Example sentences of "[noun sg] do a [adj] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , the major ones , I mean the engineer ones used to levy all firms two and half percent and therefore , there is an incentive to do a certain amount of training itself , and the finance obviously was self-generation itself . |
| 2 | That service did a considerable amount of work after the explosions on Piper Alpha . |
| 3 | The Connecticut engineering company does a small amount of sensitive nuclear-weapons work for the American government . |
| 4 | Curiously , given that its UK arm does a significant amount of work on VME mainframes , there is no place for ICL Plc kit in D&B 's initial plan — not so smart , perhaps — but again , support is expected to follow shortly . |
| 5 | ( b ) The House does a considerable amount of scrutiny of complex and technical legislation . |