amount of litigation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofamountandlitigation
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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litigation
noun[U]
uk/ˌlɪt.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌlɪt̬.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the process of taking a case to a court of law so that a judgment can ...
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(Definition ofamountandlitigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There are many comparatively small places where theamountoflitigationis not very great.
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It is because of those and the hugeamountoflitigationthat takes place that it is not always obvious how beneficial it has been.
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We do that sometimes with a measure of reluctance, but we have to limit theamountoflitigationbecause previous decisions are binding.
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That is quite unclear and this would inevitably lead to disputes and ultimately to a considerableamountoflitigation.
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In any event, they will be the cause of an enormousamountoflitigation.
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I am not sure what effect it will have on theamountoflitigation.
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I suspect that it will reduce theamountoflitigationthat is likely to take place and therefore the costs to disabled people and others.
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Of course, such a clause would have meant saddling the producer with such anamountoflitigationas to make his life hardly worth living.
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Indeed, one of the difficulties of discussing the matter from a departmental point of view is the immenseamountoflitigationeither pending or threatened.
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It might also well be that a considerableamountoflitigationwould take place.
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It is also notable that other member states simply do not experience anything like the sameamountoflitigationover these issues.
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It is nonsense for him to suggest that the insertion of these words would lead to a vastamountoflitigation.
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There has been a certainamountoflitigation, but, on the whole, they work reasonably well.
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With regard to the specific amendment, we have a concern about theamountoflitigationwhich may arise and the burden on the courts.
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It will have succeeded if we have a minimalamountoflitigation.
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He says that to throw the obligation of supplying larger pipes and meters upon the undertakers would be to cause a greatamountoflitigation.
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I mention that only to show that we are creating a vastamountoflitigationby this proposal.
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Otherwise, there will be great confusion and a tremendousamountoflitigation, which is unnecessary if he clarifies his own intentions.
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I admire the fact that there has been a very smallamountoflitigation—that is superb.
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It will give rise to a terribleamountoflitigation.
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That will limit theamountoflitigation.
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We all agree that the massiveamountoflitigationthat now exists in our lives is getting frightening.
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