And only a small amount of fluoridated toothpaste, the size of a green pea, should be used.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

It says the price index contained this amount of beef, this amount of sheep wool, this amount of sole leather, and this amount of corn; that was the first consumer price index ever used for financial contracts.

指数中包括这些数量的牛肉,这些数量的羊毛,这些数量的鞋底皮,这些数量的玉米,这是在金融合约里出现的,第一个消费者物价指数

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It used to be that the government didn't let banks pay more than a certain amount on their deposits and that helped protect banks because then they didn't have to compete to pay high interest rates -then be incentivized to make risky loans to try to make money with those high interest rates.

在这之前,政府不允许银行对存款,支付超过一定数量的利息,那样做是为了保护银行,因此他们不必争相,去支付高额利率...,因为在高利率支付下银行会倾向于,发放高危贷款以获取利润

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Scientists are working to develop crop plants that can reduce the amount of water used for agriculture.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

Scientists are working to develop crops that can reduce the amount of water used for agriculture.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

The new law increased the amount of silver money used in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

"The participants in the consistent use category regained 56 percent of the amount they had lost, whereas the participants who used the website minimally regained nearly all their weight."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30