generous sum

collocation in English

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generous
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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sum
noun
uk
/sʌm/us
/sʌm/
an amount ...
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(Definition ofgenerousandsumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was hoped that the £1,000 figure fixed in 1969 would last for some time and that it was ageneroussum.
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That amount was a verygeneroussum—£118 million this year and £490 million next year.
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In fact, it is an extremelygeneroussum.
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I know, however, that it amounts to a verygeneroussumof money.
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It was fixed at the moregeneroussum.
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That is an extremelygeneroussum.
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That is ageneroussum.
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When the grant was first made five years ago there were relatively few applications and the board was able to offer reasonably generous sums.
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Very generous sums of money must be made available for the housing industry.
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Four universities have received comparatively generous sums and 12 have received tiny one-research-assistant type sums.
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That vision is promoted by generous sums of taxpayers' money.
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No one could reasonably argue that those were not generous sums of money for just over 1,000 people.
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We are not talking about large sums of money, but we could be talking about more generous sums of money.
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Instead, we get allegation and counter-allegation as the so-called generous sums disintegrate when anyone tries to pick them up.
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