quantity

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Mr Barrington said Wolves of Wiltshire have specific licenses that allow them to care for the animals, because they were an "unknown quantity, and they could have potentially required a dangerous animals license".

From BBC

"The gas behaves like a perfect conductor; even though countless collisions occur between the atoms, quantities like mass and energy flow freely, without dissipating into the system."

From Science Daily

Moreover, demographic shifts were generally benign; there had been a peace dividend, which reduced the need for defense spending; and China was producing huge quantities of consumer goods to satisfy demand.

From MarketWatch

At his home officers found quantities of the same chemical he had sent through the post along with other paraphernalia.

From BBC

Over the past seven years, Singh has been working with farmers to raise the quantity and quality.

From BBC