Example sentences of "in a [adj] amount [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 Psychologists have found that a great number of items can be learned in a fixed amount of time if these fit into established and interconnected patterns .
2 Furthermore , a great number of items can be learnt in a fixed amount of time if these fit into established and interconnected patterns ; and the smaller the difference between one step and the next , the better the learning .
3 Normally we need to look at large numbers of objects ( tens , or perhaps hundreds ) : the analytical technique must therefore give results in a reasonable amount of time per sample and cope with large numbers of objects .
4 For the children , Penny has put in a tremendous amount of time , effort , and shoe leather to produce a really useful booklet of activities to go to locally with under 5's .
5 Frieda suggests that you can get great results in a minimum amount of time by remembering this fact .
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