Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Together with differential rotation , this causes a large amount of mechanical energy and magnetic flux to pass through the surface . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But its modern standing owes a surprising amount to the British , who gave Pau a great lift in the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | It contains a great amount of statistical evidence and pictures and models . |
| 7 | All plants absorb carbon in the form of carbon dioxide during the process of photosynthesis : This carbon dioxide contains a small amount of C. This CO is taken into living things directly or indirectly by photosynthesis . |
| 8 | And that contains a small amount of sperm . |
| 9 | Whilst the student grant contains a fixed amount for housing , it is generally regarded as well below market rates that , of course , vary according to area . |
| 10 | The writing on a carton of orange juice may tell you that it contains a certain amount of vitamin C — but did you know that the vitamin C content starts to decrease from the moment the carton is opened ? |
| 11 | THE air around us always contains a certain amount of moisture — a lot on a humid summer 's day , less on a clear winter one . |
| 12 | As a basic rule , it is useless trying to press any plant , such as a succulent , that contains a large amount of water , but nearly every other type of material can be attempted . |
| 13 | The Gospel contains a large amount of material concerned with the theme of suffering and persecution . |
| 14 | The Hunter first saw RAF service with 43 Sqn based at RAF Leuchars and the video contains a large amount of colour film from the 1950s showing Hunters serving with the RAF along with footage of those in service with the Belgian Air Force . |
| 15 | This section of the Apocrypha contains a large amount of juvenilia , useful mainly to the psychobiographer . |
| 16 | The precise purposes of the Directive and the ways in which ‘ countryside conservation ’ and agricultural support could be integrated could have been spelt out more clearly in its text but the document contains a considerable amount of flexibility in the implementation of its many provisions , a flexibility frequently not used to advantage . |
| 17 | Concrete contains a considerable amount of free lime which is harmful in varying degrees to both fish and plants . |
| 18 | Agrippina is , above all , a humorous opera and , as is always the case with Handel , contains a huge amount of first-rate music . |
| 19 | It contains a huge amount of such data including amongst many other surveys and statistics , the 1981 National Census , 500 maps , 22,000 photographs , 1,500 items of text in the form of essays and published articles and , on side two of the disc , about an hour of video recording some of the events of 1986 . |
| 20 | The living system thus contains a constant amount of C. When a plant dies it absorbs no more C and that already present begins to decay . |
| 21 | He understands their need fur contingency , for cover , and accepts a reasonable amount . |
| 22 | The criminal law of England ( it might well be argued ) is shot through with inconsistencies and irrationalities , and , however a subjectivist may present it , exhibits a considerable amount of objective liability . |
| 23 | Our brain not only turns the image the right way up , but also adds a considerable amount of detail . |
| 24 | Berlin has a surprising amount of open space including the beautiful Grunewald Forest . |
| 25 | A library , like any other organisation , has a limited amount of manpower and money to carry out the activities required and expected of it ; training is just one way of ensuring that these resources are used in the most effective possible manner . |
| 26 | Every group has a limited amount of money available for arbitrage transactions ( possible due to self-imposed position limits ) . |
| 27 | The question is , as you rightly say , in psychoanalysis , the analyst usually has a vast amount much more than people normally realize , I mean , I recall from my own analysis , and mean I was going between two and four times a week erm , for an hour each time and it was a good six months before she would make any interpretations , and I used to get very frustrated , you know , I used to say things like , well , what do you think of this , Miss , you know . |
| 28 | Yes , this is another big problem I think you put that very well , that people forget , of course , that in clinical psychoan analysis the analyst has a vast amount of data , because the patient is going five times a week , or in Freud 's case , six times a week , for fifty minutes every day , six days a week , nine months of the year , often for several years and er , the , the sheer amount of data that the analyst gets , is absolutely immense . |
| 29 | The purpose of this chapter , however , is not to suggest clever ways of reducing your liability — although in fact almost everyone has a certain amount of scope to do so without in any way cheating on the system . |
| 30 | But Prince Adam has a certain amount of clout , as he has recently brought off a resounding coup and made a grand gesture . |