surprising amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsurprisingandamount
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surprising
adjective
uk/səˈpraɪ.zɪŋ/us/sɚˈpraɪ.zɪŋ/
unexpected:
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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This paper shows that asurprisingamountof generic programming can be done without such extensions.
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We found that asurprisingamountof ambiguity remains because sentences often contain multiple entities of the same type.
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At first glance, the property seems almost obvious, but proving it rigorously requires asurprisingamountof work.
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Three and 4-yearold children provided asurprisingamountof information about their experience, averaging over 100 propositions.
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Asurprisingamountof prospective research has been carried out or is under way in these countries.
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He argues that criminology preserved asurprisingamountof integrity throughout the period, for the most part resisting a simplistic biological and racial determinism.
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Asurprisingamountof customary personal charity persisted through the seventeenth century.
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Indeed, genetic factors have been found to account for asurprisingamountof covariance between measures of the social environment and of adjustment in young children, adolescents, and adults.
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Nevertheless, there seems to be asurprisingamountof agreement on the direction in which we should proceed.
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This has given rise to asurprisingamountof agreement during the debate about where we should go and where we should seek solutions.
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Despite the very high rate of savings now, there is asurprisingamountof what one might call loose cash almost lying about.
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They exercise full police powers, and asurprisingamountof ordinary crime is detected and dealt with by means of such patrols.
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There has been asurprisingamountof common ground on the report's conclusions.
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We are talking not only of considerable sums nationally—about £4,700 million—but asurprisingamount of savings that are collected in local savings banks.
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The debate has shown asurprisingamountof common ground on unemployment policies, but it also reminds us of what continues to be a fundamental difference between the parties.
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That is asurprisingamount.
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When he is overly emotional, his fighting strength increases asurprisingamount, even enough to injure senin.
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However, he shows asurprisingamountof seriousness and thoughtfulness at some points in the anime.
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However, it grossed asurprisingamountof in the first week, emerging a success.
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Despite their smallness, they carry asurprisingamountof detail.
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