Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most trips involve a certain amount of walking and most people can walk , with 97 per cent of the population able to go out on foot . |
| 2 | Tests have been regularly carried out since the early eighties to discover whether those who exercise regularly or who have jobs which involve a considerable amount of physical exertion are able to think more clearly and remember more accurately than their IQ counterparts who lead a fairly sedentary life . |
| 3 | On shrinkable soils , such as clay , this continual extraction of water , followed by the absorption of further supplies from rainfalls , causes a certain amount of movement in the surrounding ground . |
| 4 | Together with differential rotation , this causes a large amount of mechanical energy and magnetic flux to pass through the surface . |
| 5 | She encouraged him to try a small amount of soft food and to take nourishing foods such as soups . |
| 6 | By the time Gloucester arrived in London the council had already committed a considerable amount of money . |
| 7 | By the time Gloucester arrived in London the council had already committed a considerable amount of money . |
| 8 | Similarly , the UK has committed a disproportionate amount of expenditure to basic research ( absorbing something like 12 per cent of professional scientific manpower ) . |
| 9 | He said it cost a vast amount to build each new mile of motorway . |
| 10 | Local authorities will need a substantial amount of time to ensure that their information technology is correct and is in place to deal with the council tax . |
| 11 | If you use this method you will need a generous amount of fabric , about three times the width of the wall . |
| 12 | This walk , by the way , although it 's only short , does involve a bit of scrambling which , though hardly dangerous , does need a fair amount of agility — fit grannies and grandads would make it , overweight VAT inspectors with beer bellies would n't . |
| 13 | A large machine like Penry Vaughan 's body must need a fair amount of fuel to keep it running efficiently . |
| 14 | In order to successfully write assembler language programs for the Z88 you will need a considerable amount of technical information about the machine . |
| 15 | If you wish to write more than the simplest assembler code programs for the Z88 , you will need a considerable amount of technical information about the machine . |
| 16 | Certainly , the polyps on their long stalks provide a certain amount of cover for the fish , but without the strong stings that protect clownfish in anemones . |
| 17 | We provide a substantial amount of aid , and £1 million of our aid money is committed for good government projects . |
| 18 | One of the reasons behind this seemingly illogical situation in such an over-populated area is that councils are not legally allowed to take into account small sites ( aptly termed ‘ wind-full ’ sites ) that may have become derelict or vacant which actually provide a large amount of free land . |
| 19 | The graph also gives an economical means of representing a large amount of information in an implicit and flexible format , and provides a record of the input information should further checking become necessary at a later stage . |
| 20 | Whereas a wrongful dismissal action covers a specific amount of wages , a claim for unfair dismissal covers general compensation by way of damages in respect of an employee 's dismissal . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , tint a small amount of the reserved fondant yellow for the door . |
| 22 | Painted very much under Freud 's influence but with a neo-romantic hangover , this portrait incorporates a considerable amount of emotive distortion which serves , not to break the realist mode , but to enhance the immediacy of the sitter 's presence , so that Tindle 's face seems to press forward from within the picture space with almost mesmerising effect . |
| 23 | It was a low budget production but drew a certain amount of attention as it attempted to explore spiritualism . |
| 24 | However , the party was traditionally pacifist , and drew a large amount of support from women , a section of Japanese society strongly opposed to the war . |
| 25 | Any conversation with elderly people may include a certain amount of guilt or recrimination about the past . |
| 26 | Expected to comprise some 3,000 lots , the art , accumulated in the late 1950s and 1960s , will include a significant amount of good quality if not exactly highly refined eighteenth-century French furniture . |
| 27 | Modern refining techniques mean that for every barrel of crude oil refined , there will be a split between diesel and petrol fuels that can only be varied a small amount . |
| 28 | THE security forces have smashed a daring IRA bomb distribution network after uncovering a huge amount of fertiliser — suitable for making explosives — near the scene of the latest UFF murder . |
| 29 | At the same time , and keeping a tiny amount of white fondant in reserve for the dice , divide the remaining fondant into four even portions ( about 50g/2oz each ) . |
| 30 | Very conscious of her companion , of his height and his easy masculine grace , Luce concentrated on keeping a fair amount of space between them . |