Example sentences of "[vb pp] a considerable amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time Gloucester arrived in London the council had already committed a considerable amount of money . |
| 2 | By the time Gloucester arrived in London the council had already committed a considerable amount of money . |
| 3 | Paul keeps up a hectic programme of lectures on the species , and has amassed a considerable amount of information on the pros and cons of reintroduction . |
| 4 | Mr. Dobson : Setting aside the Lord President 's snide references to the London food commission , which has done a considerable amount of good work , I ask him whether , instead of being so complacent , he would be prepared to undertake a thoughtful and organised survey of the views of Hon. Members and of the other people who have to use the cafeterias in this place |
| 5 | Composers have written a considerable amount of music for brass quintet consisting of two trumpets , horn , trombone , and tuba . |
| 6 | If you are owed or could be owed a considerable amount , or any amount , it is important for you to know that : |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | As we have noted , many countries had no press to speak of at the time of independence , and in those that did the press has undergone a considerable amount of change . |
| 9 | The committees have produced a considerable amount of valuable information which must assist M.P.s in their general task of scrutiny . |
| 10 | Taking this kind of argument it might be more desirable to improve the lot of someone who has had a considerable amount of resources , but now in old age has very little . |
| 11 | Details of a promotion were discussed with the manager , a promotion in which he expected to do well having sold a considerable amount of Stoddard Templeton carpet . |
| 12 | The Smiths could have received a considerable amount of money by this method and , indeed , were offered a number of more lucrative alternatives . |
| 13 | Despite Berkeley 's comment that ‘ a little attention ’ to this will enable anyone to see how successfully it makes his point , this argument has provoked a considerable amount of detailed discussion . |
| 14 | As he lay face down on the grass of the hollow , Melody , who had also consumed a considerable amount of drink , sat down heavily beside him and spoke to herself . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It is not only the child of a broken marriage who feels this , but even when , sadly , one parent has died or spent a considerable amount of time in hospital . |
| 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 | Fourthly , carers who were managing to retain full-time jobs often spent a considerable amount of money each week on substitute care , it statutory day care services were not adequate . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The subject of obsolescence has generated a considerable amount of literature , most of it based on citation studies — that is , studies showing the number of times that individual books or periodical articles are cited in the lists of references given at the end of a piece of research ( a method , it can be seen , which is distinct from studies of actual library use ) . |
| 21 | Apart from the finds , these represent all that is left of the excavated site , and so are extremely important ; they also represent the investment in the excavation from a financial point of view , which may have cost a considerable amount of money , and it is therefore usual to duplicate them , storing one copy far away from the original records in case of accidents . |
| 22 | Moreover , although the astrolabe enabled long calculations to be avoided , the computing of planetary positions , for example , for casting a horoscope , still involved a considerable amount of work . |
| 23 | To give them this idea economists have put a considerable amount of research effort into estimating models of the economy . |
| 24 | She had taken a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance , she realized now , waiting for him to open the door . |
| 25 | It would have taken a considerable amount of time for any Government taking over their shambolic performance to improve the quality of just about everything in the environment , as we have been doing . |
| 26 | Gaining entrance to the large building had , also , taken a considerable amount of time and effort . |
| 27 | Could the City institutions be made positively to assist people who , through no fault of theirs , have lost a considerable amount of money ? |
| 28 | Ordinary people have lost a considerable amount of confidence in the authorities . |
| 29 | Ordinary people have lost a considerable amount of confidence in the authorities . |
| 30 | This section on internal buildings has necessarily covered a considerable amount of very detailed information and has inevitably had to be selective . |