Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] amount [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a certain amount of small talk , he says casually , ‘ Perhaps I might drop by some time . |
| 2 | Some require good manual dexterity , for example , the handling of forceps , the removal of clips and bandaging all require fine movements , and can be learnt only after a certain amount of practice . |
| 3 | The aim is to be the first rider over the finish line after a certain amount of time . |
| 4 | After a certain amount of deliberation , I decided to use Form 14 from Volume 22 of the Encyclopaedia for the agreement and Form 29 for the lease . |
| 5 | After a certain amount of ringing around , he got Phil Jordan . |
| 6 | And after a certain amount of discussion they accepted that point , and we had some very interesting sessions in which they learnt to say things like , ‘ Well the syncrotron is a bit like a racetrack for very small particles which exist in atoms . |
| 7 | I have to say the results were incredibly heartening , and after a minimal amount of extra tweaking with the Quad-FX 's master controls the Boogie was powering all the effects individually , with no extra noise and no unwanted distortion at all . |
| 8 | After a considerable amount of doubling back , hiding in bushes and around buildings and mingling with crowds , the poor fellow finally gave us the slip and disappeared . |
| 9 | The quantity of interest is the relative variation of the surface-charge density , i.e. unc which may be obtained ( after a fair amount of tedious algebra ) in the form |
| 10 | Flogging for adult male offenders was abolished in 1861 , and after a large amount of public controversy , public hangings were terminated in 1868 . |
| 11 | Now that we have the means to observe samples of language which must be fairly close to representative samples , the clear messages are : a ) We are teaching English in ignorance of a vast amount of basic fact . |
| 12 | It is known , however , that there are some distinctive features about the learning involved in becoming a teacher : there is a strong experiential element and students rely heavily on their own past experiences of schools and teaching : educational decisions are value saturated and student teachers often experience dilemmas in decisions about their own practice ; students frequently experience a certain amount of stress in the learning process ; and part of the learning process involves the coordination of a vast amount of different types and areas of knowledge . |
| 13 | The men are accused of the ‘ wholesale theft or handling of a vast amount of property ’ , which it is claimed they smuggled out of Britain , through Ulster , into the Republic . |
| 14 | Prosecutor Dorian Lovell-Pank told the court : ‘ A group of people , not all of whom are in the dock , were engaged in the wholesale theft or handling of a vast amount of property . |
| 15 | The left-hand graph shows that at low pressure the volume of a fixed amount of gas is high . |
| 16 | The entropy of a fixed amount of matter increases in the order Solid Liquid Gas |
| 17 | It is a specific and unconditional agreement to make a payment of a fixed amount on an agreed date . |
| 18 | Because the smooth running of your Home management Account depends on your payment each month of a fixed amount into the Account , we are anxious to do everything we can to help if you become unemployed , or are unable to work through sickness or an accident . |
| 19 | She had to stand up in the midst of a certain amount of pomp and ceremony and address a large audience , which included her own family , her husband , the Prime Minister , the Lord Mayor and a host of City dignitaries , many of them accomplished public speakers themselves . |
| 20 | Although by no means the sensitive type , Eleanor was possessed of a certain amount of native wit , and she had a feeling that she might be able to play quite an interesting — little game with her two old adversaries . |
| 21 | The recovery of a certain amount of poise , perspective and power has to come first . |
| 22 | Craving is still the subject of a certain amount of scientific handwaving . |
| 23 | [ Since much of the value of this chapter must depend upon the concrete illustrations it gives , I have been forced to assume the reader 's knowledge of a certain amount of elementary law . |
| 24 | Though the trombones are capable , in a limited degree , of a certain amount of rapidity of execution , opportunities for the exploitation of their powers in this direction are rare in the orchestra . |
| 25 | A search for " industrialization " must retrieve the 98 books indexed under " industrialisation " or " industrialization " before offering to show the 2,000 books under " industry " The stemming procedure used is substantially that of Martin Porter , split into weak and strong phases and with the addition of a certain amount of spelling standardization at the weak level . |
| 26 | This example is based on a real letter issued to a client and hence is the result of a certain amount of negotiation . |
| 27 | Despite the existence of a certain amount of disaffection towards William 's regime , the attempts by Jacobite agents to turn this into a more positive commitment to the Jacobite cause were largely unsuccessful . |
| 28 | It 's really , to say that you , the very obvious thing is that there 's only a sort of a certain amount of quality hours in a day whereby selling is perhaps better . |
| 29 | A stability test involves the accumulation of a substantial amount of data over a prolonged period of time and may require the production of reports at several stages of the test . |
| 30 | It is Roger 's belief that the cause of a substantial amount of disruptive behaviour is due to the size and impersonal nature of many schools . |