Example sentences of "been a [adj] amount of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But more recently there has been a limited amount of private sector involvement . |
| 2 | There has also been a certain amount of experimental work by linguists and psychologists which supports the hypothesis that for current speakers of English , generic masculines are interpreted as masculine rather than generic — though it has to be said the results of this work are not entirely clear-cut , except perhaps in the case of generic man . |
| 3 | Please pass on my congratulations to the Editor and his team for what must have been a considerable amount of sustained commitment , in producing such a high quality publication for the benefit of all members and the industry in general . ’ |
| 4 | In fact over the years there 's always been a significant amount of lesbian/gay film making in the general programme . |
| 5 | There has been a fair amount of half-hearted canvassing by Wales to try to persuade members of other unions that South Africa is not really stable enough as a country to host the 1995 World Cup . |