Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [adj] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other small inherent errors are : An increasing speed will cause an apparent nose-up attitude ie , the bar will move down a small amount . |
| 2 | Oh it was down a tremendous amount |
| 3 | This means that British Coal has to shut down a large amount of its production capacity , and this they attempted last autumn . |
| 4 | They bring in a similar amount of cash as small , or public , lotteries . |
| 5 | ‘ It is clear we need to sell and bring in a fair amount of money before we can think of buying again . |
| 6 | ‘ It is clear that we need to sell and bring in a fair amount of money before we can think about buying again . ’ |
| 7 | I hope they realise by being here we will bring in a huge amount of trade . |
| 8 | The Council was aware of the ‘ high degree of priority and urgency ’ to be attached to this work , but in making the commitment it pointed out also that leaving freedom to colleges to devise and conduct their courses meant that ‘ the consequent interaction between College and Council can stretch over a fair amount of time ’ . |
| 9 | There are areas , such as the New Forest , Dartmoor and Exmoor , where ponies and sheep , and to a lesser extent cattle , are allowed to roam over a considerable amount of acreage in a relatively unrestricted way . |
| 10 | Barker grew very quickly , and had to work off a tremendous amount of energy every day , and since Danny was much too young to take him out for walks , this duty fell upon Connor . |
| 11 | To fill the vertical joints , turn the hawk and separate off a small amount of mortar , lifting it on the underside of the trowel |
| 12 | To take a swab , net the affected fish into a bowl , take a plastic coverglass and gently scrape off a small amount of mucus . |
| 13 | The introduction of competition and credit control triggered off a considerable amount of comment and criticism from the City as well as from within academic circles . |
| 14 | We put this to you as an answer to all slimmers who say they only need to look at a single cake or bar of chocolate to put on a substantial amount of fat . |
| 15 | And takes on a surprising amount of colour : RED , naturally . |
| 16 | Winds blowing over lakes pick up a tremendous amount of moisture which is then precipitated downwind of the lakes . |
| 17 | ( iv ) Draw up a small amount of the cell suspension into a long form Pasteur pipette and allow one drop ( -0.02 nil ) to hang from its tip . |
| 18 | Interestingly though , whereas physical abuse investigations took up a substantial amount of home visit time , the sexual abuse investigations were heavy on office interview time . |
| 19 | We may only be able to afford to put up a certain amount of money to help fund them . |
| 20 | When describing the apparent relationship , instead of making the somewhat vague generalization ‘ the higher the X , the higher the Y ’ , the linear summary permits a more precise generalization ‘ every time X goes up a certain amount , Y seems to go up a specified multiple of that amount ’ . |
| 21 | Some , such as Advent , can take up a certain amount of moisture , but also dry quickly . |
| 22 | What this means , of course , is that the user gives up a certain amount of control over the layout and the actual construction of the document . |
| 23 | Many sacks use texturised nylon fabrics with a sort of natural feel which can take up a certain amount of moisture but dry off quickly . |
| 24 | you you mounted up a certain amount of debt , you tried to get it paid by the end of the quarter . |
| 25 | Triptych ran a marvellous race , making up a vast amount of ground in the straight to finish third . |
| 26 | It would not be practical because the paper information system takes up a vast amount of space , something which is sorely at a premium in many bureaux premises . |
| 27 | The rating process can tie up a considerable amount of management time , and the company , of course , pays a fee to the rating agency . |
| 28 | However , I could see his logic , which was that not only did it burn about three times as much wood as an enclosed stove but the draught from the chimney sucked up a considerable amount of the underfloor heating , and even though it cost us nothing , it was poor economics . |
| 29 | Work on restoring the Wimpy to its former self is proceeding well , thanks to its loyal band of workers , many of whom give up a considerable amount of spare time to work on the aircraft . |
| 30 | Even a fifteen-minute programme will take up a considerable amount of lesson time if it is used at all flexibly , with pauses for discussion and repeat viewings of some sections . |