9 sentences with 'amount'
Example sentences and phrases with the word amount and other words derived from it.
• « A calorie is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. »
• « The amount of yeast depends on the time you want to let the dough ferment -five hours is usual-, as well as the temperature and humidity. »
• « The enormous amount of energy expended in the construction of the pyramids is therefore staggering; only the incredible bounty of the Nile and its crops enabled the pyramids to be built by providing the calories consumed by the workers and draught animals, the wealth used to employ the supporting bureaucracy and the size of the population that sustained the entire enterprise. »
• « As iconic as hieroglyphic writing, which is still famous for the large amount of it that survived carved in stone in tombs and palaces, was the creation of monumental architecture by the Egyptian state, first exemplified by the pyramids. »
• « An important political breakthrough came around 350 BC, when the Romans enacted a law limiting the amount of land that could be given to a single citizen after a victory, ensuring a more equitable distribution of land to plebeian soldiers. »
• « At the same time, the vast amount of wealth captured in military campaigns was often siphoned off by the elites, who found ways to seize large portions of land and plunder with each campaign. »
• « So Tiberius Gracchus managed to pass a bill through the Centenary Assembly that would limit the amount of land a single man could own, distributing the excess to the poor. The Senate was horrified and fought bitterly to reverse the bill. »
• « The state made great efforts to increase both agricultural productivity and the amount of cultivated land, especially in Mesopotamia. »