astonishing amount

collocation in English

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astonishing
adjective
uk
/əˈstɒn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/us
/əˈstɑː.nɪ.ʃɪŋ/
very ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk
/əˈmaʊnt/us
/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofastonishingandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofastonishing amount

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In a mere 155 small-format pages he covers anastonishingamountof g round, both biographically and musically.
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The answer is : anastonishingamount.
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There has been anastonishingamountof time wasted with regard to this project.
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The total estimate for printing and stationery has risen to theastonishingamountof over £1,500,000.
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That is anastonishingamountwhen compared with the cost of institutional and professional care, which amounts to £10 billion.
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There has been anastonishingamountof activity.
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Just imagine what anastonishingamountof coal would be produced by the end of the month with 50 small pits multiplying their production.
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Certainly invalid tricycles have done anastonishingamountof good in terms of human self-respect and human happiness.
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This one has done anastonishingamountin four years.
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I think it is a fair criticism that the national curriculum was overloaded and generated anastonishingamountof unnecessary paper.
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That is anastonishingamountof land.
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Several stars were responsible for personal appearance tours that netted multiple millions of dollars in bond pledgesanastonishingamountin 1943.
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She shows anastonishingamountof calm and lack of fear.
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There is anastonishingamountof variation in degree of depression.
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Due to the confinement of available space, it was built in a very compact form, with its oval interior housing anastonishingamountof space and rectangular attachments.
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Correct to the minutest detail, yet striking in effect, the scene, under the rays of glorious sunshine, displays anastonishingamountof acquired knowledge and natural good taste.
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Astonishing amounts of global reading fed his endless curiosity about the peoples, cultures, religions and natural history of the world, and left its traces as commentaries in his voluminous journals.
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