extraordinary amount

collocation in English

meaningsofextraordinaryandamount

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extraordinary
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us
/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/
very unusual, special, unexpected, ...
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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 ofextraordinaryandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We measured everything in three dimensions: it was very precise and what we found is that there was anextraordinaryamountof movement.
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Since the first observations, anextraordinaryamountof experimental and theoretical work was devoted to the study of the beam's characteristics and production mechanisms.
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Language is a primary component of national or cultural identity in the modern world and can provoke anextraordinaryamountof passion.
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State legislatures devoted anextraordinaryamountof time and energy to the process of specially delegating and demarcating the rights and powers of particular groups, jurisdictions, and corporate bodies.
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Skilful narration is the result of anextraordinaryamountof interaction, and maternal narrative strategies take a long time to have an effect, especially with children this young.
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Furet calls his book an 'essay of interpretation', and while specialists will find few discoveries in the areas they know best, he covers anextraordinaryamountof ground.
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That is anextraordinaryamountof work to throw upon a man who, after all, is not particularly qualified for assessing that particular dependence.
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By all of those means anextraordinaryamountof information is accumulated on every aspect of the national life of the country.
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Anextraordinaryamountof unemployment amongst women will upset it.
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This item in the last two years shows an increase of £50,000, and that is anextraordinaryamountupon an expenditure of £265,000.
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It soon became apparent that anextraordinaryamountof fire was being concentrated upon the head of the column, which lost very heavily.
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One winner obtained £17 million, which seems anextraordinaryamountof money.
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I stand to be corrected on the ex act figure, but it was certainly anextraordinaryamountof money.
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There seems to be anextraordinaryamountof confusion about what he said.
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He made a comparison between the loss from industrial disputes and theextraordinaryamountof loss from illness and accident.
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We have heard in this debate anextraordinaryamountof special pleading for good causes.
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The survey also found anextraordinaryamountof enterprise and a willingness to start business in the area.
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This debate has generated anextraordinaryamountof interest.
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That is an enormous andextraordinaryamountof support for a controversial product which is not even a foodstuff.
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The voting shows anextraordinaryamountof wobbling which, to say the least, is not quite creditable to all parties.
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