quantity - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- labor: The first was the quantity of labor required to man them, the second was their inability to adequately respond to market changes.
- alcohol: Cigarettes, tobacco and a small quantity of alcohol were stolen.
- substance: What if I want to give up the consent or reduce the quantity of hazardous substances for which I have consent?
Converse of object
- consume: Windows itself consumes a surprisingly large quantity of RAM.
- steal: Once inside they forced a cabinet and stole a large quantity of cigarettes, placing them in green expandable nylon bags.
- produce: The wood is in place to produce a quantity of planters.
Adjective modifier
- large: You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air.
- unknown: We are an unknown quantity, ' Mr Scott admits.
- sufficient: This can be done by pouring a sufficient quantity on the glass to run in a body freely.
- huge: There is a huge quantity of material for this page.
Modifies a noun
- surveyor: Originally she joined the Civil Service where she met her husband, a quantity surveyor.
- surveying: Matrix Consult is an enthusiastic, innovative and progressive quantity surveying practice based in Central London.
Noun used with modifier
- vector: Gravity, like other forces is a vector quantity.
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