proper amount

collocation in English

meaningsofproperandamount

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proper
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒp.ər/us
/ˈprɑː.pɚ/
real, satisfactory, suitable, ...
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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 ofproperandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofproper amount

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Agents might assure survey researchers that they were receiving theproperamountof credit, despite the fact that they were in fact assigned a lower-than-optimal level.
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Aproperamountof funds must be allocated for adequate publicity.
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We were, in fact, advised that five or six minutes in the hour was likely to be theproperamount.
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All these provisions, too, should find aproperamountof time allocated for their consideration.
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We are setting aside from our revenue sums equal to theproperamountdue for the depreciation of the assets we use.
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Any one element can destroy the extremely delicate work of bringing about theproperamountof inflation.
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The legislation as currently framed allows for theproperamountof flexibility.
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There is no harm in giving the horses aproperamountof exercise.
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We recognise the benefits that young people derive from aproperamountof suitable work experience.
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We have all got to face this constantly changing situation with theproperamountof flexibility and elasticity.
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I now learn that theproperamountpayable in respect of the financial year 1909–10 is £101,858.
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I have no doubt that we will arrive at what is theproperamountthat should be allocated in this rather complicated question.
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We shall not reach our conclusions and announce them until there has been aproperamountof study.
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Very large issues are raised by these matters, and they must be given theproperamountof examination and reflection.
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Here we have an illustration of the muddles that result when there is not aproperamountof military forethought taken.
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We must also ask what is theproperamountof grant.
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Rateable value does not seem to me in any case to be a guide to theproperamountto be paid for purchase.
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It would, in effect, be no penalty at all, and it would merely require the payment of theproperamountof duty.
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Theproperamountwas defined in the following paragraph in this way—first of all, the costs of operation.
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What theproperamountshould be is a matter for argument, and no doubt we shall have an opportunity of considering the matter further.
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