Example sentences of "amount of [noun] that [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the huge amount of work that had gone into making the vigil a success , though , I was sure that the whole thing would be forgotten again — just as John 's actual kidnap had been the year before . |
| 2 | Would it be possible for the Civil Service college to illustrate , by means of that example , what should not happen , and to demonstrate the amount of abuse that took place at that point in our history ? |
| 3 | Three outfits costing an amount of money that did n't bear thinking about , but which were nevertheless perfect . |
| 4 | They found that many of the chemicals substantially reduced the amount of methylation that took place — either by altering the DNA so that the enzyme no longer recognised it , or by inhibiting the enzyme itself in its action . |
| 5 | Critical factors here would be the number of times such documents were sent out , and the amount of negotiation that took place in the relevant case . |
| 6 | I was also astounded at the amount of mail that arrived — too much really , because I just could not deal properly with it all and I was worried in case people thought me impolite . |
| 7 | The tremendous amount of timber that had been used to construct the set had been donated , as had carpets and materials for curtains . |
| 8 | Later , he said : ‘ I do n't think councillors realise the amount of charge that had been set . |
| 9 | The amount of time that needed to be spent in co-ordinating services , and in involving the residential care staff fully at each stage , was considerable , but this resulted in their incorporation in the family network , and rightful attendance at a family meeting . |
| 10 | The massive amount of blood that had been dripped into his veins brought its legacy of jaundice , followed by a seemingly endless skin irritation , something akin to prickly heat . |
| 11 | MI6 never appreciated the amount of opposition that existed within Germany to Hitler and the Nazi party in its early days and as a result failed to exploit the very considerable amount of information that was offered to it by well-placed anti-Nazi groups . |
| 12 | Goleniewski had been in touch with the CIA since 1958 during which time he had passed on to them a considerable amount of information that had led to the arrest of several important spies . |
| 13 | Anderson 's study of Preston has also emphasized the amount of movement that took place within the town . |
| 14 | Someone reading the latest work on the control of food intake , for example , might be puzzled at the amount of effort that went into understanding the effects of hypothalamic lesions on eating and at the theories that were erected around those experiments . |
| 15 | The amount of material that came to hand , and the urgency of bringing home to the public what was happening , even if possible stopping what was happening , suggested the form of this book . |