The phrase "amounts of self" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express varying degrees or quantities of self-awareness or self-identity, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The amounts of self that one can explore in therapy can lead to profound personal growth."
Alternatives: "levels of self" or "degrees of self".
Owing to imposing a controllable shear flow, large amounts of self-reinforced oriented lamellae were formed.
Hierarchical CuS microparticles comprising of large amounts of self-assembled and well-arranged nanosheets uniformly mixed with flexible graphene layers.
"So over the years I dieted myself up from probably a sensible size 10 or whatever to the 20 I am now with enormous amounts of self-loathing.
Imagine if, with a minimum of effort, one could obtain the most delicious plant food and, even better, nauseating amounts of self-satisfaction, merely by shoving vegetable remnants into a dark place, lightly watering them, and waiting.
He paused to make fun of himself for sounding like a professor and then went on: "A trauma like that leaves enormous amounts of self-hatred, and we carry that degree of damage.
Some predict a future of fewer booksellers, fewer publishers and vast amounts of self-published dross, easily available on that brand new Kindle.Emily Bobrow: deputy books and arts editor, The Economist.
As The World in 2013 mournfully concludes: Some predict a future of fewer booksellers, fewer publishers and vast amounts of self-published dross, easily available on that brand new Kindle.
Internet asbos – although they make MPs sound switched-on and diligent - will do precisely nothing to halt the flow of hate from the sort of damaged and poorly educated individuals who gain large amounts of self-worth from typing it.
Similar amounts of self-regulatory behaviors were observed for both groups across all three periods; however, full-term infants exhibited greater self-comfort regulatory behaviors during the Reunion Normal period.
On CNN, Candy Crowley confronts Mr. Kerry with a report card from his years at Institut Montana Zugerberg in Switzerland warning his parents that young John displayed "excessive amounts of self-confidence" but assured them that "repressive measures" had been taken.
Each of these online campaigns and coups has been accompanied by huge amounts of self-mythologising and bragging: "When I call up a minister's office," he said in 2007, "you can hear them go, 'Oh shit, it's Guido.'" In Labour circles, by far his favoured target, the mention of his name can make some people react like taunted bulls.
