quantity of material
collocation in Englishmeaningsofquantityandmaterial
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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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material
adjective
uk/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the ...
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(Definition ofquantityandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are certainly in a precarious situation with the sheerquantityofmaterialthat requires attention.
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This represents an increase of 2000-10000 times the initialquantityofmaterial.
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The first lies in the sheerquantityofmaterialrequired; mention has been made of the figure of 10% of the radius for the thickness of a semicircular barrel.
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It does not give away all of the secrets, and in many ways (given thequantityofmaterialpublished on the subject) barely scratches the surface.
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Export licences for plutonium are issued for a specificquantityofmaterialdestined for a specific purpose.
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A limitedquantityofmaterialis already made available to publishers of picture postcards.
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We have had the figures given to us as to thequantityofmaterialused for this purpose.
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In the ninth case thequantityofmaterialoffered was not specified.
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They contain information on thequantityofmaterialto he exported and a declaration of peaceful end-use.
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Substantial progress has been made and a largequantityofmaterialhas already been released.
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This sort of thing can be done, but there is a limit to thequantityofmaterialwe can put across every day by broadcasting.
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The fourth is the diversion of a certainquantityofmaterialnow used for stock feeding to human food.
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It requires only a very smallquantityofmaterialspread on a water surface to make it appear that the whole surface is polluted.
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It certainly lands on the registrar an enormousquantityofmaterialand expands his costs.
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I fear that he is being overwhelmed by thequantityofmaterialavailable to him.
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During those months the committee members are, presumably, expected to analyse the vastquantityofmaterialavailable, and not to accept all the data produced by the experts.
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Thequantityofmaterialrequested is extensive.
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The required shielding can be accomplished with 10 times the thickness of anyquantityofmaterialcapable of cutting gamma ray exposure in half.
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This greatquantityofmaterialrequired sorting and cataloging.
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