unusual amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunusualandamount
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unusual
adjective
uk/ʌnˈjuː.ʒu.əl/us/ʌnˈjuː.ʒu.əl/
different from others of the same type in a way that is surprising, interesting, ...
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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 ofunusualandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Particularly welcome is theunusualamountof attention paid to the north here.
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The top of the head shows anunusualamountof cranial modification- it is quite bulbous.
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The seven vowel variables that we have studied (ai, au, oi, i, u, e, o) all show anunusualamountof glide absence.
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Under cold war conditions a number of special problems arise and anunusualamountof family separation becomes unavoidable.
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That was on top of theunusualamountof water that had already saturated the landscape and caused flooding.
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We have taken anunusualamountof trouble in this case to try to check the ownership, because questions were asked about it.
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We have had between the two front benches anunusualamountof praise of each other.
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The system has been retained, and no complaint has reached me of anunusualamountof sickness in the office.
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There is anunusualamountof noise for so early in the afternoon.
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This was a lengthy and complex deliberation and anunusualamountof inquiry went into producing the excellent report.
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Recently, it has had a great deal of success in encouraging local authorities to spend anunusualamountof money on the arts.
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These are serious matters, because this has been reported in the newspapers with anunusualamountof inaccuracy.
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I would like to know whether theunusualamountof £25,000,000 arose from an exceptional exportation of gold.
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There is no evidence of anunusualamountof drunkenness in the country at the present time.
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We can take it that that comes under the category of anunusualamountof importation.
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It seems to me that this question is going to receive quite anunusualamountof discussion.
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Although deep sea fishermen have anunusualamountof courage and stamina and are of good physique, their occupation exacts its toll, as does the occupation of deep coal mining.
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We have anunusualamountof time.
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Because they are relatively large for aquarium fish and produce anunusualamountof waste, a big tank with a good filter is essential.
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Because her father has died, she has anunusualamountof freedom to choose in marriage.
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