Example sentences of "have a fair amount [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guitar has a fair amount of natural sustain and the three Chandler pickups emphasise this , as well as producing a warm tone with enough cut to sound through . |
| 2 | She has a fair amount of control over her work ; ‘ being one 's own boss ’ was a phrase used by over half the sample . |
| 3 | Schools have always had a fair amount of control over their resources — making decisions about accommodation , capitation and so on — and their decisions have normally been used in accordance with the identified needs of the institution , whether explicitly identified or not . |
| 4 | But from the little things this Haverford Downs slips in about the ladies , would I be right in thinking he 's had a fair amount of experience with the sex ? ’ |
| 5 | Moving on , erm in te you know obviously you must have had a fair amount of c you said you had a fair amount of contact with erm tenants in the flats . |
| 6 | A well-reared puppy should have a fair amount of bone and a strong , straight front , that is the forelegs should appear parallel when viewed from the front , the feet turning neither in nor out ( a certain allowance may be made for puppyish softness ) . |
| 7 | Well , if the norm in the Church was the Bishop and Miss Tilley , you could see she 'd have a fair amount of concealing to do . |
| 8 | Right , erm , did we not have a fair amount of discussion about this at the time , before |
| 9 | I think I would have bought something a bit more substantial at it , I mean , if you 've that amount of money , they must have a fair amount of money |
| 10 | He had a fair amount of putting practice as well . |
| 11 | Moving on , erm in te you know obviously you must have had a fair amount of c you said you had a fair amount of contact with erm tenants in the flats . |
| 12 | Er , we had a fair amount of activity supporting the s marchers of the er unemployed . |
| 13 | She also had a fair amount of assistance from the older children . |
| 14 | I think she had a fair amount of luck , but luck is always an el element in anything of this kind . |
| 15 | Well , yeah er we we had a fair amount of chemical er troubles erm mainly spillages , bad packaging , erm a few accidents erm , and very little information in those early days erm there was a lot of nasty chemicals going around which erm very little information followed it and people were being quite seriously injured , firemen included , policemen and others were getting involved with these things , and I got myself involved quite a lot with the various bodies that deal with chemicals , like the Chemical Industry Association , and people of that kind , trying to make things a bit safer , and taking up cases where spillages had occurred and , and accidents had happened er to try to get to the bottom of it and try to improve the situation and er I was n't alone , most Chief Officers were working that way and certainly the London Fire Brigade did it , did no end of work with producing , what is now commonly known as the coding and , and a system of , of erm er marking containers of chemicals so that people can understand how to deal with them , so that that was quite an interesting area which , even now I 'm now retired I still have a little hand in that with er chemicals er in my few moments I have spare I , I get involved with that side , which I enjoy . |