negligible amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnegligibleandamount
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negligible
adjective
uk/ˈneɡ.lɪ.dʒə.bəl/us/ˈneɡ.lə.dʒə.bəl/
too slight or small in amount to be ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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This means the shoulder angle sensory information contains anegligibleamountof motion acceleration compared to gravity acceleration.
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Likewise, the saturating rate is independent of urea concentration, indicating that this step buries anegligibleamountof surface area.
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There is always a refracted wave, but it transports anegligibleamountof energy in general.
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The proportion of women having two children actually fell, though by anegligibleamount.
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With one exception, it is obvious that there has been anegligibleamountof duplication among the four agencies.
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I analysed the data under that assumption, and found very few, in fact anegligibleamountof cases of postposed syllables, mainly added to a few monosyllabic words.
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By 1959 it had increased to £19.5m.; however, this remained anegligibleamount.
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Any bilge water discharged could not have contained fuel oil, but at worst only anegligibleamountof lubricating oil.
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It has asked for only anegligibleamountof electricity lines to be put underground in the area for which it is responsible.
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That is not a completelynegligibleamountof land to have removed from sterilisation.
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The total cost of issuing artificial eyes is about £16,000 a year, which is obviously anegligibleamount.
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After all, it is really only anegligibleamount.
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The only reason why we have not put in any sum is that, so far as we can see, it is practically anegligibleamount.
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At present, they are worth 5·4 points on the food index—not anegligibleamount.
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This is not anegligibleamount, and we are attempting to measure out this aid to suit the local capacity to absorb it.
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It is our belief that the inspection of these documents causes anegligibleamountof delay.
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If we take £425 for the cost of a rural cottage to-day including drainage and land, and the last-named is anegligibleamount.
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