Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | As has already been noted , however , most of this research has been on villages , rather than the more difficult scattered settlements ; the atypical patterns , such as the strings of villages in chalkland valleys , have received a disproportionate amount of attention ( Fig 15 ) |
| 2 | I have added a small amount of methylene blue . |
| 3 | Pupils at Grange Primary School in Hartlepool have collected a huge amount of toothbrushes and toothpaste for an orphanage in Romania . |
| 4 | Over the last twelve years , Quinton and Rutter and their research team in London have collected a considerable amount of fascinating information in their study of the links between childhood experiences and parenting behaviour ( with special reference to children received into the care of the local authority ) . |
| 5 | Composers have written a considerable amount of music for brass quintet consisting of two trumpets , horn , trombone , and tuba . |
| 6 | They have imposed a small amount of progressiveness ; but it is related strictly to the average level of income within each republic or province . |
| 7 | Yes , the Germans have always had gigantic and very refined apparatus and have done a vast amount of hard work . |
| 8 | Indeed , if you have followed through all the exercises in this book , you have done a substantial amount of work . |
| 9 | Many category 2 queries , however , are from people who have done a fair amount of ‘ homework ’ , but have been unable to find out all they would like to know , or wish to check that they have made the right interpretation of their reading . |
| 10 | The last few years have seen a tremendous amount of' reconstruction , both internally and externally , some parts of the building having been perilously close to collapse . |
| 11 | The letter continued : ’ The answers to your specific questions to the Minister , are , therefore , that we have seen a certain amount of information on the cost of the King 's Cross project ’ — we should like to know what that certain amount of information is — ’ and the projected revenues before giving consent to the deposit of the Bill . ’ |
| 12 | In recent years sociolinguists have shown a fair amount of interest in models of variation and change which are based on the notion of lexical diffusion ( Chen 1976 ; Wang 1969 ; Labov 1981 ; J. Milroy 1981b ; Trudgill 1986a : 58 ) . |
| 13 | The committees have produced a considerable amount of valuable information which must assist M.P.s in their general task of scrutiny . |
| 14 | Many practices have so far opted not to take the inducements to fundhold , and some have invested a considerable amount of time and energy into alternative methods of organising general practitioners ' input into purchasing decisions . |
| 15 | These will vary from Compact to Compact but you will be expected to show : a ) that your attendance and punctuality have been consistently good , b ) that you can work reliably at school , c ) that you have spent a specific amount of time on Work Experience , d ) that you have a positive sense of responsibility to your school and the wider community . |
| 16 | It is worthwhile noting that Liverpool have spent a colossal amount rebuilding Anfield in addition to their outlay on linguistically-challenged scandinavian defenders . |
| 17 | The match will provide Ipswich with a chance to give some of the players who have spent a considerable amount of time on the bench with some badly needed match practice . |
| 18 | Successful completion of a complex exercise such as this upgrade requires team work and a project team consisting of people from Services Delivery , Technical Services Systems Development and IBM have spent a considerable amount of time over the last few weeks to ensure that the upgrade when ahead without impact on Technology 's customers . |
| 19 | To give them this idea economists have put a considerable amount of research effort into estimating models of the economy . |
| 20 | Th the reality is that elsewhere in West Sussex erm the business allocations are erm reasonably generous or indeed slightly over generous and er therefore er overall the concern i is very much reduced erm but it might also be just worth mentioning that erm although er there is clearly an opportunity for this committee , this planning authority , the strategic planning authority to , to question figures of this nature and to challenge local plans if they are significantly adrift erm that has to be done in the context of the the local plan enquiry by er in the form of an objection almost and past experience has been that the inspectors and the Secretary of State have allowed a certain amount of leeway depending on the erm proportional er deviation from erm th the figures that were in the structure plan and depending on what is happening elsewhere and on the state of the economy and whilst it would be something which erm it was possible to prepare a case for erm i it is o on , on the balance of erm er the various things that are , that are taking place in West Sussex that the recommendation i is , is put to you that and it seems to be the reasonable course of action , particularly bearing in mind the downturn in , in er erm the er business activity and the er amount of developments taking place . |
| 21 | Fragmentary and damaged though they are , the Knossos frescoes have yielded a vast amount of information about the world of the Minoans . |
| 22 | International conferences could provide the vehicle for international co-operation and co-ordination , but apart from the few international conferences organized by the British Library and by the International Association of Technological University Libraries ( IATUL ) there have not been many more than a dozen , and none of these has focused on the need for international co-ordination ; although they have kindled a certain amount of international co.operation . |
| 23 | ‘ We have lost a tremendous amount of trade over the 14 months that the construction work has been going on and we should have been told exactly what was happening , ’ he said . |
| 24 | More than a tenth of the world 's soils have lost a substantial amount of their natural fertiliser in the past 45 years , according to the first results of a 15-year Global Assessment of Soil Degradation , funded by the UN Environment Programme . |
| 25 | Could the City institutions be made positively to assist people who , through no fault of theirs , have lost a considerable amount of money ? |
| 26 | Ordinary people have lost a considerable amount of confidence in the authorities . |
| 27 | Ordinary people have lost a considerable amount of confidence in the authorities . |
| 28 | ‘ We have lost a significant amount of information that could well have been valuable if money had become available in future to carry out further digs along the shore . |
| 29 | ‘ We put patriotism and self-sacrifice into them , and there is no doubt that after they have learnt a certain amount of that , ’ he explained as he outlined his strategy to the National Defence Association , ‘ they will feel bound to take up the defence in one form or another , should it be necessary , when the time comes . ’ |
| 30 | For our part , we have learnt a considerable amount about the world beyond school , made many friends , and seen our school and its curriculum develop in a positive healthy way . |