Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [adj] amount of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , estimates of the space needed for a battery of windmills capable of producing the same amount of electricity as a normal power station , fossil fuel or nuclear , range from 100 to 200 square miles . |
| 2 | For example , in 1979 the steel industry employed roughly twice the number of people that it does now , producing the same amount of steel . |
| 3 | Now there are less than 30,000 and those 30,000 are producing the same amount of milk as the higher number did previously . |
| 4 | So you 're catching the right amount of wax onto the outside of the thread . |
| 5 | Nocturnal animals have to cope with the same difficulty , and many creatures have developed ways of gathering the maximum amount of light . |
| 6 | Instead of the present fixed ceilings on grants , Responsible Bodies ‘ should each be given an allocation representing the maximum amount of grant available for the year , limited to 75% of the teaching costs , after consideration of the quality and standards of work being done by the responsible body , as well as its proposed programme , the needs of the region in which it operates and the activities of other interested bodies in the region ’ ( Recommendations 5 , 6 ) . |
| 7 | A school has had a restricted spending function when it came to utilising the limited amount of money available to buy books and equipment under its capitation allowance . |
| 8 | Bill and Kath , along with their loyal staff have put virtually a lifetime 's effort into acquiring the immense amount of stock contained at PAS , and the one thing that really concerns them is that if anything should ever happen to either of them , what would be the future for all the stock ? |
| 9 | If the government buys back £1 million of maturing bonds from the general public and then , keeping the total amount of its borrowing the same , raises £1 million by selling Treasury bills to the discount houses , what will happen to the money supply ? |
| 10 | Other researchers have built neural networks to solve the problem of checking the vast amount of data gathered during mass screenings for fatal diseases such as cancer . |
| 11 | The graph also gives an economical means of representing a large amount of information in an implicit and flexible format , and provides a record of the input information should further checking become necessary at a later stage . |
| 12 | THE security forces have smashed a daring IRA bomb distribution network after uncovering a huge amount of fertiliser — suitable for making explosives — near the scene of the latest UFF murder . |
| 13 | At the same time , and keeping a tiny amount of white fondant in reserve for the dice , divide the remaining fondant into four even portions ( about 50g/2oz each ) . |
| 14 | Very conscious of her companion , of his height and his easy masculine grace , Luce concentrated on keeping a fair amount of space between them . |
| 15 | Reducing this to one fifth still leaves a potential strength of between 2 and 4 per cent of E , which is roughly what is achieved in practice in fibre-glass and is a good deal more than one can reach , keeping a safe amount of toughness , with the metallic ductility mechanism ( Chapter 9 ) . |
| 16 | Making its debut and dominating the stand was the brand new First 53f5 , born of a collaboration between naval architect Bruce Farr , and stylist Pininfarina , with Bénéteau themselves contributing a considerable amount of production engineering technology . |
| 17 | Grumbold 's will indicates that he accumulated considerable wealth , acquiring a substantial amount of leasehold property in Cambridge . |
| 18 | Then later , as his speed and timing improve and after gaining a certain amount of success over his own ranks , he can go a step higher and spar with a student with more experience than himself . |
| 19 | ‘ However , we understand we shall be gaining a substantial amount of this from Government grant and the additional burden falling on our own resources will be in the region of £200,000 . |
| 20 | It 's been sitting on the forecourt of a garage just outside Ross on Wye for the past few weeks , and is gaining a considerable amount of interest from passers by … but as yet no one is very serious about buying it . |
| 21 | I mean Kevin is is helping him and he 's he 's checking a certain amount of his work but obviously he ca n't be there all the time . |
| 22 | At the same time others may , through overfunding , be absorbing an unfair amount of scarce resources . |
| 23 | Among the ancient civilisations of North Africa and Asia , the slaughter of domestic animals was almost invariably accompanied by elaborate sacrificial rituals in which , surprisingly , the emphasis was on causing the minimum amount of suffering and distress . |
| 24 | What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with . |
| 25 | A voltage-operated channel ( VOC ) responds to V by gating a small amount of trigger calcium , which then activates the RYR to release stored calcium . |
| 26 | Filling a substantial amount of skyline and covering six full squares of the Ordnance Survey map . |
| 27 | The $8bn damages which Touche Ross , liquidators of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International , are rumoured to be seeking from Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse for their role as BCCI 's former auditors , are causing a certain amount of grim humour at Becket House and Southwark Towers . |
| 28 | Can I ask therefore why the Eastern Arts of appraisal report of nineteen eighty-six a major appraisal costing a huge amount of Eastern Arts money was not considered and and presented across . |
| 29 | An example might be to focus on car number plates and seeing if you can make a word containing all the letters of the plate number , or in a supermarket look out for all items costing a particular amount of money , or in a crowded room noting the number of people with blue eyes . |
| 30 | USL is seeking an unstipulated amount of actual and compensatory damages from UC Berkeley as well as legal fees . |