quantity of alcohol

collocation in English

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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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alcohol
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæl.kə.hɒl/us
/ˈæl.kə.hɑːl/
a clear liquid that can make you drunk, also used as a solvent (= a substance that dissolves another) and in fuel ...
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(Definition ofquantityandalcoholfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Genetic influences onquantityofalcoholconsumed by adolescents and young adults.
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However, among 'at-risk', heavy or problem drinkers, drinking patterns may be maintained in the later years, even if thequantityofalcoholconsumed declines somewhat.
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The maximum of the two frequency items and of the two quantity items was used to represent the highest frequency andquantityofalcoholuse.
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A smallquantityofalcoholmakes them happy with themselves, and happy with the world.
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It is thequantityofalcoholthat counts.
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Clause 2 provides for the first time statutory recognition of chemical tests as a means of establishing thequantityofalcoholin someone's system.
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Clause 2 deals with this question about the courts having to have regard to the evidence of thequantityofalcohol.
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It is particularly dangerous when such people are emboldened by aquantityofalcohol.
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Therefore, the net result is that you produce a non-dutiable beverage, and at the same time you produce a certainquantityofalcoholor spirit.
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She also took an unknownquantityofalcohol.
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Secondly, we are going to make it a criminal offence to have more than a certainquantityofalcoholin the blood.
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Only one definition would be accurate and fair, they believe—a definition based directly on thequantityofalcoholin the motorist's blood.
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Research shows that once thequantityofalcoholexceeds 50 mg per 100 ml of blood, a person's judgment is much more restricted.
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Therefore, although one may set a drink limit at a certainquantityofalcoholin the blood.
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I have heard that since then another child has been taken to the hospital, having drunk a largequantityofalcohol.
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The first requires the court to have regard to any evidence about thequantityofalcoholin the body of an accused person.
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It leaves the cyclist and the pedestrian untouched, and without any statutory blame for his condition, or at least for thequantityofalcoholin his blood.
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If the argument is that capability at the wheel is in direct ratio not to thequantityofalcoholimbibed but its relativity to the blood, this must be so.
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I would urge that this matter should be looked into in order that there should be a smallerquantityofalcoholand a larger percentage of the essential oil.
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