Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [art] [adj] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | it has n't cropped up here , but I understand that in other cases where you 've double insurance from two life companies , that two life companies would split the actual benefit fifty-fifty , so it would n't actually be deducting the whole amount , would it , because Abbey Life would still ha , Abbey Life would still have to pay |
| 2 | At the same time others may , through overfunding , be absorbing an unfair amount of scarce resources . |
| 3 | ‘ However , we understand we shall be gaining a substantial amount of this from Government grant and the additional burden falling on our own resources will be in the region of £200,000 . |
| 4 | I still think maybe maybe we should n't be doing as much , and we should d be doing a small amount better . |
| 5 | And to be visible at such a great distance , the object must be very bright , must , in other words , be emitting a huge amount of energy . |
| 6 | Different thoughts , but one thought : Secord would suddenly explode to the interpreter , ‘ He 's still not talking about the god-damned hostage thing ! ’ ; or , in North 's exasperated words , ‘ if we 're really sincere about this whole friggin' thing … they ought to be exercising every possible amount of leverage they 've got to get those people out . ’ |