Example sentences of "amount of [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So half the room was tiddly and the other half looked a little confused at the amount of noise the others were making . |
| 2 | The levels of precaution differ in the amount of freedom the patient is allowed and the intensity of observation . |
| 3 | Whether a translation conforms to the source-text patterns of cohesion or tries to approximate to target-language patterns will depend in the final analysis on the purpose of the translation and the amount of freedom the translator feels entitled to in rechunking information and/or altering signals of relations between chunks . |
| 4 | There are few diamonds to be found , nor is there much cocoa ; and considering the amount of space the Pacific commands it might seem a little odd ( unless one remembers the geology ) that only a fifth of the world 's proven oil reserves are there . |
| 5 | In determining the amount of grant the Minister will have regard to the general standards of the courses maintained by them , the needs of the areas , the activities of other bodies providing further education in the area and the fees paid by students . |
| 6 | The domination of Damian Cronin , Andrew Reed and Doddie Weir in all three matches so far has been a revelation and there must be a number of former international backs who are extremely envious of the amount of ball the current Scottish side are winning . |
| 7 | As the plant requires a fair amount of humidity the cover-glass should be placed on the tank at least 4ins ( 10cms ) above the water-level . |
| 8 | Perhaps the biggest surprise was the amount of fun the Fiesta provided on the latter type of roads , thanks to a willing engine and gearbox , precise if slightly heavy steering and those narrow tyres which , nevertheless , provided exactly the right amount of grip . |
| 9 | The amount of money the retailer spends on advertising depends on the amount of money the shop takes in a year . |
| 10 | The amount of money the retailer spends on advertising depends on the amount of money the shop takes in a year . |
| 11 | In fact , the Treasury 's unhappiness at the amount of money the department was expending proved to be an important factor in its ultimate demise . |
| 12 | The key issue is the amount of money the host nations are prepared to pay competing countries . |
| 13 | The key issue is the amount of money the host nations are prepared to pay competing countries . |
| 14 | An advertising agency normally takes over a client 's advertising for a fee , or for a percentage of the amount of money the client spends on television time or space in newspapers , magazines or poster sites . |
| 15 | The central government calculates a Standard Spending Assessment ( SSA ) for each authority , based on government estimates of the amount of money the authority needs to spend in order to provide a ‘ standard ’ level of service . |
| 16 | That is an opted out school as against the standard state school , which is subject to the overall policies of the Local Education Authority , and indeed it is funded by the Local Education Authority through a formula , and the amount of money that is put into that formula will obviously affect the amount of money the school has to spend , so it 's providing the same range of education within the National Curriculum , but it is not beholden to the Local Authority — that 's the basic difference . |
| 17 | I 've purely been concerned with the budgets of our own schools here in Oxfordshire and one of the ways that you can compare how efficient Oxfordshire is in terms of its expenditure is by looking at the national figures for recoupment , that 's where a county takes in a child from another county , and look how that compares with the amount of money the Authority spends on educating that child . |
| 18 | This code depends on the type of lenses you need and also decides the maximum amount of help the voucher can give you . |
| 19 | In those on parenteral nutrition ( n=12 ) we gave the maximum amount of milk the patients were able to ingest without symptoms , and at the end of the test we emptied the gastric content via their gastrostomies . |
| 20 | The main problem lies in the amount of translation the software will have to do to read the 32 and 16-bit system calls both at the software and network level , Visionware said . |
| 21 | Generally , the idea 's progress through the process is dependent not only on the quality of the idea and its enhancement , but also upon the amount of drive the originator exerts . |
| 22 | The current version of the generic PostScript driver ( PSCRIPT.DRV ) is version 3.5.3 which lets you specify the amount of memory the printer has installed ( that is , 5Mb ) : fine-tuning this value will improve printer throughput . |
| 23 | Smith and his colleagues accordingly inoculated some rabbits with the recombinant and measured the amount of antibody the animals produced . |
| 24 | It occurred to Curtis that if this was the amount of weaponry the sect maintained the Prophet 's city suite , then Grant could run into some heavy firepower out at Bethlehem House later that night . |
| 25 | Because of the amount of damages the Branches are hoping for , the case will go to the High Court . |
| 26 | The reduction in the amount of ACT the company pays ( which would otherwise be surplus ) will only be attractive if there is sufficient take-up by its shareholders to make the related administration and costs worthwhile . |
| 27 | The exchange rate will be determined by the demand for the new money and the amount of cruzeiros the government is willing to supply . |
| 28 | what is the maximum amount of colours the Renoir NT card can display |
| 29 | With a certain amount of understatement the Army missionary magazine All the World reported , " It was one of the most remarkable memorial services ever witnessed in the old " Rink " . " |
| 30 | Elsewhere , the degree of urban independence varied with the amount of pressure the community could exert , its ability to exploit political crisis , and the condition of its neighbours . |