Example sentences of "[adj] amount of [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And whilst it is impossible to state categorically that heart disease can be caused by eating too much fat , in recent investigations it was observed that among the groups of people who consumed high amounts of fat the incidence of heart attack was far higher than among those who followed a low fat diet . |
| 2 | The average amount of sunshine the vines receive annually is only 1,537 hours ( Bordeaux : 2,07I hours ) spread over 289 days . |
| 3 | At RAF Lyneham 500 men are sweating over the vast amounts of equipment the individual soldier attaches to his body prior to jumping into a theatre of war . |
| 4 | If we look only at the output we may not learn anything , because if everyone is putting in the right amount of effort the system may still work in the same way as the arrow in the drawing does eventually find its way in the right direction . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 " . " |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This code depends on the type of lenses you need and also decides the maximum amount of help the voucher can give you . |
| 9 | The energy spectrum of atmospheric turbulence persists down to the smallest scales , and to trap the maximum amount of energy the valves must be as small and numerous as possible , The payload of Daedalus 's new craft will be conventionally suspended from cords around its rim . |