Example sentences of "amount [prep] hard work " in BNC.

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1 Tractable , capable of an immense amount of hard work with reasonable economy , it will have its devotees long after production has ceased . ’
2 Slowly people began to realise it was not a miracle after all , but the reward for an enormous amount of hard work , planning and discipline which ensured they were the fittest and best-prepared England team ever , ; a very professional approach which saw them practising endlessly ; high-class line and length bowling , backed up by excellent fielding , which had the West Indian batsmen constantly under pressure ; sound batsmanship to build on the bowlers ' successes ; and a crackling team spirit fostered by Gooch which one could not remember seeing in an England team in years .
3 Do you sometimes feel that your training is going backwards regardless of the amount of hard work you put into it ?
4 The general view , extending to some members of the RCM , held that refugees belonged to the lower orders , and that no amount of hard work or intellectual promise on their part could alter their self-evident assumption .
5 But then you would know about that — your business , that must have taken a fair amount of hard work . ’
6 At this stage I should like to thank the committee collectively for the tremendous amount of hard work and dedication put in during the year , and for the support which I have received .
7 I would n't hesitate about going along to another of the band 's gigs where , it is to be hoped , the audience would give more than a round of applause for the amount of hard work put into the show .
8 Though Jean 's resignation will be officially recognised at the next Annual General Meeting , we would like to be first in recording our grateful thanks for the tremendous amount of hard work and time which she has given to the Society during her years in office .
9 Yes , the Germans have always had gigantic and very refined apparatus and have done a vast amount of hard work .
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