for the voluntary organizations to seize this opportunity to play a fuller role.
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Salt/rinse-aid indicator lights Well worthwhile as you don't have to remember when you last filled it.
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It was felt that the Stand we had last year was well worthwhile .
■ NOUN
cause
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Triodos's range of accounts includes six Partnership Accounts that allow savers to channel money into worthwhile causes .
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If you wish to contribute to this worthwhile cause , please see below for details.
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It's a simple idea which should channel hundreds of millions of pounds into worthwhile causes .
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Council leader Christopher Kingsley said the restoration project will create local jobs and was a worthwhile cause .
investment
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Conclusions Hotel leisure facilities have been shown to be a worthwhile investment in that they can: 1.
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Not only would purchasers be preserving the province's heritage, they would be gaining a worthwhile investment .
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Maybe spending by government and utilities companies would be a worthwhile investment .
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The panama hat, in the finest woven straw, is the most classic version and a worthwhile investment .
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It is a worthwhile investment in a very good cause.
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While this was also costly in staff time it was seen as a worthwhile investment .
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Large scale, site-specific projects which do not allow for secondary sale are hardly ever considered to be a worthwhile investment .
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However, we feel that it has been a worthwhile investment , and one which we plan to extend next year.
job
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Compact aims to improve your chances of getting a worthwhile job , when you want one.
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It meant that I could still do what I regard as a worthwhile job .
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In addition, Compact offers the guarantee of a worthwhile job to students who do achieve these Compact goals. 3.
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How do I know that students are being offered worthwhile jobs ?
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So his parents had colluded in persuading Edwin that there was a worthwhile job he could still do.
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This, he thought, would be a worthwhile job while he was waiting; this and cricket.
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Members still suffer for their faith, for instance, by being denied university education or worthwhile jobs .
project
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The Urban Programme and the Partnerships were relatively non-controversial, funding many worthwhile projects of a social, environmental and economic nature.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Programs like this one get kids involved in worthwhile activities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Didn't I almost want there to be some one - to make the fight worthwhile ?
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Ephesus alone made the trip worthwhile .
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How can I teach her that the worthwhile enterprise is the enterprise of learning to live with our scars?
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I don't ask, of course, because I wouldn't get any worthwhile answer.
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It was all part of a life that made me feel secure in the belief that at last I had found something worthwhile .
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More typical is the partial cure where the doctors could say that the treatment was worthwhile but the future uncertain.
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Patients who had experienced such treatment reported, on average, that small improvements in survival would make the treatment worthwhile .
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This says much about the worthwhile underlying values of social work and provides grounds for hope.