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"control the amount of" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used when discussing the management or regulation of a certain quantity or number. Example: "The government implemented new policies to control the amount of pollution emitted by factories."
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Effective regulation needs to control the amount of borrowing undertaken by banks and must ensure transparency.
Doctors will use a syringe gun to control the amount of each injection, Dr. Elkwood said.
IN Colonial times, homeowners used shutters to control the amount of light coming into the house; curtains were less usual.
Trickle irrigation has allowed watermelon farmers to finely control the amount of water and nutrition a plant gets.
Holford says that it is better to control the amount of sugar we eat.
"How are you going to control the amount of salt?" he said.
(Plus it's easier to control the amount of detergent. We don't need much here in our soft water).
Some people control the amount of information they put online; some have deactivated their Facebook accounts because of privacy concerns.
Snakes can control the amount of venom they inject and may bite aggressively for food or defensively for protection.
How do you control the amount of time your children get to use screens in the house?
These crates do restrict pigs' movements, but farmers use them to control the amount of feed pregnant sows consume.
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