Example sentences of "amount of [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | One coach only needs a small amount of work to restore it to its original condition , but the other requires extensive work . |
| 2 | Reception was , and still is , poor in many parts of the country , but with ingenuity and a certain amount of patient tuning it is possible in any area to pick up services from transmitters in Lusaka , Kabwe , Livingstone and the Copperbelt . |
| 3 | I mean it must cost a fair amount of money to keep it going cause , the calls are free |
| 4 | This claim would need an enormous amount of evidence to substantiate it , but it does illustrate very clearly a particular view about the structures that a certain type of structuralism deals with : namely , that they actually exist , and that the task of structuralist sciences is to uncover them . |
| 5 | Critics claim the technology is 1980s passe and not for Unix and that it would take a tremendous amount of engineering to make it suitable for modern enterprise-wide client/server applications that demand object-oriented solutions . |
| 6 | Regardless of the amount of time involved it seems likely that staff will always opt for more time if this is offered to them . |
| 7 | I became obsessed with the whole idea and spent an enormous amount of time researching it . |
| 8 | This might possibly be an accurate forecast of the future , but anyone with experience of even a relatively simple up-to-date photocopier will know that the amount of maintenance support it requires goes far beyond this board-changing routine . |
| 9 | A large machine like Penry Vaughan 's body must need a fair amount of fuel to keep it running efficiently . |
| 10 | Each year following discussions in the Consultative Council on Local Government Finance , central government calculates a ) the total amount of revenue spending it will accept for grant purposes ( relevant expenditure ) ; and b ) the percentage of relevant expenditure to be financed by grant . |
| 11 | Kate Fenn-Tye , communications officer for the Scottish Episcopal Church , said yesterday it had taken its stance because of objections from nearby residents , whose objections included the narrowness of the road and the amount of traffic using it . |
| 12 | The ideal toy is very light , so that only a small amount of effort moves it a long way , and very soft , so that sharp feline claws and teeth can sink into it in a satisfying way . |