Below you will find example sentences with "small amount". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Small Amount in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: amount
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 30.9 words

Words in this phrase

small amount

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • small can mean: Not large or big; insignificant; few in number. Common word
  • amount can mean: The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a small amount of product 1× a very small amount it is 1× and a small amount of data 1× and a small amount of equity 1× and a small amount of marijuana 1× by a small amount or by 1× fact a small amount of the 1× injecting a small amount of allergen 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a small amount 1× a small electrical 1× allergists do skin 1× analysis of the 1× and in fact 1× billionaires should be 1×

Common sentence endings:

a large amount 1× a small amount 1× amount of radiation 1× amount of users 1× and brand identities 1× build its plant 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

water 6× large 5× gas 3× dreamlight 3× skin 3× thrust 2× accelerating 2× mass 2× business 2× data 2× numbers 2× layer 2×

Related phrases

small businesses small business small boats small amounts small scale certain amount relatively small decent amount enormous amount small towns

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around amount:

total amount 11× large amount 9× huge amount 7× maximum amount 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

slow start slow pace slow motion slow down slow cooker slot machines

Just after it in the phrase index:

small amounts small blind small boats small business small businesses small cap

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

small businesses small business small boats small amounts small scale small towns

Same ending:

certain amount decent amount enormous amount total amount large amount considerable amount

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "small amount" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a small amount of product, a very small amount it is, water, large and gas stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with small businesses, small business, small boats, total amount, large amount and huge amount, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with small amount

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Google’s slow progress on what looks like a small change is irking no small amount of users. (18 words)

Higher values indicate that a cloud reflects a large amount of solar radiation or transmits a small amount of radiation. (20 words)

Saving the amount of Dreamlight might be a bit hard since most Dreamlight Duties from the Dreamlight Tab reward a small amount. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Since thrust depends on both the amount of gas moved and the velocity, we can generate high thrust by accelerating a large mass of gas by a small amount, or by accelerating a small mass of gas by a large amount. (41 words)

Billionaires should be taxed a small amount of their income and the revenue used to pay low income people so they can self-isolate, and small business owners so that their businesses - and jobs - will still exist when danger has past. (41 words)

However the commission's report recommended only that some small portions of land should be ceded from Northern Ireland to the Free State and even that a small amount of land should be ceded from the Free State to Northern Ireland. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

Since thrust depends on both the amount of gas moved and the velocity, we can generate high thrust by accelerating a large mass of gas by a small amount, or by accelerating a small mass of gas by a large amount.

Harvard Business Review says that having a large amount of data about one group and a small amount of data about another leads to inaccuracies and, ultimately, the propensity to make big claims based on small numbers.

Analysis of the layers shows that the top layer is mostly water with a small amount of chloroform dissolved in it, and the bottom layer is mostly chloroform with a small amount of water dissolved in it.

We start from the first law of thermodynamics for closed systems for an infinitesimal process: : Here, δQ is a small amount of heat added to the system, and δW a small amount of work performed by the system.

Saving the amount of Dreamlight might be a bit hard since most Dreamlight Duties from the Dreamlight Tab reward a small amount.

This is a weekly savings commitment suggested by The Savings Guru, which means either putting away a fixed amount each week, or starting with a small amount and increasing this each week.

A small amount of product goes a long way as soon as you add a little water to it, so I only needed a 20p-sized amount to cover my affected areas.

The founders likely could have obtained a small amount of funding to get themselves on their feet, but Loniello and his cohorts would have sooner capsized than sacrificed any amount of the Herald’s independence.

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When pre-germinating seeds, mix a small amount of your favorite water-soluble fertilizer into the fresh water, with a tiny amount of liquid soap.

While in route to the police station, it was communicated that a “large amount of methamphetamine and a small amount of marijuana,” was found near the motorcycle, according to the officer’s report.

Higher values indicate that a cloud reflects a large amount of solar radiation or transmits a small amount of radiation.

The temperature of Polaris varies by only a small amount during its pulsations, but the amount of this variation is variable and unpredictable.

While this does reduce the amount of compression that can be achieved by a very small amount, it is faster than when performing renormalization for each bit.

Billionaires should be taxed a small amount of their income and the revenue used to pay low income people so they can self-isolate, and small business owners so that their businesses - and jobs - will still exist when danger has past.

She gets promotions and a small amount of equity — always disclosing the numbers, a small political statement consistent with her light blurring of company and brand identities.

Google’s slow progress on what looks like a small change is irking no small amount of users.

And, in fact, a small amount of the water withdrawn will serve residential customers in the small town of Mount Pleasant, where Foxconn plans to build its plant.

Allergists do skin tests in one of two ways: either dropping some purified liquid of the allergen onto the skin and pricking the area with a small needle; or injecting a small amount of allergen under the skin.

A small electrical heater heated the mica, causing it to release a small amount of air, thus restoring the tube's efficiency.

However the commission's report recommended only that some small portions of land should be ceded from Northern Ireland to the Free State and even that a small amount of land should be ceded from the Free State to Northern Ireland.

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