Example sentences of "amount of [noun sg] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most convincing answer is that Truman was intent primarily upon terminating the Pacific conflict speedily so as to save American lives but that he was interested simultaneously in strengthening American interests vis-à-vis Russia , which included restricting the amount of territory to be occupied by the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | The Hard Copy manager should supply two parameters for this keyword : the name of the hard copy directory and the maximum amount of space to be used , in that order . |
| 3 | Another powerful financial weapon is the annual decision made by the government on the amount of grant to be given to local authorities to aid current expenditure . |
| 4 | With two years before the opening of World Cup ‘ 94 there is an immense amount of work to be done . |
| 5 | It was long thought that a mere redistribution of duties without any reduction in the total number of employees required or the total amount of work to be done did not amount to redundancy . |
| 6 | A surprising amount of work to be found in the island does , however , show their influence . |
| 7 | Mr Ievers said , however : ‘ There is still a considerable amount of work to be done before schools can report to parents using the levels and attainment targets used in assessment of children introduced as a pilot project only very recently . |
| 8 | The public 's ideas for providing full employment were coloured by the success of wartime planning , but they remained largely the notions of the years before the war , as Table 1 , compiled immediately following the publication of the Beveridge report in December 1942 , shows : a public works programme was mentioned four times as frequently as socialism , which was less popular than solutions based on reducing the amount of work to be done by individuals , and in the number wanting work . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's just an immense amount of work to be done , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Neither the buildings of Parliament nor the members were in serious danger from the amount of gunpowder to be used . |
| 11 | In early July , the Senate approved a bilateral accord with the USA instructing a commission of jurists , to be designated by both countries , to rule on the amount of compensation to be paid by the Chilean government to the families of Letelier and his secretary Ronni Moffitt who was murdered with him . |
| 12 | For instance , in Re Hammond and Waterton ( 1890 ) 62 LT 808 , arbitrators were designated by the parties ' agreement to assess the amount of compensation to be paid by an outgoing tenant of a market garden to his landlord . |
| 13 | The more varied or diversified the business of the client , and the larger the amount of insurance to be placed , the more likely it is that he will look around the market for himself in order to obtain the best terms . |
| 14 | Many of us who represent the valleys would like the same amount of money to be spent on matters other than the bay , which has no God-given right to it . |
| 15 | The report highlights three issues : the amount of money to be transferred from the budget of the Department of Social Security ; the way in which housing benefit will be calculated after 1993 ; and the division of responsibility between the health authorities and the local social service departments . |
| 16 | x amount of money to be a trainee |
| 17 | My father left Kirsty a considerable amount of money to be held in trust until she reaches eighteen … ’ |
| 18 | The boilers to raise the necessary steam were of ‘ Lancashire ’ type , the characteristics of which enable a small amount of steam to be supplied over long periods with a minimum of attention , which was the type of duty envisaged for this plant . |
| 19 | The proximity of a market , the feasibility of holding the animal for ransom , the likely amount of profit to be earned , the value of the animal to thieves if kept for personal use or consumption , and the likelihood of discovery and punishment were among the considerations which were taken into account . |
| 20 | From this declaration Edward and his officers knew the amount of relief to be levied from Lesparre , the amount of military service owed and the status of the tenures . |
| 21 | One of the major environmental decisions surrounds the target for the amount of electricity to be generated from renewable sources by the year 2000 , which is to be increased by 50 per cent to 1,500 megawatts . |
| 22 | Amount of memory to be found on expansion cards will usually be small owing to cost ( a minimum of 16K depth ) . |
| 23 | Other matters , such as the amount of capital to be subscribed by each contributing country , and the eligibility of the Soviet Union for funding , were left until a further meeting due on March 10-11 . |
| 24 | I assure groups that have contacted me and which are concerned about over-regulation that I want a minimum of regulation and the maximum amount of discretion to be given to local authorities . |
| 25 | A report from the all-party Energy Select Committee of the House of Commons urges the government to set " challenging " targets for the amount of energy to be generated by renewable sources by the year 2000 . |
| 26 | I have said ( in Chapter 2 ) that one can calculate the rate of protein synthesis by injecting a radioactively labelled amino acid into the bloodstream and measuring the amount of radioactivity to be found in the protein of particular brain regions after a given time . |
| 27 | and then they can expect them at the end of like x amount of time to be able to take over a department , then when it falls apart they 're gon na be the one to take it . |
| 28 | The amount of time to be spent on learning about tone languages should depend to some extent on your background . |
| 29 | You know if this was my business , I would have budgeted for this amount of advertising to be ab I mean you ca n't sit it by getting at home er you ca n't get it by sitting at home . |
| 30 | It will be necessary to decide on the amount of resource to be invested in management development , and what mechanism should be used to allocate these resources . |