Example sentences of "amount [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However Section B.8 of the perspective states that " any revision of the compulsory expenditure figure will not cause the amount of non-compulsory expenditure to be reduced " . |
| 2 | At the fourth meeting , in Luxembourg on Oct. 27-30 , the ACP countries formally rejected the EC 's proposals on the amount of financial aid to be provided under the new convention and on trade concessions on agricultural products and other exports . |
| 3 | This may have caused the general tendency for films with a large amount of fixed information to be judged as distractors and hence the overall correlation with values of B. |
| 4 | Territoriality , dominance , and ritualized fighting all result in the fact , often noticed , that the amount of naked aggression to be seen in nature is less than the maximum possible . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been amazed by the amount of creative talent to be found in Darlington , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been amazed by the amount of creative talent to be found in Darlington , ’ he said . |
| 7 | As the amount of property owned by the city and the amount of public business to be transacted by the city increase , so does the opportunity for inefficient and corrupt government increase , and the greater will be the efforts of the administration to remain in control of such a political prize . |
| 8 | He hastily ordered large amounts of red ochre to be brought from Elephantine and to be ground to powder by the High Priest of Heliopolis and stirred into seven thousand jugs of beer . |