Example sentences of "amount of [noun sg] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keener feels that his lack of technical background is a distinct advantage ; it also means that he sets a large amount of trust in the engineers he is working with . |
| 2 | It works by boosting the amount of serotonin in the brain to about ten times the usual level . |
| 3 | A The best way to sex L. caeruleus is by the amount of black in the anal fin — males have much more than females and young females have hardly any at all . |
| 4 | Increases the amount of adrenalin in the body . |
| 5 | ‘ Each artist is allocated a certain amount of space in the gallery . |
| 6 | Otto Werner , formerly of the Bundesanstalt fur Materialprüfung , Berlin , published analyses in 1970 which showed that in very general terms the amount of zinc in the brass increased with time until it reached a natural maximum of about 28 per cent . |
| 7 | Since then the firm has managed to bring the amount of zinc in the effluent down to about 20 p.p.m. , but the agency has made it clear that it has to go below that . |
| 8 | The Drive channel is governed by the usual Gain and Volume pots , for selecting the amount of overdrive in the sound , and for setting the level between that and the Normal channel 's output . |
| 9 | A palpable abdominal faecal mass or a large amount of stool in the rectal ampulla was felt in 77% of patients . |
| 10 | Thank you Mr Chairman , I , I 've got a certain amount of experience in the subject because we got quite a big one in our village . |
| 11 | When the closed path is in a wire loop and the loop is in motion then a force due to the magnetic field is present as well , giving rise to a finite amount of work in the same manner . |
| 12 | The precise purposes of the Directive and the ways in which ‘ countryside conservation ’ and agricultural support could be integrated could have been spelt out more clearly in its text but the document contains a considerable amount of flexibility in the implementation of its many provisions , a flexibility frequently not used to advantage . |
| 13 | The remedy of purchase from a third party , with the consequent obligation on the seller to pay the increase in the purchase price , is broadly similar to that available at common law , but , again , the express clause imports a certain amount of flexibility in the area of the price paid for third party goods ( for instance a premium might have to be paid for quick delivery to meet the buyer 's original timescales ) , and as to how closely their specification need resemble the original goods . |
| 14 | The Assistant Government Agent at Matara agreed that the establishment of village tribunals had led to a decrease in the number of police court cases , but asked ‘ what good end is obtained by merely removing the scene of litigation from one set of courts to another , and doubling the amount of litigation in the process , and how it is supposed that by increasing litigation twofold the peace and harmony of the district is secured , and litigation robbed of all the rancour and bad feelings it engenders in the ordinary courts ? ’ |
| 15 | Because of the large amount of activity in the field of user education there is no lack of information on the subject . |
| 16 | There is a similar amount of activity in the United States , Japan , Canada , France , Germany , Switzerland , Holland and Sweden . |
| 17 | Over the last 4–5 years there has been a considerable amount of activity in the colony due to the expiry of the lease in 1997 when the land on which the colony has been built reverts back to its previous owner the Republic of China . |
| 18 | This is the doctrine — to put it roughly — that actions are right or wrong according as to whether they increase or decrease the amount of happiness in the world . |
| 19 | The Company , from its very first voyage , exported bullion rather than English products and , when economists complained that this would lead to a loss of bullion which would cause deflation and depression in England , the Company replied that it exported between 50 and 90 per cent of its pepper to countries in northern Europe which paid four or five times as much silver as the Company paid in India , so that on balance its activities substantially increased the amount of bullion in the country . |
| 20 | Secretary Bruce MacKenzie said villagers were concerned about the amount of vandalism in the school Big leap : Multiple Sclerosis sufferer and Guisborough councillor Rod Douglass , 34 , will make a 10,000ft parachute jump for the charity and Middlesbrough General Hospital at Topcliffe Airfield next Saturday . |
| 21 | When it is set , the artist is immediately linked with an amount of money in the public 's mind . |
| 22 | The amount of money in the float is recorded on a ‘ float slip ’ , and this amount is deducted when the day 's takings are cashed-up — to form the float for the next day . |
| 23 | The … carried forward should be the same as the amount of money in the petty cash box . |
| 24 | The latest official figures show a big rise in the amount of money in the economy . |
| 25 | If you look at erm the the turnover of shops down that road , then that must say something about the amount of money in the area . |
| 26 | It was difficult for our branch of the bank , which was not allowed to keep more than a certain amount of money in the safe , and often had to send documents and money to the head branch in Parma . |
| 27 | In this chapter we start by having a general look at the relationship between the amount of money in the economy and the level of economic activity . |
| 28 | The amount of money in the economy can have a major effect on aggregate demand . |
| 29 | But there was the required amount of glamour in the movie , largely through the introduction of Anita Harris , who had been both hit pop singer and dancer before moving on to the ‘ Carry On ’ lot . |
| 30 | During subsequent years the Philippines would receive an annual sum of $203,000,000 in cash and an unspecified amount of assistance in the form of food , equipment and developmental aid . |