Example sentences of "is a [adj] amount [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it is a substantial amount of money and we have tried the conventional means of reclaiming it without success . |
| 2 | ‘ There is a substantial amount of money which is unaccounted for . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This is a vast amount of energy saved , sufficient to justify conservation being referred to as ‘ the fifth fuel ’ . |
| 9 | For longer sentences there is a vast amount of garbage collection required . |
| 10 | There is a vast amount of material ’ , says Degenhart , ‘ perhaps too much . |
| 11 | There is a vast amount of information available either in printed form or through computer networks . |
| 12 | An inevitable by-product of all that the executive branch as a whole does is a vast amount of information , which assemblies need if they are to carry out their roles of law ratification and oversight of the bureaucracy . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Seats are comfortable and supportive and there is a reasonable amount of room in the rear seats . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | There is a similar amount of activity in the United States , Japan , Canada , France , Germany , Switzerland , Holland and Sweden . |
| 19 | The galley is compact , but there is a good amount of stowage and the cook is provided with the luxury of a pizzo ignition , three-burner Force 10 cooker . |
| 20 | ‘ The price you pay is a tremendous amount of stress , and a ragged social and home life ; what for ? ’ she asks . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ There is a tremendous amount of poverty , unemployment and deprivation here but that is no excuse for the extent of crime we are suffering . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | There is a terrific amount of power in the Duncan Distortion and here it is being put to the best possible use . |
| 25 | Housing estates lie below the canal on both sides although there is a deceptive amount of greenery about . |
| 26 | There is a small amount of water in it , but hardly any flow . |
| 27 | This is a small amount in relation to our subscriptions which reached one million pounds for the first time but it does pose problems . |
| 28 | There is a certain amount of choice and |
| 29 | Yes there is a certain amount of stress in competition , but it 's er , in a different way . |
| 30 | The synonymy of ‘ specialty ’ , enumerated by Chubin shows the close links between the social and the disciplinary aspects of scientific communities , or , as Smith puts it , ‘ there is a certain amount of congruence between documental and social structures . ’ |