amount of sugar
collocation in Englishmeaningsofamountandsugar
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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sugar
noun
uk/ˈʃʊɡ.ər/us/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ/
a sweet substance especially from the plants sugar cane and sugar beet, used to make food and ...
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(Definition ofamountandsugarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The shopkeeper sent down some tea and a generousamountofsugar.
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This may provide an explanation for the positive correlation between theamountofsugarintake and the probability of caries development.
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Theamountofsugarthat may be used for purposes of manufacture is 25 per cent, of that so used in 1915.
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I do not know whether we are going to get an illimitableamountofsugar.
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Theamountofsugarmade available on each ration book for jam making, this season has been five lbs.
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The world market represents a tinyamountofsugar.
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It would require only a very smallamountofsugar.
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A family with children will consume a largeramountofsugarand will be likely, therefore, to pay the most.
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We could buy anyamountofsugarand take sugar off the ration if we could pay for the necessary purchases.
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Theamountofsugarissued will not exceed 12 ozs.
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There is an enormousamountofsugarused in certain forms of bread.
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I never have any difficulty in getting anyamountofsugar.
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The existence of a sugar beet factory in the southern counties would not affect theamountofsugaravailable for preserving fruit.
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Theamountofsugarallotted to confectioners has already been reduced by one-half.
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They send in the sugar-beet to thesucreriefrom which is returned the pulp, which contains a certainamountofsugar.
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As already stated, the totalamountofsugarsupplies for domestic jam making will exceed the amount originally allotted for this purpose.
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It is essential to get the maximum acreage planted, and thus get the maximumamountofsugarbeet in 1975–76.
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Theamountofsugarthat we export and the amount that we import are broadly in balance.
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Theamountofsugaraffected by the fire was 20 tons, of which about half will be recovered for consumption.
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Theamountofsugarproduced in the ten years has been less than 40 million cwts.
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