Example sentences of "amount of [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pointed out that a certain amount of intimacy was inevitable when you work so closely with someone . |
| 2 | Our basic beliefs must have sufficient content to support the superstructure in which we are really interested , and no belief with that amount of content is going to be infallible . |
| 3 | Only a limited amount of software is available for developing and maintaining thesauri . |
| 4 | He explained that a lot of Microsoft 's previous growth in Europe was attributable to ‘ penetrating new markets , including the UK , where our market share was not as high , and markets like Spain and Italy where piracy was being reduced , increasing the amount of software being sold per personal computer . ’ |
| 5 | A planting medium consisting of sand , clay and loam or peat and clay with a small amount of charcoal is suitable . |
| 6 | Under these acts , the Alkali and Clean Air Inspectorate was responsible for ensuring that the emission of some pollution from industry was no more than ‘ practicably reasonable ’ , a level so ambiguous and vague and capable of numerous interpretations by corporate lawyers that the actual amount of pollution was frequently allowed to rise above a level found tolerable by local residents . |
| 7 | Of course a certain amount of caution is necessary , for how else is the child to learn that he should not put his hand in the fire or stick his finger into an electric socket ? |
| 8 | Years ago , Arthur Holmes made an interesting calculation dividing the present area of sea floor by the total amount of sediment being brought down annually by all the rivers of the world . |
| 9 | The height of the ridge is apparently related to the amount of sediment being moved into the adjacent subduction zone where lithosphere is being subducted at a rate of about 65 mm a- 1 . |
| 10 | Only a limited amount of reflection is possible . |
| 11 | Due to the irregular method of payment , the amount of income is low and variable . |
| 12 | In London an increasing amount of space is being mothballed but as soon as there is demand it will be opened up again . |
| 13 | In scientific reports , the amount of imprecision being introduced , and the reasons for introducing it , are important elements in our evaluation of what is being said or written . |
| 14 | In 1989-90 the total amount of grant was £33.8 million , in 1990-91 it was £31.2 million and for 1991-92 it is £29.7 million . |
| 15 | The left-hand graph shows that at low pressure the volume of a fixed amount of gas is high . |
| 16 | Learning is therefore achieved in a negative way , but a certain amount of experience is necessary before such an evaluation can be made . |
| 17 | In any scheme where allotment ground is lose , and a residual amount of land is left between the Bypass and the existing allotment boundary fence , this land could be made available to compensate for the loss . |
| 18 | SCIENTISTS have launched an investigation into the fate of partridges which appear to have been harmed by the increasing amount of land being set aside by farmers and allowed to lie fallow . |
| 19 | Other enhancements such as the mouse pointer changing shape according to the function currently selected and changing curve points to corner points may be of less use but at the very least point to a great amount of thought being paid to the design of the program . |
| 20 | When a large amount of equipment was contaminated dealing with an explosion at Shell some time ago , Shell replaced it for the fire brigade . |
| 21 | In the acoustic shop , a surprising amount of work is carried out by hand . |
| 22 | A large amount of work is done in Edinburgh for the London publishers " . |
| 23 | An increasing amount of work is still being undertaken in this area by the Secretariat . |
| 24 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |
| 25 | Although official records might be expected to give an accurate picture of changes in the range and scale of provision , a considerable amount of work was necessary to establish even this basic framework . |
| 26 | A considerable amount of work was involved in both setting up and updating the data base . |
| 27 | The amount of work was formidable . |
| 28 | Life-size photographs were displayed outside the theatre during final rehearsals and an enormous amount of publicity was generated before the show but Opening nights always took them by surprise . |
| 29 | But , between any moment of proper time and the c-boundary , an infinite amount of information-processing is possible . |
| 30 | During the re-entry and completion of BA-1 a large amount of brine was pumped into the well , carrying fines with it and plugging the pores around the well bore . |