moderate amount

collocation in English

meaningsofmoderateandamount

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moderate
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ər.ət/us
/ˈmɑː.dɚ.ət/
neither small nor large in size, amount, degree, ...
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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 ofmoderateandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Amoderateamountof secure behavior and very little resistant behavior were reported through the 54th day of placement.
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Observers had at least amoderateamountof practice before the data were collected.
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Other monkeys showed amoderateamountof interest in the 1-week separated monkeys and routinely initiated some contact.
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Theories of legal interpretation may be able to support a small or evenmoderateamountof indeterminacy.
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Approximately 83% of the retrospective group also reported learning a great deal or amoderateamountacross the five thematic areas of interest.
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A large leisure building, housing a skating rink and other recreational activities, currently occupies the site along with amoderateamountof surface parking.
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In such instances, even amoderateamountof stress could bring about another episode of depression.
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In general, these processes relied on the fact that matter can be highly excited with intense light fields, using amoderateamountof energy within an ultrashor t time interval.
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The motorist must see some gain before amoderateamountof pain.
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It ensures that help is targeted to those who need it most, while not denying benefit to those with only amoderateamountof capital.
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It ensures that help is targeted on those who need it most, while not denying benefit to those with only amoderateamountof capital.
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However, it has also been my view that amoderateamountof inflation is conducive to economic growth.
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It could be amoderateamount, and it would be a great lightening of the burden on many unemployed parents.
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If you had only amoderateamountof mutton chop for yourself it would not be unconscionable to charge a very high interest.
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Even amoderateamountof cigarette smoking may be harmful to health, whereas alcohol consumption, in moderation, is not.
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It has been suggested by medical authorities that even amoderateamountof alcohol may influence a driver to do some rash thing.
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In fact, the observer in an aeroplane, if he has amoderateamountof commonsense and common knowledge, reports what he sees.
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Of course, this sounds a lot but it is really a verymoderateamount.
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A sum of £2,500 is a verymoderateamountin order to keep an official record and to make a uniform study of those accidents.
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