appropriate amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofappropriateandamount
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appropriate
adjective
uk/əˈprəʊ.pri.ət/us/əˈproʊ.pri.ət/
suitable or right for a particular situation ...
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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 ofappropriateandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This method was performed in four different tubes, each containing theappropriateamountof one of the four terminators.
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To estimate frequency in the same way as the observed figures, we multiplied by theappropriateamount(5 or 10).
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Reserving anappropriateamountof probability mass for unobserved events is essential for predictive parsing of this sort.
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The tube was submerged to within 20 mm of the top in a circulating water bath and incubated for anappropriateamountof time.
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Will he explain why that is and take measures to see that theappropriateamountis collected?
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I do not know why £25,000 is thought to be a particularlyappropriateamounteither.
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The commission took the view that £200 million was anappropriateamountfor it to put into the festival.
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Have they done anappropriateamountof research and independent scrutiny into that role?
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No amendment is needed because theappropriateamountof any penalty would include cases where no penalty was appropriate.
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I hope that my noble friend will agree that the criteria for detaining arrested juveniles already provide anappropriateamountof restriction.
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We think that it also requires a separate budget line and a reserve of anappropriateamount.
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But, surely, the time has passed when any farmer, other than the most backward and reactionary, hesitates to use theappropriateamountof fertiliser.
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There are obvious limits, but it is not for me here and now to say what theappropriateamountis.
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I cannot begin to rule on what is theappropriateamountof notice that should be given.
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Generally, in the disarmament and arms control field, it is our view that each measure should be accompanied by theappropriateamountof verification.
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We therefore have to add something for theappropriateamountof medical care.
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Where the order is unregistered, and hence is paid direct, the payer would have to be alert to increase the order by theappropriateamount.
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Clearly, it would contract a specialised firm to collect theappropriateamountof waste to enable it to meet the target.
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The first is to say whether theappropriateamountof interest should be the net interest or the gross interest.
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I do not know how one decides theappropriateamount.
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