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Discover LudwigThe phrase "amount to get" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a specific quantity or sum that one is trying to obtain, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "I need to determine the amount to get for the project budget."
Alternatives: "total to receive" or "sum to obtain".
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It was a fair amount to get rid of garbage".
"My policy is to do the least amount to get by," she admits.
It costs una barbariedad – a colossal amount – to get to the first team and even more to stay there.
I've done an enormous amount to get there, but strangely enough with this character, with Becca, I think it existed in me on a cellular level.
Several bankruptcy experts doubted that G.M. would need to draw upon anywhere near that amount to get court protection from creditors.
It would cost the United States a staggering amount to get its overall infrastructure into decent shape — the best recent estimate is $2.2 trillion over the next five years.
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And shifting NASA's earth science programs to other agencies would amount to getting rid of them entirely, he said.
Government advice to farmers too pretty well amounts to "get big or get out".
Doctors often increase opioid dosages because patients can adjust, or develop tolerance, to the drugs and need greater amounts to get the same effect.
"You don't need to spend huge amounts to get growing levels of viewership," says UKTV's chief operating officer, Jan Gooze-Zijl.
When I'm out doing research in clubs, young people will be paying large amounts to get in, but you don't see huge queues at the bar.
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