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单词 amount
释义
amount
(əmnt )
Word forms: amounts , amounting , amounted
1. variable noun B1
The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
He needs that amount of money to survive. [+ of]
I still do a certain amount of work for them. [+ of]
Postal money orders are available in amounts up to $700.
Synonyms: quantity, lot, measure, size  
2. verb
If something amounts to a particular total, all the parts of it add up to that total.
Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to £9.75 billion. [VERB + to]
3. any amount of something phrase
If you say that there is any amount of something, there is a lot of it. If you say that there are any amount of people or things, there are many people or things.
I'm able to lay my hands on any amount of cash at a minute's notice.
There are any amount of clubs you could join.
Phrasal verbs:
amount to
phrasal verb
If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
...a schoolboy comedy, which amounted to little more than slapstick. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Quotations:
Many a mickle makes a muckle
Collocations:
amount owed
With eight years to go, using these savings to pay off capital will make a dent in the amount owed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The amount owed comes to many thousands of pounds and appears to be fraud on a massive scale.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Companies that pay below the minimum wage can be fined up to 200 per cent of the amount owed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The amount owed can grow quickly and swallow up an inheritance.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
amount payable
Always know the total amount payable over the term of the loan plan.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In neither did it disclose the amounts payable - £322 million over five years.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
An agreement on the exact amount payable has yet to be reached.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
amount required
The federation said that the average first-time buyer needed a 30,000 deposit, almost ten times the amount required in the early 1980s.
Times, Sunday Times
It had to mix blood from different donors to make up the amount required for each treatment.
Times, Sunday Times
I think that anyone's reaction would be to try to reduce the amount required, or at least to ensure that it did not go higher.
Times, Sunday Times
Charity bosses have warned that low-income households are falling short of the amount required for annual bills by almost 450 a year.
The Sun
First, in 2002 houses were at most half the price they now command, so the amount required for a deposit was smaller.
Times, Sunday Times
available amount
The judge assessed the available amount as that sum and made a confiscation order in respect of it, to be paid within three months with six months imprisonment in default.
Times,Sunday Times
However, the short half-life and the test ban decreased, within several years, the available amount of iron-55 nearly to the pre-nuclear test levels.
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The burden falls broadly upon the prosecution to establish the defendant's benefit and upon the defendant to establish his available amount.
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Certain facts are placed in the message from an available amount of information while other facts are omitted, altered or falsified entirely.
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When this happens, the available amount of hard currency per person falls, in effect making money more scarce; and consequently, the purchasing power of each unit of currency increases.
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average amount
Yet the average amount held in person is $46, while total cash holdings including money at home is just $250.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And the average amount exchanged has quadrupled to about 700 euros.
The Sun (2015)
The average amount of serum ceruloplasmin in case group was significantly more than control group.
T. Glini moghadam, N. Moslemizadeh, R.A. Mohammadpour, M. Hamzeh Robati 2008, 'Relationship of serum ceruloplasmin and pre-eclampsia', Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
borrow an amount
They used to be able to borrow five times their income, and borrowers who have owned property before can still borrow this amount.
Times, Sunday Times
Work out exactly how much you need and only borrow that amount.
The Sun
It was going to be easy to borrow any amount that was needed.
Times, Sunday Times
However, assuming typical interest of 6.5%, the amount owed on the loan would be double the amount borrowed after 11 years.
Times, Sunday Times
With the average amount borrowed by parents amounting to 5,190, this totals a huge 6.5 billion in 'parent-loans'.
The Sun
calculate an amount
Voluntary offset schemes calculate the amount of carbon emissions a company generates and the company then invests a proportionate sum in projects that erase the environmental damage caused.
Times, Sunday Times
This must be arranged by a drawdown provider, which will calculate the amount that you can receive.
Times, Sunday Times
After a reasonable period of time, suppliers will calculate the amount of credit they have been unable to return to affected customers and contribute an equivalent amount to a charity.
Times, Sunday Times
Has he paused to calculate the amount of psychic energy that goes into the national attempt to will one of his flakier dropshots over the net?
Times, Sunday Times
In other words, a purely elastic solution may be used to calculate the amount of energy available for fracture.
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cash amount
If any match the ones on your card for that week only, scratch them off to reveal a cash amount.
The Sun
If people were offered a cash amount for their annuity that was not very attractive, then they don't do it.
Times, Sunday Times
But the higher levy means that the cash amount of tax paid within this sector will have risen by a total of 194,398,500.
Times, Sunday Times
Nine more clues are available for purchase, but the amount those clues cost depends on the cash amount hidden behind a number the contestant has to pick.
Christianity Today
When you factor your debts you are assigning the ownership to someone else and receiving a cash amount up front in part settlement of your original invoice.
Times, Sunday Times
certain amount
So it's quite natural for there to be a certain amount of jealousy.
AT HOME WITH THE QUEEN: The Inside Story of the Royal Household (2002)
They had a certain amount of freedom.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Most will commit to only a certain amount of funding.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
collect an amount
Section 8(b) also required memorial builders to collect an amount equal to 10 percent of the total cost of construction.
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Yesterday's sale raises the total amount collected to 374 million.
Times, Sunday Times
The sale of the 6.2 per cent stake lifts the amount collected by the quintet from share sales to about 500 million.
Times, Sunday Times
It intends almost to double the amount collected in fares to 9 billion and cut the annual subsidy from 4.5 billion to 3 billion.
Times, Sunday Times
The amount collected from the 41 that replied has gone up from 36.9 million in 2010-11 to 45.4 million in 2015-16.
Times, Sunday Times
considerable amount
This will free up a considerable amount of money to invest in services.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These individuals are often willing to devote considerable amounts of time, money, and energy in this process.
Christianity Today (2000)
Get up and move regularly if you spend a considerable amount of time sitting.
Stay Well This Winter (1989)
contain an amount
Generally, a promissory note will contain the amount of the loan, the interest rate, the length ('term') of the loan, a promise to pay, and the borrower's signature.
Christianity Today
All kinds of steel contain some amount of carbon, by definition, and all ferrous alloys contain some carbon.
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Actually the magma could not contain the amount of water dissolved within it.
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Even with these variations in composition and materials, titanium rings are commonly referred to as such if they contain any amount of titanium.
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All mechanical systems in the real world contain some amount of damping.
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contribute an amount
Every year, the employer was required to contribute the amount necessary to keep the funding standard account from falling below $0 at year-end.
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If the assets are less than the liabilities, the employer must contribute the amount necessary to fully fund the plan.
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For as long as the cooperatives develop and improve their functions, they contribute some amount of their income to the autonomous programs of education, health, and to other social structures.
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All amounts contributed with respect to a participant are fully vested and nonforfeitable.
Christianity Today
His sons contribute some amounts in proportion to their incomes.
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copious amount
Solid, red-brick house with a copious amount of living space.
Times, Sunday Times
Served with a copious amount of herby mayonnaise, it apparently has a gamey taste.
Times, Sunday Times
Users with many small files, on the other hand, could lose a copious amount of space due to large allocation block size.
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The seasonally uneven distribution of the year's annual precipitation, often results in destructive mudslides experienced in summer, due to the copious amount of precipitation typically observed throughout the season.
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In messages shown to the jury, he allegedly offered one broker 'copious amounts of curry' in return for manipulating the rates.
The Sun
daily amount
That leaves Tenerife and Tunis, which are neck and neck for the daily amount of sunshine (both six hours).
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Around 40 per cent of women in the UK are getting less iron in their diets than the recommended daily amount.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So a toddler only has to eat two slices and they have already had half their total daily amount.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But there are claims that you only get a third of your recommended daily amount from your diet.
The Sun (2013)
decrease an amount
Filling the gap will substantially decrease the amount of lost heat.
Times, Sunday Times
They were told to press the computer keys to increase or decrease the amount of time they wanted to look at each of the faces presented to them.
Times, Sunday Times
Clubs do not want to decrease the amount of pitch time their members get because most club hockey players pay substantial amounts of money in subscriptions and match fees.
Times, Sunday Times
This can help decrease the amount of disruptive, external blue light from street lamps and train lighting, too.
The Sun
Authorities have helped slowly decrease the amount of unattended youths loitering around the streets.
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deduct the amount
You also entitled to deduct the amount of any bills to be paid, including the wealth tax bill itself.
Times, Sunday Times
On the other hand, if he treats the $5,000 as a charitable contribution, he cannot deduct this amount in computing his self-employment tax.
Christianity Today
Home owners may deduct the amount of interest and property taxes paid on their principal and second homes.
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Can the bank deduct the amount of dues payable by the depositor?
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The payer can deduct an amount; however, under the 2009 amendments the method for calculating the new amount must be stated.
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determine the amount
Your genes help determine the amount of cholesterol your body produces.
Westcott, Patsy Alternative Health Care for Women (1991)
Calibration curves were prepared during photoelectric colorimetry to determine the amount of substance.
V.M. Tikhenko, Yu.O. Fedorenko, I.V. Prokopovich 2016, 'Methodology of biochemical stability determination of compositional systems based on hydroxyapatite', Trudy Odesskogo Politehničeskogo Universiteta
A thermal camera was used to determine the amount of radiant exitance from a range of residential landscape elements.
Loveday Jane, Loveday Grant, Byrne Josh, Ong Boon-lay, Newman Peter 2017, 'Quantifying radiation from thermal imaging of residential landscape elements★', Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability
disproportionate amount
The theory was that retired people on fixed incomes spent a disproportionate amount of their income on their gardens.
Times, Sunday Times
The febrile atmosphere generated by managers and players puts a disproportionate amount of pressure on officials.
Times, Sunday Times
They all spend a disproportionate amount of their day in front of screen-based technology.
The Sun
Yet the panda still continues to attract a disproportionate amount of interest and money.
The Sun
Managers spend 'a disproportionate amount of time looking at finances at the expense of time spent getting dignified care right for patients and their families'.
Times, Sunday Times
double the amount
It also wants to double the amount of UK food it sells and increase fair trade products.
The Sun (2011)
I often double the amount of potatoes because the leftovers reheat perfectly and are delicious with a poached egg.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
earn an amount
My husband has to do an eighthour shift in a factory to earn that amount.
The Sun
Could the recipients actually earn that amount in the work place?
The Sun
How can a mime act earn this amount of money?
The Sun
She will now earn this amount in interest every week.
Times, Sunday Times
This contributes to students' overall assessment but can also have fee-earning potential, with 8,000 the average amount earned.
Times, Sunday Times
enormous amount
Trying to predict all cash flows would chew up enormous amounts of management time.
Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
He deserves an enormous amount of credit and now we can move on.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And he did that today under what some people would say is an enormous amount of pressure.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
equal amount
That means that any tax cuts have to be matched by increases of at least an equal amount.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He had given us all an equal amount.
Christianity Today (2000)
Our joint account works because we earn equal amounts.
The Sun (2013)
equivalent amount
While similar agreements with other countries are expected to bring in equivalent amounts in unpaid tax.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The company made profits in billions while many others lost equivalent amounts.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You also need to own or rent an equivalent amount of agricultural land to that on which the subsidy payment is based.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
estimate an amount
Instead, ranchers and skippers are allowed to estimate the amount of wildcaught fish.
Times, Sunday Times
The company now has to estimate the amount of sales personnel for the first month and later.
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These are used to estimate the amount of work involved in a translation job.
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Geotechnical engineers use specialized tools, such as the cone penetration test, to estimate the amount of skin and end bearing resistance available in the subsurface.
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These measurements are then subjected to tree allometry, which employs certain mathematical and statistical principles to estimate the amount of timber volume in a tree.
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exact amount
The easy-to-use system maintains the freshness of the active ingredients and delivers the exact amount of retinoid your skin needs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The exact amount of any penalty would be on a case-by-case basis.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The exact amount depends on the next licence fee settlement.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
An agreement on the exact amount payable has yet to be reached.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
exceed the amount
The attendance charge appeared to exceed the amount allowed under the law.
Times, Sunday Times
Permission can be sought to exceed this amount, too.
Mail and Guardian
Crucially, the penalty could not exceed the amount of tax due — so if you owed no tax, there was no fine.
Times, Sunday Times
Some hard-pressed customers have hundreds of pounds tied up because their fixed charges exceed the amount of energy they use.
Times, Sunday Times
Finally, the total cost cap on the debt of all fees and interest must not exceed the amount borrowed.
Times, Sunday Times
excessive amount
He was only rumbled after the store became alarmed by the excessive amount being ordered and contacted the prince's aides.
The Sun
There was evidence to suggest it was an excessive amount.
The Sun
Producing an excessive amount of growth hormone, it makes the body grow upwards or outwards - or both.
Times, Sunday Times
My five-year-old's hands were glistening and slippery from an excessive amount of soap.
Christianity Today
Sadly, within a few days it was producing an excessive amount of moisture, soaking the contents.
Times,Sunday Times
extraordinary amount
The extra charges are for an extraordinary amount of usage over one 12-hour period.
Times, Sunday Times
He receives an extraordinary amount of public money as a result of his various conditions.
The Sun
Finding the time to sleep in the week leading to the hearing, as was dealing with an extraordinary amount of media attention.
Times, Sunday Times
The government and private individuals should be stressing the extraordinary amount of compliance, not the occasional failure.
Times,Sunday Times
He's spending the most extraordinary amount of energy and effort and time designing and building this thing.
Times, Sunday Times
fair amount
No wonder there is a fair amount of distress.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There is usually a fair amount of give and take in a trading relationship.
SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
The altitude took a fair amount of getting used to for a man scared of heights.
The Sun (2015)
finite amount
I grew up in a house with a finite amount of books.
Times, Sunday Times
In a downturn, businesses held in funds may find themselves competing with other portfolio companies for a finite amount of cash.
Times,Sunday Times
Stricter rules would bring forward the date that the banks collapse as they only have a finite amount of assets that can be pledged.
Times, Sunday Times
It's all easy on the surface but some levels require fiendish brainwork, especially as a finite amount of objects are allowed per level.
The Sun
But it's scary how quickly a finite amount whittles away, after teethbrushing, tea-making and washing your hands.
Times, Sunday Times
fixed amount
The judge had therefore been wrong to limit section 13(1)(b) to fixed amount rent review clauses.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That is the notion that an economy contains a fixed amount of work over which a growing labour force must battle.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They pay a fixed amount of interest for a set period.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
generous amount
Use a generous amount of highlighting powder on the middle of the forehead.
The Sun (2013)
The generous amount of marvellous archive footage here reminds us of better times.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Front seats are comfortable and supportive and there is a surprisingly generous amount of leg and headroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Plate up with a bed of watercress and a generous amount of the tabouleh salad.
The Sun (2016)
Season well and add a generous amount of olive oil.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
guideline amount
Add a sweet biscuit or a banana and the child will have eaten more than an adult woman's guideline daily amount of sugar.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In the UK we already display guideline daily amounts for all four nutrients plus calories on our cans and bottles.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This frapaccino adds a further 77 g of sugar from syrups and cookies - taking you over the guideline amount for a day.
The Sun (2014)
huge amount
I don't feel under a huge amount of pressure.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He got a huge amount of publicity and attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There was not a huge amount to do apart from play outside or read.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
immense amount
An immense amount of effort went into demolishing one small myth.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You may be convinced that when you eat normally you will gain an immense amount of weight.
French, Barbara Coping with Bulimia (1987)
You cannot imagine the immense amount of pain that is being inflicted on him right now.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Industrial activity on this scale would appear to suggest a truly immense amount of metal.
Francis Pryor BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans (2003)
In addition to all this there was an immense amount of body language going on.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
increase an amount
Some lenders let you port the loan as long as you do not increase the amount or term.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The regulator has increased the amount of power energy companies must auction off from a fifth to one quarter to boost competition.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Further capital is also available and the Treasury has increased the total amount to £75 billion.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
increasing amount
Increasing amounts of offshore online funds are beyond the reach of the levy, costing the sport £30m a year.
The Sun (2015)
She spent an increasing amount of time helping to care for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, to whom she was devoted.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
An increasing amount of the world's agricultural land is also used to grow food for livestock.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
incredible amount
The actors convey an incredible amount of information nonverbally.
Houston Chronicle (2002)
With that comes an incredible amount of calories we are no longer burning.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This would cause an incredible amount of pain.
The Sun (2009)
These books have an incredible amount of sentimental value.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
inordinate amount
The foundation stage curriculum certainly encourages teachers to devote an inordinate amount of time to play-based activities.
Times, Sunday Times
Because he felt called to public ministry, he deliberately chose a profession that wouldn't demand an inordinate amount of time.
Christianity Today
This elephant would take an inordinate amount of the enemy's time, resources, energy, emotions, and finances.
Christianity Today
He took an inordinate amount of time to take them and the crowd's jeers and whistles appeared to get to him.
ST
Now they have to decide whether to accept 'an inordinate amount of money' to sell the hotel.
Times, Sunday Times
invest an amount
Investors get 30% income tax relief on the amount invested after three years.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Churches invest an enormous amount of time and energy in the search process for new staff members.
Christianity Today (2000)
It is easy for individuals to invest small amounts of money in equities.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
large amount
You need to withdraw a large amount each time because your bank will charge a nominal fee.
The Sun (2011)
A large amount of very hot liquid splashed into my lap.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Players were bought for very large amounts of money.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We welcome rain, but would much prefer a slow drizzle not large amounts over a short period of time.
The Sun (2010)
limit the amount of
By limiting the amount of their own money people can access, they announce that a country is in crisis and deter investment.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
limited amount
All bunk beds are now taken but a limited amount of ' scramble' spaces are still available in the torpedo tubes on a first-come, first-served basis.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We have a limited amount of seats available.
Christianity Today (2000)
Why would you spend such a limited amount of time at your place of work?
The Sun (2009)
The company also has the option of raising a limited amount of funds by selling its assets in Pakistan.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They realise that there are only a limited amount of coaching and managerial jobs out there.
The Sun (2016)
loan amount
And interest rates can be so high you could be paying back almost double the original loan amount.
The Sun
Penalties are usually about 3% of the loan amount.
Times, Sunday Times
Consumers are borrowing to buy cars that are worth less than the loan amount as soon as they are driven out of the showroom.
Times, Sunday Times
If the value of your home declines or stands still, you repay only the original loan amount.
Times, Sunday Times
The average loan amount last year was 20,906.
Times, Sunday Times
massive amount
He earned a massive amount over the years, but he also spent it with abandon.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And yes, it was a tough kick from close to the touchline with the clock ticking and a massive amount of scoreboard pressure.
The Sun (2015)
Seven days later, the massive amount of subphrenic free air disappeared.
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maximum amount
The maximum amount of bonds you can hold is 40,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is a £595 fee and the maximum amount available to borrowers is twice their income.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The maximum amount of work they can do in a day is set at six hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
measure the amount
To make the ketchup base, measure the amount of mushroom juice that has collected and put it in a pan.
Times, Sunday Times
This will measure the amount of charge and top it up automatically.
Times, Sunday Times
When it has boiled, measure the amount you need into a pan and put on the hob to come back to the boil.
Times, Sunday Times
U-values measure the amount of heat transferred or conducted through a material - the lower the number, the better.
Times, Sunday Times
They use infrared light to measure the amount of oxygen attached to a protein in the blood called haemoglobin.
Times,Sunday Times
minimal amount
Their flagship stores have a minimal amount of products on display and lots of clear space.
Times, Sunday Times
They put a minimal amount of equity into the group and used the bank's money to fund its expansion.
Times, Sunday Times
You need make no more than a minimal amount of effort and you'll see splendid results.
Times, Sunday Times
When he first drove me to the restaurant, he knew a minimal amount about tennis.
The Sun
But there's a fairly minimal amount of people who can win the whole thing, right?
Times, Sunday Times
minimum amount
Both accounts require a minimum amount to be paid in each month.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Long ago we said that best practice was to use the minimum amount of pesticide and to encourage beneficial insects.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The minimum amount is at least half an hour of vigorous exercise three times a week.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
minuscule amount
It contains a minuscule amount of tallow, extracted from animal fat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The trick is to have the most minuscule amount.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Only a minuscule amount of the salt is actually absorbed into your body, the owners say.
The Sun (2013)
A minuscule amount of that.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
moderate amount
They claimed yesterday that drinking a moderate amount of bubbly improves the way blood vessels function.
The Sun
The realisation that a moderate amount of chocolate can be healthy has led to the arrival of chocolate healthfoods.
Times, Sunday Times
I have seen nerines grown in a nursery in pure sand with a moderate amount of liquid feed.
Times, Sunday Times
Doctors have found that drinking a moderate amount can help the body develop an immunity against infection.
The Sun
Restrict yourself to a moderate amount of cheese, and choose grilled meat, fish or poultry for your main course.
Times, Sunday Times
modest amount
A modest amount of short grain rice swells with milk (and water), finished with an optional egg yolk or two to make it even richer.
Times, Sunday Times
Some anticipate a modest amount of job growth later this year.
Houston Chronicle
A modest amount of justice for his role in it all, perhaps.
The Sun
Bank rules prohibit the withdrawal of more than a modest amount of cash without notice, and no banks have reported unusual demand.
Times, Sunday Times
Even in this modest amount it feels incredible.
Times, Sunday Times
necessary amount
Even with all of them pooling every resource, they had less than half the necessary amount.
Times, Sunday Times
Not surprisingly, money and sponsorship are the problems: its creators have not raised anywhere near the necessary amount.
Times, Sunday Times
Brains and a necessary amount of brawn belong to the 'inside backs'; finishers with enough brain will do for 'full backs'.
Times, Sunday Times
Nevertheless, he urged world leaders to co-operate to ensure a level playing field and the minimum necessary amount of regulation to ensure financial stability.
Times, Sunday Times
Large windows for example were intended to allow in the necessary amount of light by which to work.
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pay an amount
He was ordered to make an unconditional public apology within two weeks and pay an amount of R50 000 to a centre for abused women within one month.
Mail and Guardian (2010)
He said he was willing to pay an amount of £15,000 .
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I know the players are paid a huge amount of money but this is when they earn it.
The Sun (2015)
payment amount
She has also taken the wise step of setting up a direct debit to cover the minimum payment amount each month.
The Sun
The actual payment amount per family will depend on the degree to which a family participates in the activities.
Times, Sunday Times
Cashier enters payment amount as normal and verifies customer's identity by comparing their face to the image on their system.
The Sun
It then allows you to extract automatically the supplier, date, payment amount and even the self-assessment tax category.
Times, Sunday Times
On the other hand, tips or other gratuities given by a customer, for example in a restaurant, would not form part of the payment amount.
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precise amount
Football has found, by fluke or design, the precise amount of creative tension between the credibility of the game and the controversy that surrounds it.
Times, Sunday Times
The precise amount will be confirmed later this year.
Times, Sunday Times
The precise amount held in safety will vary depending on the proportions of risk and return that are built into a particular product.
Times, Sunday Times
The precise amount will depend on which of ten different categories of share they originally bought.
Times,Sunday Times
It did not reveal the precise amount.
Times, Sunday Times
reasonable amount
Yet the meal has a very reasonable amount of fat and cholesterol.
Kowalski, Robert E The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)
They would like a reasonable amount of power, but will mainly be pottering about locally.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This scenario is covered by the right to a reasonable amount of time off for dependants.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He could only go a short distance in a reasonable amount of time.
Christianity Today (2000)
Everyone seemed to have a reasonable amount of money.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
reduce an amount
We would all like to reduce the amount we spend on our energy bills.
The Sun (2014)
You have to reduce the maximum amount if you did not use the car exclusively for business.
Christianity Today (2000)
And it can help reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill each year.
The Sun (2012)
right amount
Acquiring the right amount of island sea grass and stone for the house also proved tricky.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With the right amount of publicity and the proper authorities in your corner, hopefully the odds of being blacklisted would decrease.
Globe and Mail (2003)
These tasselled slippers have just the right amount of sparkle.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Nepeta, lavender and salvia are the three graces here, doing exactly the right amount of covering up and waving about.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
With a jaunty blue and white facade, and just the right amount of maritime touches in the decor, this is an irresistible coastal home.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
settlement amount
The court also rejected the insurer's claim that the settlement amount was unreasonable.
Christianity Today
In fact, he said, on the day that he appeared in court he was to pay the settlement amount.
The Star (South Africa)
The attorneys stand to collect $18 million, or 60% of the settlement amount after their costs and fees are subtracted.
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Day was criticized for the costs and eventually re-paid the province $60,000, the settlement amount excluding legal fees.
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The funds are provided to the consumer on the potential settlement amount.
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significant amount
Significant amounts of body fat are only used as fuel for activity when you have been exercising continuously for at least thirty minutes.
Shape Your Body, Shape Your Life (1987)
We are confident that there will be a significant amount of interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The vast majority of people want to work and don't want to be off for significant amounts of time.
The Sun (2016)
small amount
This has reduced further the already small amount of enthusiasm people have for voting.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Thus a relatively small amount of land can do service out of all proportion to its size.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Buy a wok and learn to make stir fries with a small amount of meat or fish and lots of vegetables.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
spend an amount
I can't imagine spending this amount of money on my entire house.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He argues that the company spends excessive amounts on administration and management costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Well, they do spend an equal amount of time posing in front of the gym mirror.
The Sun (2011)
staggering amount
The average person spends a staggering amount of time on their phone.
Times, Sunday Times
These observatories generate a staggering amount of data.
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Like many others, she thought she could get away with fraudulently claiming the staggering amount in income support handouts.
The Sun
Thanks to a staggering amount of roadworks, it had taken me over an hour to get to the party.
The Sun
We're managing a simply staggering amount of traffic to our website right now and more demand for products and deliveries than we can meet.
Times,Sunday Times
substantial amount
Pears give us substantial amounts of the mineral potassium.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The robber escaped with a substantial amount of money in a holdall.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We paid a substantial amount towards the wedding.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
sufficient amount
It might need to comprise hundreds of thousands of connected electrolyzer units to generate a sufficient amount of hydrogen fuel from the sea.
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Put a sufficient amount in and you are supposed to be able to get a certain amount out.
Times, Sunday Times
So, if they eat less, they can struggle to get a sufficient amount of nutrients.
Times, Sunday Times
Although this would be an effective piece of marketing, it would not save a sufficient amount.
Times, Sunday Times
Directed attention fatigue can be reduced by getting a sufficient amount of sleep each night because during sleep, inhibitory attention chemicals are replenished.
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surprising amount
The teeth of our distant ancestors can yield a surprising amount of evidence about their lives and deaths.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The bedrooms are lavishly upholstered, and the basement ones get a surprising amount of light.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We now know a surprising amount about these matters, and our information is growing at a dizzying pace.
Wills, Christopher The Runaway Brain: the Evolution of Human Uniqueness (1993)
The company draw a surprising amount of comic mileage from this shallow nostalgia trip.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
tiny amount
The tiny amount of alcohol in this recipe is used as a flavour enhancer.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A tiny amount of alcohol is used in some products as a chemical agent to extract flavour.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A random blood test that day subsequently revealed a tiny amount of clenbuterol.
The Sun (2012)
Apply a tiny amount around the eye area but do not overload as this can make eyes puffier.
The Sun (2008)
Take a small mirror with you and dab a tiny amount on your cheek or forehead, blend it in and go outside.
The Sun (2009)
total amount
These include a welfare cap that limits the total amounts that can be claimed, such as in housing benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The total amount is understood to be about £850,000 when interest is included.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That's more than the total amount spent on elementary and secondary education in this country.
Christianity Today (2000)
trace amount
Because at that level, it's a trace amount.
Times, Sunday Times
Copper sweetening introduces trace amount of copper into the resulting products, which tends to have detrimental effects as it leads to formation of gummy residues.
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In inorganic phosphors, these inhomogeneities in the crystal structure are created usually by addition of a trace amount of dopants, impurities called activators.
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Metals such as lead and copper and zinc are found in a trace amount in all sediments.
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Shallow electron traps are created by sulfur sensitization, introduction of a crystalline defect (edge dislocation), and incorporating a trace amount of non-silver salt as a dopant.
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tremendous amount
I sense there is a tremendous amount of support out there for me.
The Sun (2009)
It had a tremendous amount of facts packed in each episode.
The Sun (2016)
All the staff and players who put in a tremendous amount of effort deserved to get that result.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
unbelievable amount
To take responsibility takes an unbelievable amount of courage.
Times,Sunday Times
The 66-year-old described the 'unbelievable amount of data, from every single game and every single day', he now has at his disposal.
Times, Sunday Times
It seems like an unbelievable amount of money, doesn't it?
Houston Chronicle
We have an unbelievable amount of respect for one another.
Times, Sunday Times
They eat an unbelievable amount of sugar, three times as much as their grandparents did.
Times, Sunday Times
undisclosed amount
He bought it from a friend for an undisclosed amount.
Times, Sunday Times
Yesterday he was fined an undisclosed amount - believed to be his £12,000 match fee plus another £12,000 - and handed a written warning.
The Sun
Only one has so far been subject to a settlement, for an undisclosed amount.
Times, Sunday Times
The sale, for an undisclosed amount, will leave the group with 61 clubs.
The Sun
He escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Houston Chronicle
unlimited amount
And it can rise to an unlimited amount if they are convicted in crown court.
The Sun
Married couples can also transfer an unlimited amount of assets between each other without any tax charge.
Times, Sunday Times
Users would have access to an unlimited amount of music as long as they maintained their subscription.
Times, Sunday Times
You must open up a new account within four years of the scheme starting this autumn; then you save for an unlimited amount of time.
Times, Sunday Times
Add an unlimited amount of green veg - try broccolli, spinach or kale.
The Sun
unprecedented amount
The result has been an unprecedented amount of research on the impacts of the spill on species, ecosystems, the economy and human health.
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Our digital activities provide an unprecedented amount of highly disaggregated data, which scientists - especially physicists working with big data - can interpret with remarkable accuracy.
The Times Literary Supplement
Of all the unprecedented money he has raised, he has poured an equally unprecedented amount into his ground game.
Times, Sunday Times
This has led to an unprecedented amount of innovation.
Times, Sunday Times
Certainly, we have been spending an unprecedented amount of time on our smartphones, tablets and computers.
Times,Sunday Times
unusual amount
Building these faithful and dependable relationships of sacrificial servanthood garners us an unusual amount of trust and influence with many organizations throughout our city.
Christianity Today
In fact there has been an unusual amount of interest in it ...
Times, Sunday Times
There was also an unusual amount of dust in the air last week.
Times, Sunday Times
Another client was spending 'an unusual amount on petrol', filling up her friends' cars in exchange for cash, perhaps.
Times, Sunday Times
It attracted an unusual amount of interest, with 66 viewings since the catalogue's release two weeks ago.
Times, Sunday Times
vary the amount
Also, some banks vary the amount they will transfer using faster payments.
Times, Sunday Times
Its thumbwheel adjuster enabled me to vary the amount of paint and to spray either as a round, vertical or horizontal jet.
Times, Sunday Times
You can vary the amount of chilli and anchovy you add, according to taste.
Times, Sunday Times
You can vary the amount you pay in every month, from 25 to 250, but no withdrawals or additional deposits beyond 250 a month are allowed.
Times, Sunday Times
Hydroelectric power plants have the ability to vary the amount of power generated, depending on the demand.
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vast amount
The increasing amount of electronic equipment, on desks and in data centres, consumes a vast amount of energy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There is a vast amount of trade, commerce and investment between our two nations.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A vast amount of money was spent on the election campaign.
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