In Asian countries, the high demand for shark fins for cooking has led to an illegal trade worth millions of dollars.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

One method was to sell oil in one area of the country for much less than the oil was worth.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

But beans are used to describe something of very little value in the expression, not worth a hill of beans.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

The team looked at thirty years' worth of information on food security and agricultural policy in Gambia, Ivory Coast and Mali.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

It was also not easy for the family to accept that her cells had fueled an industry worth millions of dollars.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

For example,in two thousand five, the United States bought one point four billion dollars worth of cocoa products.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

He came off the ship Excelsior in San Francisco with one hundred thirty thousand dollars worth of gold.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Later,the production of this line of cells by companies would grow into an industry worth millions of dollars.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

That is,he asked his accountant to take a close look at the finances of my company and decide how much it was worth.

VOA: special.2010.11.28

It said the government must buy two million dollars' worth of silver each month for that purpose.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

He said Robert of Gloucester described a message from the King of Germany to King John of England as altogether not worth a bean.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

"Life is not worth living while this hateful mark makes me the object of your horror.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

If a person donated the token to a group project, the token was worth half of that amount to each person in the group.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

The seventy-one year old cried tears of joy as she told the crowd the award was "a long time coming" but worth the wait.

VOA: special.2011.02.18