Example sentences of "[verb] the amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are all reasoning out unstated propositions and analysing the probable intentions of our interlocutors every time we engage in talk — but various social and contextual factors influence the amount and the kind of reasoning required . |
| 2 | ‘ The county council has to make up the remainder but it has already limited the amount it intends to spend . ’ |
| 3 | The role she assumed in his life further limited the amount of attention he gave to female students . |
| 4 | Other acts sought to prohibit as far as possible corrupt practices and limited the amount of money a candidate could spend on election expenses . |
| 5 | 7.7.9.1 to rebuild and reinstate at its own expense the Premises or the part destroyed or damaged to the reasonable satisfaction and under the supervision of the Surveyor the Tenant being allowed towards the expenses of so doing upon such rebuilding and reinstatement being completed the amount ( if any ) actually received in respect of such destruction or damage under any such insurance policy or |
| 6 | After this time they doubled the amount of current and found that the energy books almost balanced . |
| 7 | For example , it can be used : to predict whether or not a chemical reaction is likely to occur when two different substances are mixed ; to enable the amount of energy theoretically required by or released during reactions to be calculated ; to predict the extent to which a reaction will proceed before reaching a condition of equilibrium . |
| 8 | Although we , you agree to pay we have not received the amount shown . |
| 9 | The dwellings are heated by communal gas boilers , the fuel used being heat-metered into each flat — occupants have the option of reducing or suspending the flow of the low-pressure hot water central hearing — while a ‘ landlord 's meter ’ records the amount of heat used in common areas . |
| 10 | Depending the amount of drying concerned actually alters the composition of some salts . |
| 11 | Thus although the Bank of England has been obliged to restore the amount of cash it had withdrawn from the system , there has been an equal and opposite decrease in bills plus money at call held by the banks . |
| 12 | The normal method of recovering the amount due is by application to the proper financial officer of the council , on the appropriate form of application as set out in the Regulations . |
| 13 | B Autoradiograph of an RNAse protection assay with RNA of transfected HeLa cells and C. autoradiograph of an EMSA performed with nuclear extracts of these transfected cells to monitor the amount of expressed proteins. lane 1 : cells transfected with DNAs d , f ; lane 2 : cells transfected with DNAs d , f and 5 µg DNA a ; lane 3 : cells transfected with DNAs d , f and 10 µg DNA a ; lane 4 : cells transfected with DNAs d , f and 5 µg DNA b ; lane 5 : cells transfected with DNAs d , f and 10 µg DNA b ; lane 6 : cells transfected with DNAs d , f and 5 µg DNA c ; lane 7 : cells transfected with DNAs d , f and 10 µg DNA c ; lane 8 : cells transfected with DNAs d , f and 5 µg DNA b and 5 µg DNA c ; lane 9 : cells transfected with DNAs d , f and 5 µg DNA b and 10 µg DNA c ; lane 10 : cells transfected with DNAs e , f ; lane 11 : cells transfected with DNAs e , f and 5µg a , lane 12 : cells transfected with DNAs e , f and 5µg b , lane 13 : cells transfected with DNAs e , f and 5µg c . |
| 14 | These are important questions for people who want to monitor the amount of alcohol they consume on a regular basis and perhaps replace their standard consumption with products that are reduced in alcohol . |
| 15 | Just remember that we aim to make it as simple and straightforward as possible for you to borrow the amount you require — with confidence . |
| 16 | Aided by Jip and their old friend Tim who is now head of the BBC , Zab acts as an emissary between humans and stones and strikes a deal : people will voluntarily agree to curb the amount of material transmitted if the stones will agree to stop their interference . |
| 17 | This might influence the amount of nitrogen reaching watercourses . |
| 18 | He had always resented the amount his son ate . |
| 19 | You will normally be able to claim the amount ( net of tax and National Insurance ) that you would have earned between the date of dismissal and the date of the industrial tribunal hearing . |
| 20 | This should specify the amounts payable for particular posts and all councillors holding posts stipulated in the scheme should be entitled to claim the amount specified . |
| 21 | Even a Trinidad deal does little more than bring the amount of interest that Africans owe closer to what they are managing to pay anyway . |
| 22 | These transactions bring the amount raised to date from the 1992/93 asset management programme of £1,005 million , of which £363 million represents the disposal proceeds from peripheral upstream interests . |
| 23 | ‘ The latest announcements bring the amount raised from the 1992/93 disposal programme to over £1 billion , of which £363 million represents proceeds from peripheral upstream assets . |
| 24 | What variables appear to affect the amount of social power an individual acquires ? |
| 25 | CHARITIES are losing money not so much because of the practice of suggesting the amount of donations but because they impose such high postal charges on the goods they offer . |
| 26 | One can then compare the amount of radioactivity in control and trained chicks region by region and look for differences . |
| 27 | The seven malicious referrals were a cause of great concern , particularly given the amount of distress caused to the families investigated . |
| 28 | On the one hand there are those who are convinced that God can not be good given the amount of injustice in the world . |
| 29 | Even before that date Eagleton 's view is suspect given the amount of occupational verse in circulation , though this material could be dismissed as ephemeral . |
| 30 | Given the amount of negative equity still locking in to the system , it may be instructive to look at the UK consumer 's reaction to lower interest rates . |