The time that we spend in congested conditions significantly adds to the amount of fuel cars and trucks are burning.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The participants were divided into five groups according to the amount of sugar and sugar-based sweeteners they consumed daily.

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

In many countries, women are half as likely as men to use fertilizers to increase the amount of crops.

VOA: special.2011.03.22

Using the same amount of land, the new wheat variety could produce three to four times as much food.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Ben Jumper, the owner of the storage business, said he expected his losses would amount to tens of millions of dollars.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

It limited the amount of money railroads could demand from people who needed to travel or transport their goods.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

The law forced every worker and business owner to pay a small amount of money each month to the federal government.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

George Carmack,Skookum Jim Mason and Dawson Charlie were the first men to discover a great amount of gold in the Klondike.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Unpleasant smells can be prevented by controlling the amount of food waste added to the bin and avoiding meat or bones.

VOA: special.2011.07.05

They had to do this by firing the lunar module rocket engine for just the right amount of time.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

In sixteen eighty-one, King Charles the Second of England gave William Penn a large amount of land to establish a colony.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

That is the amount of time it took Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal to capture a historic image on film.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

The other was its ability to reduce the amount of virus in the blood of people who became infected during the study.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

A few weeks later, Paul's boss,Mr.Denny, gave Paul a large amount of money to take to the bank.

VOA: special.2009.04.11