Example sentences of "not the amount [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not the amount of money we earn which determines our financial stability , but the way we spend it . |
| 2 | Remember : it is not the amount of money we earn which determines our financial stability , but the way we spend it . |
| 3 | Inspector Neville Oughtibridge , of Wakefield police , said : ‘ The job of policing the town centre has been made easier because there 's just not the amount of money around there used to be . |
| 4 | It begins to look as if what is exhausting is not the amount of work per se , but the lack of clear values to underpin it and the consequent lack of regular enjoyment and true satisfaction that arise from it . |
| 5 | For Kitson what was produced , and not the amount of gold bullion , defined the wealth of the nation , and financiers — particularly Jewish bankers — had hijacked the economy in a conscious conspiracy . |
| 6 | It 's not the amount of faith that we can muster . |
| 7 | To interpret exceptions to the general rule that sexual dimorphism increases with the degree of polygyny , we need to remember that it is the comparative effects of phenotypic traits on reproductive success in males and females that will determine the degree of dimorphism and not the amount of variation in reproductive success per se ( see Price , 1970 ; Lande , 1980 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ It is the level of interest rates , not the amount of tax relief , that is the most important determinant of the cost of a mortgage , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Students and instructors often fail to realise that it is not the amount of height that matters but how much room there is ahead . |
| 10 | The agreements in any case regulate only style and media , not the amount of advertising , and there is no evidence that the restrictions have limited its effectiveness . |