enormous amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenormousandamount
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enormous
adjective
uk/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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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 ofenormousandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There was anenormousamountof skepticism, and the budget added to that skepticism.
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This is the spirit in which ecological economics has developed, and there is anenormousamountto be said for it.
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Thus, certification of a batch of serum for therapeutic purposes involved anenormousamountof bureaucratic paperwork.
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During the space-time process, anenormousamountof different cylinders were evaluated to find the most likely cluster.
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On the other hand, anenormousamountof environmental degradation in rural areas has little to do with modern farming systems.
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She was a devoted teacher and spent anenormousamountof time and effort preparing laboratory classes and lectures.
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In anticipation of the flooding, communities were relocated and anenormousamountof research was undertaken to assess the potential and then the actual impact.
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This would explain your ennui and theenormousamountof time you seem to have on your hands.
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The strongest point of this volume is theenormousamountof historical linguistic data it provides.
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Even when we have coauthors, we do not spend with them anenormousamountof time.
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The derivation of the coefficients of this system requires anenormousamountof algebra.
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This lexicon is a cogent synthesis of thisenormousamountof data in an easily accessible format.
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Since the project began, anenormousamountof time has been spent on the design of the generic planning engine.
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This is easy for the s-rules, but for the other rules anenormousamountof elementary calculations is needed.
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Here, we see theenormousamountof uncertainty present in the pure-debt contract, even relative to the no-credit-control regime.
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To start with, empirical research, understood in the tradition of ethnographic fieldwork, requires anenormousamountof checking, cross-checking and double-checking (the sources of) data.
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There was anenormousamountof cleaning to do.
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Mention has been made of theenormousamountof trypanosomiasis which occurs, and the impossibility of keeping horses almost anywhere in this province.
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However, both the institutions had failed to implement the interim award drawingenormousamountof criticism from almost every quarter.
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