Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [adj] amount of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 2 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 3 | We used to come in for a fair amount of ribbing and good-natured chaff , and remarks like , Was it a red sky this morning ? |
| 4 | Here and elsewhere , the police also came in for a fair amount of criticism — Punch portrayed London 's genial giants Gog and Magog dressed as policeman , defending themselves from the wrath of the respectable populace — and there were perfectly sound reasons for such discontent . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , Sun has come in for no small amount of criticism in pursuing what is often strictly an ‘ invented here ’ approach to technology solutions , at the expense of making some pragmatic marketing decisions . |
| 6 | Any manager who does handle the artist 's money is taking a foolish risk , as well as letting themselves in for an enormous amount of unnecessary work . |