Amount
Meanings and phrases
amount
- a quantity of money; sum; sum of money; amount of money
- the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify; measure; quantity
- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers; sum; total
amount
- be tantamount or equivalent to
- develop into; come; add up
- add up in number or quantity; total; number; add up; come
n.
- a quantity of money; sum; sum of money; amount
- The estimated total amount of money was $20 million.
- Besides, the amount of money he stole is a small amount.
- Ward worked hard and saved every amount of money he could.
n.
- an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude; large indefinite quantity
n.
- an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude; small indefinite quantity
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- Ancus returned to Rome with a large amount of loot.
- The chosen route required a large amount of grading.
- Brown has also written a large amount of poetry.
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- The team spending least amount of time wins.
- Erica was Little Eric's nanny for a short amount of time.
- The Germans made major advances in a short amount of time.
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- They also may include a small amount of salted cod fish.
- Besides, the amount of money he stole is a small amount.
- Stains generally can be removed with a small amount of alcohol.
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- WIXC continues to air a significant amount of sports content.
- These speeches received a significant amount of media attention.
- The town has a significant amount of tourism due to its beaches.
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- A certain amount of rarer cards were guaranteed in each booster.
- The Diet voted to pay for certain amount of infantry and cavalry.
- We have a certain amount of tension that's very ripe comedically."
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- Kuipers raised $232,223 and spent the same amount.
- Heacock raised $393,212 and spent the same amount.
- Ukrainec raised $16,506 and raised the same amount.
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- It also wasted a considerable amount of lumber.
- excited a considerable amount of feeling.
- By day 21, a considerable amount of time was spent outside the nest.
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- 30,000 taking the total amount of their team to Rs.
- The total amount paid to Kustomotive was $2,500.
- The estimated total amount of money was $20 million.
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- Lake Sevan contains the largest amount of water in the country.
- This implies that a large amount of water was available on Mars.
- The diver typically displaces a larger than usual amount of water.
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- A substantial amount of rebuilding followed.
- Christian I gave a substantial amount of money to the priory in 1480.
- A substantial amount of the novel's dialogue is in the French language.
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- In the game, there is a limited amount of health.
- Rykoff distributed a very limited amount of frozen foods.
- There is a limited amount of ores.
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- A relatively small amount of energy is required for initiation.
- Then the total amount of energy can be found by adding formula_12.
- Radio waves have the least amount of energy and the lowest frequency.
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- Evidently tricks are to be applied to reduce the amount of work.
- Wind breaks reduce the amount of heat carried away from a building.
- Thin-film technologies reduce the amount of active material in a cell.
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- The lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount in April 2006.
- In 1998, McBrayer sold Digital Solutions for an undisclosed amount.
- mcgarrybowen was acquired for an undisclosed amount by Dentsu in 2008.
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- Prairies, or vast grasslands cover a huge amount in mountain ranges.
- Nuclear power plants can produce a huge amount of power from a single unit.
- After this, Neeraj tasted a huge amount of continuous success in Bollywood.
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- He missed a fair amount of the season with injuries.
- Entities receiving grant money are given a fair amount of autonomy.
- A fair amount of money was collected from the general public for him.
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- Therefore, the maximum amount of money that a contestant can earn is $50,000.
- The maximum amount of data varies depending on the size of the address field.
- The maximum amount of system memory available to AGP is defined as the "AGP aperture".
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- Buildings account for a large amount of land.
- The family owns an extensive amount of land and property in the area.
- In numerous cases the peasants ended up with the smallest amount of land.
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- The profound amount of work put into it staggers me.'
- This is the amount of work needed to transform the water.
- It also wastes the least amount of work.
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- Because of this, The Law Code of Manu has a great amount of authority.
- There is a great amount of research and drugs developed relating to cancer.
- There is also a great amount of shared mythology and a common belief in Mana.
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- Some formats such as JPEG achieve compression through small amount of information loss.
- Then, it will emit only a finite amount of information encoded within its Hawking radiation.
- The vast amount of information available about events is sometimes referred to as the event cloud.
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- It also required a vast amount of wood.
- There is a vast amount of literature on this, in both popular and serious culture.
- Jean-Louis' boat has a large sleeping platform and a vast amount of dedicated storage.
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- It sold for a then record high amount: $6,400.
- Calcium chloride also produces a high amount of heat during hydration.
- The other is the high amount of toxic waste left behind from the factories.
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- The minimum amount of data for S0/S1/S2/S3 records is zero.
- The FDA has collected a large amount of data through decades.
- Consequently, the amount of data stored in each chip is "N"2 bits.
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- The last part of Claudius' plan was to increase the amount of arable land in Italy.
- The Altai Mountain goat was originally bred to increase the amount of wool available per goat.
- This is part of an effort to increase the amount of local literature read in the school system.
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- That much money means an enormous amount of power.
- The Washington Post said that it was an "enormous amount of hate mail and death threats".
- An enormous amount of work was undertaken by the founding Chairman, Mr Edwin Derriman M.B.E.
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- The Plus 3 reset PAGE to &1D00, reducing the amount of free RAM available to user.
- He was transferred to hospital in April as he kept reducing the amount of his glucose intake.
- The activity of protein C may be down-regulated by reducing the amount either of available thrombomodulin or of EPCR.
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- More elaborate designs use the amount of light produced.
- Supplemental lighting can be added to make sure that the plants receive the correct amount of light.
- The size of the transparent window in the bulb can be adjusted to change the amount of light emanating from the lure.
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- That much money means an enormous amount of power.
- Peels are hits that are thrown with the most amount of power.
- Nuclear power plants can produce a huge amount of power from a single unit.
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- This was the highest amount in the Lebanon County.
- The battle system gained the highest amount of praise.
- It receives of rain annually, the highest amount in the state.
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- The minimum amount of data for S0/S1/S2/S3 records is zero.
- The minimum amount an adult dog should get is the equivalent of one long walk a day.
- The Church of England had previously campaigned for all employers to pay this minimum amount.
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- Erica was Little Eric's nanny for a short amount of time.
- The Germans made major advances in a short amount of time.
- It is unreleasable on VCD or DVD for a short amount of time.
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- There were no casualties and only a small amount of damage was reported.
- Both techniques greatly decrease the amount of damage that is received from attacks.
- If the earthquake had occurred elsewhere, however, it may have caused a larger amount of damage.
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- The team spending least amount of time wins.
- It also wastes the least amount of work.
- Radio waves have the least amount of energy and the lowest frequency.
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- There is also a certain amount of material peculiar to each of them.
- Often the amount of material in the solution being analyzed may be determined.
- The next calculation was the amount of material needed for the balloon, estimated at .
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- Asia received the second largest amount at $24 billion.
- Lake Sevan contains the largest amount of water in the country.
- It has the largest amount of laying hens, with a figure of 12,7 million.
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- Larger wasps have a greater amount of brown pigmented clypei.
- Possession of a greater amount, however, does become punishable by law.
- The detailed nature of these sets requires a greater amount of design time than a normal Lego set.
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- Along this, the newspaper received an increasing amount of money from abroad.
- The Khodynka radio station, built in 1914, couldn't longer handle the increasing amount of radiograms.
- An increasing amount of archaeological evidence collected since the 1950s has settled some of the debate.
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- It's a story with a tremendous amount of charm.
- This region has a tremendous amount of variety in precipitation.
- This reaction produces a tremendous amount of heat, burning at .
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- The amount of increase each school district receives is set by the Governor and the Secretary of Education as a part of the state budget proposal given each February.
- The amount of increase each school district received was set by then Governor Edward G. Rendell and the Secretary of Education as a part of the state budget proposal.
- The amount of increase each school district receives was set by Governor Edward G. Rendell and the Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak, as a part of the state budget proposal.
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- The amount of space in the yard varied with different stages.
- These problems might require large amounts of time or an inordinate amount of space.
- These pictures are "designed to offer readers a high-utility message in a minimum amount of space."
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- However, the full amount was not authorized in one lump sum.
- They won US$1,500, the full amount requested for the gig deposit.
- The three parties were found guilty and ordered to pay the full amount.
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- This reduces the amount of freshwater available for drinking and farming.
- The insulation also reduces the amount of energy needed for normal cooking.
- Outsourcing the work reduces the amount of control held over these aspects.
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- This is subsequently increasing the amount of debt the students take on as student loans.
- In order to allow criticality, the fuel must be "enriched", increasing the amount of U to a usable level.
- At the same time the tribe was increasing its land, it was increasing the amount of livestock, particularly sheep.
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- The difference is in the amount of heat generated inside.
- This reaction produces a tremendous amount of heat, burning at .
- Wind breaks reduce the amount of heat carried away from a building.
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- In this situation, a fixed amount of drug is in solution inside the microcapsule.
- This fee will typically include a set fee for the room, for a fixed amount of time.
- Historically, this was often a promise to exchange the money for precious metals in some fixed amount.
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- In exchange, a large amount of food and other supplies are given to Tara for the Hilltop.
- For example, if she had just a small amount of food, she multiplied it to feed lots of people.
- The balloon limits the amount of food the stomach can hold and creates thereby an early feeling of fullness and satiety.
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- Use and management has reduced the amount of this type of habitat nationally.
- A combination of injuries and work reduced the amount of cricket MacLaren played after 1905.
- Subsequent separation procedures reduced the amount of isotopically pure einsteinium roughly tenfold.
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- Khan landed 312 of 679 punches thrown (46%), an equal amount of jabs and power shots were landed.
- A good example would be the assertion that "When an equal amount is taken from equals, an equal amount results."
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- The average amount of precipitation for the year in Champawat is .
- The average amount of precipitation falling in the pond is about 1900mm per year.
- The average amount of study in primary school in Basel is 816 teaching hours per year.
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- Nitrogen is the nutrient required in greatest amount by turfgrass.
- Perhaps the greatest amount of research concerning context effects comes from marketing research.
- The 1988 Constitution has granted the states the greatest amount of autonomy since the Old Republic.
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- Bullet souls are often projectiles and consume a set amount of magic points upon use.
- Equipped items cannot be removed, and will disappear after a set amount of battlefields.
- After this, the player is prompted to draw the same pattern on the touchscreen in a set amount of time.
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- With a larger amount of red blood cells, blood oxygenation is enhanced.
- As a result, the design allowed for a larger amount of Russell's bosom to be exposed.
- Another archive employee who collected Russian folklore in a larger amount was Menda Ehrenberg.
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- However, the casino may only pay 4 times the amount wagered for a winning wager.
- Henry Every retired a rich man, and Bartholomew Roberts took an estimated five times the amount Teach stole.
- Severely sprouted grain kernels can contain several thousand times the amount of enzyme of sound unsprouted kernels.
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- A delightfully melodic air to the track, with the right amount of swing."
- Following this method with well performed forest inventories should see the right amount of cutting.
- As a piece of sheer escapism, it's fantastic: it's got just the right amount of tongue-in-cheek cheekiness.
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- The total amount paid to Kustomotive was $2,500.
- The system's application layer provides a report with the total amount paid to its vendors for that particular month.
- In the course of the "arisan" the amount paid to other members will equal the amount received when the "arisan" is held.
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- Fuel Quantity Indication System (FQIS) monitors the amount of fuel aboard.
- Fuel economy measures how far a vehicle will go per amount of fuel (units of MPGe).
- Arado then improved the design so that a third crew member and a larger amount of fuel could be included.
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- The 500 yen coin from Japan was subject to a massive amount of counterfeiting.
- The trade brought in a massive amount of silver, which China at the time needed desperately.
- Because of this, a massive amount of West German economic aid was poured into East Germany to revitalize it.
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- In his very first salon, the Paris Salon in 1951, his paintings won awards and garnered a fair amount of attention.
- She linked to the entry from her popular website and "The Soxaholix" received a large amount of attention very quickly.
- The Catholic Church, in particular, receives a considerable amount of attention from the narrator, specifically its institutionalized nature.
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- There is a great amount of research and drugs developed relating to cancer.
- As a result, the amount of research that has been conducted is limited in volume and scope.
- Perhaps the greatest amount of research concerning context effects comes from marketing research.
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- This is more sustainable as it reduces the amount of traffic on local roads.
- Second, it reduces the amount of traffic routed through the Gnutella network.
- Trail conditions vary based on the amount of traffic certain sections receive.
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- This is due to the smaller amount of memory available in the Xbox.
- However, in totality it made a much smaller amount during its run-time.
- Inside lamas, rainwater also flows on its surface, but in a smaller amount.
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- The advantage of a line list is that it requires a minimal amount of memory.
- Because of his short reign of one year, a minimal amount of coins were produced.
- A minimal amount of steel was used as it was in short supply during World War II.
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- The amount of gold that came into Roman possession actually brought down the value of gold.
- For the 2011 season the team modified their uniforms dropping the yellow in favor of a smaller amount of gold.
- Bank notes were legal tender issued by state banks which could be exchanged for an amount of gold at any bank.
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- Therefore, a good amount of criticism arises.
- Shi explains how she worked with a good amount of female supervisors on her team for "Bao."
- The Mission Circle Committee, Nazareth, took steps and sanctioned a good amount for this purpose.
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- That night, Brose leaves a large amount of cash in the apartment for his maid.
- Luc reveals he has a large amount of cash on him and refused to pay on a whim.
- Expensive jewelry and a large amount of cash were found on the Thompsons' bodies, eliminating robbery as a likely motive.
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- As a result, it receives a considerable amount of rainfall per year.
- Agricultural water usage varies depending on the amount of rainfall each year.
- The highest amount of rainfall recorded in a single day is on 30 November 2010.
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- 850- Mere silence cannot amount to any assent.
- The Code further explains that "mere words do not amount to an assault.
- The overpayments did not amount to representations that they were (so no estoppel by representation).
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- This expansion increased the amount of steam available to the refinery.
- After the Armistice, the Recruit Educational Center increased the amount of citizens eligible for military service.
- The compound decreased motility and testosterone levels and increased the amount of morphological abnormalities within the sperm cells.
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- Therefore, the amount of carbon on Earth is effectively constant.
- This is much more than the amount of carbon in the oceans or atmosphere (below).
- The amount of carbon dioxide varies naturally in a dynamic equilibrium with photosynthesis of land plants.
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- As well, a given amount of actuating force creates more pressure on the mating surfaces.
- If the ice is keen, a rock will travel farther with a given amount of weight (throwing force) on it.
- This analogy is partly motivated because (for a given amount of debt) debt servicing is a fixed cost.
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- "Vibrio chloerae" releases a toxin that induces an increased amount of water in the small intestines.
- It has also been defined as increased amount of saliva in the mouth, which may also be caused by decreased clearance of saliva.
- The increased amount of habitat fragmentation, due to expanding technology, has increased the likelihood of a deer-vehicle collision.
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- There was a small amount of blood found at the scene that was never tested.
- He lost a kidney, lacerated his spleen, and lost a significant amount of blood.
- The only sign that a muroni was there at all was an exceptional amount of blood loss.
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- The race car's engine needs a considerable amount of air to produce maximum power.
- The corners of the mouth always remain relaxed, and only a small amount of air is used.
- The amount of air required for complete combustion to take place is known as theoretical air.
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- following in September 2008 (with a few edits to limit the amount of U.S. advertising).
- when the issue was actually whether to limit the amount of salt only in pre-processed food.
- Thus, low numbers of aquatic plants can limit the amount of dissolved oxygen that enters the water.
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- One RNA gene may not be able to provide a sufficient amount of RNA.
- In this situation, tandem repeats of the gene allow a sufficient amount of RNA to be provided.
- BIA-COR purchased a sufficient amount of Braniff stock to gain voting control over the airline.
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- The exact amount of tax that would be raised is also uncertain.
- Decurions were made liable for any shortfall in the amount of tax collected.
- Sadashiv warns Najib ad-Dawlah (Mantra), the Mughal Army's chief, due to the high amount of tax he owes to the Empire.
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- Earlier that year he had contracted a virus and lost a great amount of weight.
- The team that had gained the least amount of weight would become the Have-Nots for the week.
- A large amount of weight can be lifted if the "knee raise" style is used in a standing position.
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- Gluttony is a condition where the first player to collect a certain amount of resources wins.
- Eritrea has an extensive amount of resources such as copper, gold, granite, marble, and potash.
- Centralized computing, however, specifically allocates a large amount of resources to a small number of computers.
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- I want to do every kind of role with a reasonable amount of panache.
- Even a university professor admitted that he could not finish the exam in a reasonable amount of time.
- Once a reasonable amount of time for auditing has passed, Helios decrypts the ballots and tallies the votes.
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- Human blood contains a large amount of oxygen.
- Reducing the amount of oxygen available and harming aquatic life in the river.
- The dissolved oxygen reduces the amount of oxygen in the water that plants and animals need to survive.
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- The exact amount of tax that would be raised is also uncertain.
- The concubine may not have commanded the exact amount of respect as the wife.
- The figures are for nominal water capacity, rather than the exact amount carried.
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- Correctly diagnosing respiratory compromise requires a screening to determine the amount of gas in the patient's bloodstream.
- The first player rolls dice of three colors to determine the amount of food, parasites and shelters that will be available in the next phase.
- Rainfall patterns and seasonal temperatures influence photosynthesis and thereby determine the amount of water and energy available to the ecosystem.
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- The amount of exported goods was double the amount of imported goods.
- The tourists on the island use about double the amount of water as the native inhabitants of Fuerteventura.
- By law, both sons and daughters could inherit properties but the sons would get double the amount that of the daughter.
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- The heaviest amount of precipitation observed was near Jayuya.
- The average amount of precipitation for the year in Champawat is .
- The average amount of precipitation falling in the pond is about 1900mm per year.
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- Even if they could agree, the TCM theories are so nebulous that no amount of scientific study will enable TCM to offer rational care."
- Erysichthon used her shape-shifting ability to sell her numerous times to make more money to feed himself, but no amount of food was enough.
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- Drive: The next section of the deadlift produces the highest amount of force.
- The electric opener provides only a small amount of force to control how far the door opens and closes.
- Temporary cavitation can also cause the tearing of tissues if a very large amount of force is involved.
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- Injuries can lead to an excessive amount of morbidity when a flood occurs.
- Occasionally an excessive amount of snow must be dumped and is sometimes allowed to be legally dumped into water bodies on an "emergency only" basis.
- According to the veterinarian quoted in the "New York Times" article, the excessive amount detected suggested that it was used as a performance enhancer and was not simply a feed contaminant.
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- A very small amount of frictional energy would still be dissipated.
- Glazes consist of a great amount of binding medium in relation to a very small amount of pigment.
- The dye was very expensive; a great quantity of gall-nuts were needed for a very small amount of dye.
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- A bond several times the required amount was secured in less than an hour.
- Suppose an amount "P" is given in order to pay the required amount "Q", with "P" greater than "Q".
- After the payment of the required amount, the Boys Middle School was raised to the status of a high school in 1930.
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- A higher amount of cocoa solids indicates more bitterness.
- This may be related to less non-REM sleep due to a higher amount of stage 1 sleep.
- Credit restructuring is made more likely by a higher amount of imports relative to FX reserves.
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- This drastically increases the amount of memory available to programs.
- A higher amount of inland glacial melt ultimately increases the amount of outlet glacier output.
- Points that the player earns increases the amount of weapons available to the player on the "Jerk-O-Meter".
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- The amount of new garments bought by Americans has tripled since the 1960s.
- Starting from the year 1704 there was a great amount of new taxes introduced.
- This value is equal to the sum of the pre-money valuation and the amount of new equity.
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- Oil exploration is ongoing and the amount of oil continues to increase.
- Oil mist is an atomized amount of oil carried or suspended in a volume of pressurized dry air.
- Su (酥) is another kind of pastry made with more amount of oil, making the confection more friable.
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- The middle compartment held a specific amount of ice for the heat source to melt.
- This was the only instance that a specific amount of aid was given to a specific district.
- The grated carrots are then put into a heated pan with a specific amount of milk or khoya and sugar.