Example sentences of "[art] [adj] amount [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total amount under challenge is , I understand , a sum in the region of £1.8m . |
| 2 | Logogens have thresholds : whenever the total amount of evidence exceeds this threshold level , the logogen ‘ fires ’ . |
| 3 | Both shifting the timing of the sleep period from the habitual 12 p.m. to 8 a.m. and either increasing or decreasing the total amount of sleep had similar effects in reducing accuracy and speed of response on a vigilance task . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) An increase in the total amount of sleep per 24 hr , as compared with that of non-shift workers . |
| 5 | It was long thought that a mere redistribution of duties without any reduction in the total number of employees required or the total amount of work to be done did not amount to redundancy . |
| 6 | The first is that , since it is difficult for each authority to make its decision within the framework of a general view of social needs and social capacity to pay , the total amount of taxation tends to be raised above what it would be in a more unified system . |
| 7 | The Warwickshire nature trust is tiny when you compare it to the total amount of woodland managed for sports use . |
| 8 | The Warwickshire nature trust is tiny when you compare it to the total amount of woodland managed for sports use . |
| 9 | For the sensible management of water resources , good estimates of the total amount of water available , on average , per year together with a measure of the variability in supply from year to year if supply and demand are to be kept in balance . |
| 10 | Photographic negatives of the gels were scanned by densitometry , the integrated peak areas for each form of DNA were measured , and the amounts of linear DNA produced were expressed as a percentage of the total amount of DNA . |
| 11 | TCCB cricket secretary Tim Lamb said : ‘ We are concerned about the total amount of cricket being played by our players , particularly one-day matches . |
| 12 | However , no agreement was reached on the total amount of assistance , estimated by the USA to be around $14,000 million but by the EC as no more than $9,000 million . |
| 13 | The more money you invest , the greater your chances of wining , but when you enter football pools you should be quite aware that the total amount of stake money that 's returned to you in prizes is rather small . |
| 14 | The most currently viable hope for diminishing the total amount of suffering is by refinement of existing procedures ’ ( 1981 : 104–5 ) . |
| 15 | A review of American schemes carried out in 1990 by the General Accounting Office found that they reduced the total amount of litter by 10–20% by weight and 40–60% by volume . |
| 16 | Years ago , Arthur Holmes made an interesting calculation dividing the present area of sea floor by the total amount of sediment being brought down annually by all the rivers of the world . |
| 17 | During the next 15 minute period a 5 ml bolus containing a known amount of sodium bicarbonate ( 100 , 200 , 500 , or 1000 µmol ) was infused slowly and the total amount of bicarbonate determined by dilution of [ 3 H ] PEG and pH and pCO 2 of oesophageal aspirates . |
| 18 | Directly budgeted money accounted for 71% of the total amount of money that was stated by our sample as being spent on training , money allocated under other wider budgetary headings accounted for 16% , money ‘ indirectly ’ spent accounted for 8% , and ‘ extra funds ’ money for 5% . |
| 19 | One of the important changes proposed by the Report was that the total amount of money for public sector higher education be earmarked at the beginning of each financial year . |
| 20 | To do this enter +B1*B3*12 into B5 to calculate the total amount of money paid in and +B4-B5 into B6 to work out the total interest received . |
| 21 | Thus , the ‘ equation ’ is really an identity which must always be true : it tells us only that the total amount of money handed over in transactions is equal to the value of what is sold . |
| 22 | At the efficient size S * your total cost is the area OAES&SUP * ; and this is the total amount of compensation you will be paid . |
| 23 | Income tax is not collected on the total amount of income . |
| 24 | Each individual is granted allowances or exemptions that reduce the total amount of income liable to tax . |
| 25 | There is also evidence that drainage schemes increase flooding frequency and the total amount of runoff ( Robinson 1986 ) . |
| 26 | Secondly , exercise can increase the amount of HDL , the ‘ good guy ’ and lower the total amount of cholesterol you have in your blood . |
| 27 | The total amount of Government grant that has been made available to British Coal over the past five financial years is £8.5 billion . |
| 28 | If a card is introduced [ which will depend on developments in technology not yet available ] the rules will remain the same and the total amount of discount available will be limited . |
| 29 | The outcome of the public expenditure round each year produces the total amount of grant income local authorities are to receive . |
| 30 | In 1989-90 the total amount of grant was £33.8 million , in 1990-91 it was £31.2 million and for 1991-92 it is £29.7 million . |