great sum

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandsum

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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sum
noun
uk
/sʌm/us
/sʌm/
an amount ...
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(Definition ofgreatandsumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreat sum

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That is agreatsum.
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Who gets thatgreatsum?
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Today £90,000 is not agreatsum.
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That is not agreatsum.
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But £10,000 is nogreatsumtoday.
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It will cost agreatsumof money.
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It often costs a verygreatsumof money.
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Frankly, £40,000,000 a year is not agreatsum.
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This really would not involve agreatsumof money.
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That is not a verygreatsumof money.
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We are not asking for anygreatsumof money.
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That, of course, is not agreatsum.
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We are not talking about agreatsumof money.
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They have saved agreatsumon the capital cost.
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A verygreatsumof money is involved.
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It is not agreatsumwe ask for.
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No, but it would not be agreatsum.
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We do not contemplate that these changes will cost any verygreatsum.
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How are we to find thisgreatsumby non-inflationary borrowing?
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I notice that agreatsumof money is being expended on workshops and technical buildings.
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It is no verygreatsumin this day and age.
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Still, no verygreatsumwill be required in the coming financial year for this purpose.
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We are asked now to authorise the expenditure of agreatsumof money.
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It also represents agreatsumtotal of individual suffering and hardship.
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A great deal can be done without the expenditure of anygreatsumof money.
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