Number and frequency

Exercise 46.1

1. I only put (a very small) amount of chilli in the soup but it was still too hot for some people.
2. There was (an extremely large) amount of information to read, 5,000 pages, which was far too much for one person to absorb.
3. We can’t ignore the fact that (a small but important) number of people disagree with the plan.
4. There was (an unexpected) number of people at the meeting who had never voted in their lives.
5. The government’s new budget will mean that (a rather large) number of people will have to pay more in taxes. (Give two answers.)