Sentence examples for amount of shopping from inspiring English sources

With improved e-tail stores of all types and a better selection of potential gift items, he added, "it could increase the total amount of shopping people do online".

"There is a finite amount of shopping dollars out there, and if Wal-Mart is absorbing a huge percentage of them, they aren't left for the other retailers," said Richard Lipsky, a lobbyist for local businesses who is fighting Wal-Mart.

However, after a considerable amount of shopping around on the internet, he was able to find a deal that was similar to the rate he was paying for his "regular" home.

Between 1999 and 2009 the amount of shopping space per person boomed from 18 square feet to 23 square feet.

Assembling each of the shows has involved gathering material from family and friends, "and a certain amount of shopping and keeping eyes open," he added.

Much of the time was spent just wandering around, with a certain amount of shopping and a visit to an aquarium.

The BRC/KPMG survey showed an even bigger drop in monthly sales once the figures were adjusted for changes in the amount of shop-floor space over the past year.

An area manager who worked in the north and oversaw the running of more than 60 branches told the 200-odd employees under his charge: "We can either close this amount of shops and make this amount of people redundant, or we can single-man".

"Then what's happened, because of the growth of the internet, is all those massive chains have pulled the amount of shops that they need back".

She said the clock could not be turned back, but that there were plenty of ways to rejuvenate: "You're not going to have the same amount of shops on the small High Street.

"The government really needs to be looking at the accessibility of alcohol, reducing the amount of shops that are able to sell it, what times they're able to sell it at.