amount of damage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofamountanddamage
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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damage
noun
uk/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofamountanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Therefore, one may also expect theamountofdamageto the respective crop to affect the group probabilities.
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Therefore, we studied the occurring herbivore patterns and densities and estimated theamountofdamagedone to seedlings by caterpillars.
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Moreover, these rats exhibit abnormal levels of aggressiveness and attempt to inflict the maximumamountofdamageto their opponent.
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Interspecific differences in leaf phenology had little effect on theamountofdamagecaused by either insects or pathogens.
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Thus, the actual ability of the physiological resistance to protect the fish is determined by theamountofdamagecaused by the parasites that succeed in avoiding the immune system.
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A hugeamountofdamagehas already been done to consumer trust and consumer confidence in the recent past.
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It is this which is causing an enormousamountofdamageto the schools.
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I think that this will reduce theamountofdamagecaused by the leaving of litter through general camping.
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However anxious you may be to treat people fairly by giving some amount of compensation, someamountofdamagemust accrue whatever compensation is paid.
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Theamountofdamagedone is only one of many considerations that a magistrate takes into account in sentencing offenders of this class.
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There was a certainamountofdamageto one or two works in the neighbourhood, and the factory itself suffered seriously.
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Those strikes, as we know, did an appreciableamountofdamageto our export trade.
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Later on there were further mining operations which inflicted the sameamountofdamage.
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That is worth having if you prune off unnecessary items; but you do quite a disproportionateamountofdamageif you choose the wrong ones.
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Within this limit it is necessary for the victim or his dependants to establish theamountofdamagesustained.
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This method does an unlimitedamountofdamage, and it is most important that it should be stopped.
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My recollection was that he was appointed to investigate the general circumstances and theamountofdamagethat had been caused.
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These men helped to do that damage and yet no charge has yet been preferred against anyone for that vastamountofdamage.
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The long policy of propaganda, aided and abetted by their most skilful publicists, has done a certainamountofdamage.
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It was noted that a greatamountofdamagewas left unrepaired because it was assumed that the property would be redamaged.
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