Unit 5 : numbers - Ex.2 : use prepositions and substitutes Flashcards

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The circuit emits such amount of heat that eventually melts itself.

A

The circuit emits so much heat that eventually melts itself.

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The new mixture is half as more expensive;

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The new mixture is 50 % more expensive;

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A large number of side effects can be expected if this product is applied to food preservation.

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A whole host of side effects can be expected if this product is applied to food preservation.

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If the number of samples is halved, the statistical operations decrease by one half.

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If the number of samples is halved, the statistical operations decrease 50 %.

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We improved the lead-time between 10 and 20 percent.

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We improved the lead-time by 10 to 20 percent.

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With this generator, we can produce twice as much energy as with any other one.

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With this generator, we can produce two times as much energy as with any other one.

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An investment of £ 250,00 will increase our output ten times.

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An investment of £ 250,00 will increase our output tenfold.

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The results obtained are four times smaller than those recorded previously.

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The results obtained are a factor of four smaller than those recorded previously.

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With as little as two grams, we can cause a very strong reaction

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With such a small quantity as two grams, we can cause a very strong reaction

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The private funding of the new plant is decidedly the most urgent problem that we face.

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The private funding of the new plant is by far the most urgent problem that we face.

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The waste generated by our method is the thousandth of the waste generated by other methods.

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The waste generated by our method is a thousand times less than the waste generated by other methods.

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Reverse

The private funding of the new plant is by far the most urgent problem that we face.

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The private funding of the new plant is decidedly the most urgent problem that we face.

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With this new system we plan to manage up to one million operations per minute.

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With this new system we plan to manage as many as one million operations per minute.

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Energy demand will grow a lot faster during the last quarter of 1999.

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Energy demand will increase far faster during the last quarter of 1999.

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Reverse

The results obtained are a factor of four smaller than those recorded previously.

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The results obtained are four times smaller than those recorded previously.

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With this generator, we can produce two times as much energy as with any other one.

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With this generator, we can produce twice as much energy as with any other one.

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Reverse

Energy demand will increase far faster during the last quarter of 1999.

A

Energy demand will grow a lot faster during the last quarter of 1999.

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The new mixture is 50 % more expensive;

A

The new mixture is half as more expensive;

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Reverse

The circuit emits so much heat that eventually melts itself.

A

The circuit emits such amount of heat that eventually melts itself.

17
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With such a small quantity as two grams, we can cause a very strong reaction

A

With as little as two grams, we can cause a very strong reaction

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The waste generated by our method is a thousand times less than the waste generated by other methods.

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The waste generated by our method is the thousandth of the waste generated by other methods.

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Reverse

With this new system we plan to manage as many as one million operations per minute.

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With this new system we plan to manage up to one million operations per minute.

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Reverse

Just how much calculation had to be performed depended on the number of data points needed to describe the data wave.

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Just how much calculation had to be performed depended on the amount of data points needed to describe the data wave.

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Reverse

An investment of £ 250,00 will increase our output tenfold.

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An investment of £ 250,00 will increase our output ten times.

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If the number of samples is halved, the statistical operations decrease _50 %_.
If the number of samples is halved, the statistical operations decrease _by one half_.
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# Reverse There is _barely_ difference between the results of both experiments.
There is _almost no_ difference between the results of both experiments.
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# Reverse _A whole host of_ side effects can be expected if this product is applied to food preservation.
_A large number of_ side effects can be expected if this product is applied to food preservation.
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# Reverse We improved the lead-time _by 10 to 20_ percent.
We improved the lead-time _between 10 and 20_ percent.
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There is _almost no_ difference between the results of both experiments.
There is _barely_ difference between the results of both experiments.
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Just how much calculation had to be performed depended on the _amount of_ data points needed to describe the data wave.
Just how much calculation had to be performed depended on the _number of_ data points needed to describe the data wave.