What's the difference between worthwhile and worthwhileness?
Worthwhile
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Worthwhileness
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(1) It was considered worthwhile to report this case due to the problems which arose concerning the choice of a thoracic rather than abdominal route owing to the impossibility of associating cardiomyotomy with anti-reflux plastica surgery because of the reduced dimensions of the stomach.
(2) Even though there are variations among equipment bearing the same model number it was considered worthwhile to make available relative cavitational and temperature data.
(3) The sports preparticipation examination can be worthwhile if the musculoskeletal system is examined carefully, with particular regard for the residual disabilities from previous injuries; this can be accomplished in a two-minute orthopedic examination done in addition to the usual physical examination.
(4) "This is the guy we've all seen in Borders or HMV on a Friday afternoon, possibly after a drink or two, tie slightly undone, buying two CDs, a DVD and maybe a book - fifty quid's worth - and frantically computing how he's going to convince his partner that this is a really, really worthwhile investment."
(5) Based on a limited experience we have found that triangular flap ureteroplasty is a worthwhile means of repeat reimplantation of the obstructed ureter and perhaps provides a better alternative than transureteroureterostomy.
(6) The major success of this effort was the initiation of a method which indicated interesting and worthwhile possibilities if continued, refined, and computerized for more rapid availability.
(7) We also know that the cost of childcare makes a huge difference to the calculations people make about whether working more is worthwhile.
(8) "In high-value areas like London it can be worthwhile digging under the house to add a basement, but in other parts of the country it won't be worth it," says Helen Brunskill of Brunskill Design Architects.
(9) Rob Fisher, head of UK personal investments at Fidelity, thinks tax considerations alone make it worthwhile using the full limit.
(10) Resisting dictatorships is more worthwhile than accepting them and thinking things will change by themselves.” Asked if the suffering for a majority of South Sudanese citizens could be stopped if Machar and his colleagues gave up the fight, the rebel leader says “giving up would be irresponsible” and that “history would not forgive him” for it.
(11) The last few years phenolization of the pilonidal sinus has become a popular, and eventually a worthwhile alternative.
(12) Also, it is obvious that rapport development may be evaluated with the MISS, and the use of a camera has proven to be a worthwhile assessment and intervention tool.
(13) I mean, if there was a letter from 50 midwives saying: ‘The only thing that makes our lives bearable is watching Poldark’ – that’s a worthwhile letter.
(14) I felt they were good people trying to do something worthwhile."
(15) These data show that NISH on cervical smears is a worthwhile primary screen for HPV infection.
(16) In patients without underlying chronic liver disease and with unresectable tumor by conventional technique, "ex situ" resection can be a worthwhile therapeutic alternative.
(17) Reoperation is worthwhile when there is an obvious defect in the gastric reduction operation that has failed to control weight.
(18) Although no patient has yet survived ten years, the one, five and eight year survivals of 50%, 21% and 13% suggest that salvage of these patients is worthwhile.
(19) Thus, it seemed worthwhile to quantify, using a semiautomatic measuring system, the dendritic arborizations of hippocampal granule cells of rats alcohol-fed for 12 months followed by 6 months of abstinence and compare the results with age-matched control and alcohol-fed groups.
(20) So if I get more than two people, and they don't punch each other in the crotch, it will all have been worthwhile.