Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] a [adj] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barker grew very quickly , and had to work off a tremendous amount of energy every day , and since Danny was much too young to take him out for walks , this duty fell upon Connor . |
| 2 | We put this to you as an answer to all slimmers who say they only need to look at a single cake or bar of chocolate to put on a substantial amount of fat . |
| 3 | This means that British Coal has to shut down a large amount of its production capacity , and this they attempted last autumn . |
| 4 | We may only be able to afford to put up a certain amount of money to help fund them . |
| 5 | And holding up his pad of fixed-penalty tickets he went on , ‘ You 're also under pressure to give out a certain amount of these things ’ ( FN 17/12/87 , p. 25 ) . |
| 6 | We did , however , manage to carry out a certain amount of court observation and also to interview solicitors who dealt with some of the cases . |
| 7 | Therefore , it was possible for subjects to carry out a certain amount of integration of information even when they did not know the theme of the passage . |
| 8 | Finally , if you need a builder to carry out a substantial amount of work on your house after you have purchased it , it is worth considering taking out a BEC Insurance Guarantee for the building work : details in Appendix . |
| 9 | This situation — where one man , eminent as he is , nevertheless has to carry out a huge amount of work effectively on his own , mirrors the two previous demutualisations — is a situation many believe should not have been repeated . |
| 10 | There are areas , such as the New Forest , Dartmoor and Exmoor , where ponies and sheep , and to a lesser extent cattle , are allowed to roam over a considerable amount of acreage in a relatively unrestricted way . |
| 11 | Then Kurt has to shell out a considerable amount of money , maybe $25,000 , for the first class plane seats so that Courtney can fly home lying down and a specially appointed ambulance to pick her up at LA airport . |
| 12 | I can , yes I can remember having this sort of question about people with jugs and they wanted to measure out a certain amount , but they have n't got any markings for this certain amount and that awful |