Example sentences of "amount of [noun] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lily grew so fast that each day it filled twice the amount of space that it did the day before . |
| 2 | To attempt to review all the molecular theories of the mechanical properties would require a very considerable amount of space and it is not the purpose of this book to do this . |
| 3 | Does the Minister accept that a local authority such as Bradford , which tries to provide a wide range of discretionary awards , is inevitably limited by the amount of money that it can give ? |
| 4 | This could be a substantial amount of money and it is important in the year ahead that we debate fully how this should be invested in the future of R T B I . |
| 5 | A system might be a beaker containing a known amount of water or it might be a heat exchanger used in a chemical plant . |
| 6 | Thus , for example , a household with an RNR value of 200 per cent has an income equal to twice the amount of benefit that it would be entitled to under the regulations of the time . |
| 7 | This final item reduces the amount of recall because it occupies coding capacity which is normally occupied by the list of items . |
| 8 | There is no single requirement for capital but permissible risk exposure is governed for each GEMM by the amount of capital that it has . |
| 9 | There has to be an incredible amount of subtlety or it would be nonsense . ’ |
| 10 | With students and inexperienced pilots , it is usual to discourage them from making adjustments on the airbrakes during the hold off , apart from reducing the amount of airbrake if it is necessary to float to land further up the field . |
| 11 | However , what you should always remember is that the picture must contain a reasonable amount of detail if it is not to look dull . |
| 12 | A calorie is a unit of energy and each food provides a certain amount of energy when it is " burnt " or metabolized by the body . |
| 13 | This is the amount of food that it takes for a fish to stay the same weight , i.e. just survive . |
| 14 | Syphilis has a reputation in the United Kingdom today quite out of proportion to the amount of infection that it causes . |
| 15 | On the other hand I suspect that you as a magistrate have , have views about the amount of time that it takes up erm in your court , dealing with what must seem to you erm fairly erm minor offenses , and I wonder what you feel about it . |
| 16 | There was a certain amount of gossip but it soon died down . ’ |
| 17 | It 's trying to do the same work with the smaller amount of blood as it did with the full amount , ten pints perhaps reduced down to seven , got to keep pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , because that little bit of blood has got to get round and do a lot more work now , okay , so the blood 's rushing round and the heart is pushing faster because it 's having to , because it 's not enough of the , not so much pressure there , that 's why it feels weak , weak and fast , okay ? |
| 18 | That as it were milkman 's stool with three legs and each of them has a certain amount of power and it is a question of the adjustment of that power and it is not the of the power to my Right Honourable Friend , the Home Secretary and yet when things go wrong , and they do , in police forces and in local auth police authorities , what happens , people turn round to the Home Secretary and say what are you going to do about it . |
| 19 | This period balances the interest of the offeror to know as soon as possible the number of shareholders willing to accept its offer together with the amount of finance that it requires ; the interest of the target company not to have its business disrupted for too long ; and the interests of the shareholders in the target company to weigh up the merits of the bid . |
| 20 | Weight loss is itself a rewarding consequence , but because you need to lose a fair amount of weight before it is really noticeable in terms of body shape , you will probably require extra rewards to keep you going . |
| 21 | It was a low budget production but drew a certain amount of attention as it attempted to explore spiritualism . |
| 22 | She was strong enough to take a certain amount of punishment if it meant that , in the end , Matthew would rid himself of that core of hatred which was slowly eating him away . |
| 23 | Many of us still incorrectly believe that a well-balanced diet should include only small amounts of bread because it is fattening . |
| 24 | Excess debris should be removed because it will use up large amounts of oxygen as it decomposes . |
| 25 | In truth the KGB spends most of its time and resources , rather like the NSA , scooping up large amounts of trivia that it evidently believes are extremely valuable . |