Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the amount of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NGF is normally taken up at nerve terminals and transported along the nerve fibres to the cell body , where it presumably regulates the amount of peptide . |
| 2 | That is an opted out school as against the standard state school , which is subject to the overall policies of the Local Education Authority , and indeed it is funded by the Local Education Authority through a formula , and the amount of money that is put into that formula will obviously affect the amount of money the school has to spend , so it 's providing the same range of education within the National Curriculum , but it is not beholden to the Local Authority — that 's the basic difference . |
| 3 | History shows that the long-term effect of altering the price of motorised travel does not necessarily affect the amount of money people and organisations spend on transport . |
| 4 | Its waste production probably is no greater than that of other extractive industries , but as its production has increased so has the amount of waste . |
| 5 | The instrument not only measures the amount of ozone in the air but also the amounts of substances which lead to the formation of ozone . |
| 6 | A rights issue not only affects the amount of equity capital at the disposal of the company but also the price of the existing shares . |
| 7 | Differences in ds only measure the amount of interaction in an additive model . |
| 8 | Standing upright , he says , naturally reduces the amount of body mass exposed to the Sun 's rays in an equatorial landscape . |
| 9 | This has greatly reduced the amount of paperwork involved and allowed individual outlets to improve standards of service . |
| 10 | The determination or disposal is treated as a transfer of value by the beneficiary and the rate of tax payable is arrived at by reference to the total of it and any previous chargeable transfers by him unless the determination or disposal took place before 10/12/74 when , in implement of the undertaking in the White Paper ( Cmnd 5705 ) that in these circumstances any tax chargeable would be no greater than that which would be due if the trust were an individual who had made chargeable gifts equal to the capital becoming chargeable , the rate is arrived at by reference solely to the total of the determinations or disposals which have taken place in the trust since 25/3/74 , if by so doing the amount of tax payable would be reduced . |
| 11 | As well as providing pupils access to information in the school , microcomputers have greatly widened the amount of information available to pupils by allowing access to external sources of data . |
| 12 | Being able to adjust effects in real time is great , especially to change the amount of effect to suit the room , but without altering the written patch . |
| 13 | As the pressure increases , so does the amount of nitrogen forced into the bloodstream of a SCUBA diver . |
| 14 | If the number of soldiers in the colony falls , then so does the amount of soldier-pheromone in circulation . |
| 15 | Do n't suddenly increase the amount of exercise you do , or become over-exhausted . |
| 16 | ‘ we need merely determine the amount of material published at various times to establish a growth curve . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Defining ‘ science ’ as the content of scientific journals , we need merely determine the amount of material published at various times to establish a growth curve . ’ |
| 18 | The photorefractive polymer is able to store many holograms in the same section of the material , greatly reducing the amount of space needed to store data . |
| 19 | Of all the treatments for obesity , none could be more physiological or less psychological than the operation known as jejeunoileostomy or ileal bypass , in which most of the small intestine is short circuited thus greatly reducing the amount of intestine available for absorbing food . |
| 20 | erm I bought a car actually over at Kidlington , and I did not know the amount of premium I was paying . |
| 21 | The main gap in Table 3.7 is that it does not show the amount of sterling eurobonds not listed on the London Stock Exchange . |
| 22 | There was some slight discussion whether the British should keep Canada or should choose the large French sugar islands like Martinique and Guadeloupe ; very few politicians close to the centre of power thought of giving Canada back to France , but the issue underlined the fact that Canada was unlikely to provide much revenue for the British treasury directly , and certainly would not provide the amount of revenue that sugar for re-export would give at a time when Britain used for consumption or for manufacture all that her West Indian islands could produce . |
| 23 | You would not believe the amount of fluid used , it was true waterless embalming — fascinating . |
| 24 | I can not believe the amount of injury time actually , you see if I put a record on at half past eight they 'll have finished bang on half past eight but er the fact that I carry on rabbiting and telling you about the quiz competition three or four times er they decide to play plenty of injury time . |
| 25 | One insider said he could not believe the amount of code that will eventually be involved . |
| 26 | One insider said he could not believe the amount of code that will eventually be involved . |
| 27 | On wet ground , play the ball back a bit in your stance to ensure catching the ball first , thus minimising the amount of moisture squeezed between the clubface and the ball at impact . |
| 28 | The president has kept the SSC in the budget , but is not providing the amount of money required to allow the programme to follow its original schedule . |
| 29 | This in turn normally reflects the amount of use received by materials in those subjects . |
| 30 | THERE is always much excitement in steam operations on the main line but we should not forget the amount of effort taking place on the preserved lines especially as now the Santa Season is in full swing . |