Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] a [adj] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the surgical group required a significant amount of blood transfusion as well as injection and check endoscopies , although there were fewer episodes than in the sclerotherapy group . |
| 2 | As it 's turned out , it 's not efficient because the the ray dome spent a tremendous amount of time moving from one country to the other , there 's no doubt about that and before production we would want to see that particular nonsense removed and the whole thing made a lot more efficient , but for one or two development batch ray domes then you know , they 'll just have to learn from that lesson . |
| 3 | Until the early seventies this relationship , known as ‘ energy coefficient ’ was regarded as a ‘ lock step ’ relationship — a certain level of economic growth required a certain amount of fuel consumption — but recent history has disproved this . |
| 4 | In the old days we used to have very inefficient coal fires , burning in open grates , which to produce a reasonable heat used a significant amount of fuel . |
| 5 | The test that formed the stopping-point in our series involved a certain amount of chemical theory ( the effect of acids on carbonates , the peculiar effect of carbon dioxide on lime water ) . |