Example sentences of "there is a [adj] amount [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due to the fact that we are obliged to do our investigations on a local topic there is a great amount of visual evidence . |
| 2 | There is a small amount of initial interest . |
| 3 | There is a small amount of water in it , but hardly any flow . |
| 4 | In practice there is a small amount of viscous friction present in the system so that the oscillations are lightly damped and the rotor eventually settles at the equilibrium position , as illustrated in Fig. 4.7 . |
| 5 | Although it is difficult to compare the publications of today with the comics of the 1950s , it must be pointed out that there is a surprising amount of science in today 's comics . |
| 6 | The Jam and Lewis soundtrack powers up some fairly physical action sequences , and there is a surprising amount of killings . |
| 7 | There is a terrific amount of power in the Duncan Distortion and here it is being put to the best possible use . |
| 8 | For one thing , there is a tremendous amount of scrubland nearby — especially on the flanks of the Cheddar Gorge — and this acts as a reservoir for foxes . |
| 9 | THERE is a tremendous amount of movement in your chart for much of December which may indicate situations that once appeared irredeemably stuck now do a 180-degree shift . |
| 10 | There is a tremendous amount of potential improvement in this field to be gained from biotechnological research on reactor designs , materials , cultures and so on . |
| 11 | ‘ There is a tremendous amount of poverty , unemployment and deprivation here but that is no excuse for the extent of crime we are suffering . |
| 12 | There is a limited amount of money available for these payments , so social fund officers have to look at the needs of all those who apply for help and decide which needs can be met . |
| 13 | Like other debris , there is a limited amount of organic refuse suitable for radiocarbon dating , and what there is tends to be charcoal from mature oak . |
| 14 | The degree of monomer conversion is typically 50–70 per cent and there is a limited amount of localised segmental motion . |
| 15 | There is a limited amount of overt status to go round , and it is defined by its exclusivity . |
| 16 | There is a vast amount of information available either in printed form or through computer networks . |
| 17 | There is a vast amount of material ’ , says Degenhart , ‘ perhaps too much . |
| 18 | In his gigantic sum over histories there is a vast amount of interference between the contributions of neighbouring paths which have a tendency to cancel each other out . |
| 19 | We must remember also , however , that there is a vast amount of other information which has equal and greater importance . |
| 20 | For longer sentences there is a vast amount of garbage collection required . |
| 21 | I am sorry if the hon. Gentleman does not think that there is a vast amount of economic development going on in Lanarkshire as a result of Government initiatives . |
| 22 | Look carefully , too , at the base of the coral , whether it is a mushroom or encrusting type , and check that there is a reasonable amount of rock attached . |
| 23 | Tests have proven that a room where there is a reasonable amount of humidity will retain human impulses for up to four days in such vapour banks . |
| 24 | Seats are comfortable and supportive and there is a reasonable amount of room in the rear seats . |
| 25 | This is a financial manager , usually a solicitor or accountant , who charges for services , and this is appropriate where there is a reasonable amount of capital . |
| 26 | It may be that a prerequisite for obtaining reversals in the effects of risk on recognition is that there is a reasonable amount of peripheral information available in the situation . |
| 27 | It is something that many people would not like to see , but there is no question that a high proportion of animals which are shot will carry lead shot for a while , will die after a long period — in many cases days or weeks — and there is a substantial amount of suffering when this happens . |
| 28 | The capacity of these may be several days ' supply , and , with a more or less continuous inflow , the level changes little , and there is a substantial amount of clarification while standing . |
| 29 | Failure to state reasons , or adequate reasons , is frequently invoked as a ground of annulment before the European Court ; and as a result there is a substantial amount of case law on the subject . |
| 30 | There is a substantial amount of evidence for peasant discontent before 1381 , most of it ( as far as existing evidence shows ) being concentrated in the Central and East Midlands and in the Home Counties , precisely those parts of England where manorialization was most fully developed . |