sizeable sum
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsizeableandsum
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sizeable
adjective
uk/ˈsaɪ.zə.bəl/us/ˈsaɪ.zə.bəl/
large:
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sum
noun
uk/sʌm/us/sʌm/
an amount ...
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(Definition ofsizeableandsumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is asizeablesum.
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It is asizeablesum.
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That is asizeablesumof money.
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That is asizeablesumwhen dealing with rate increases.
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We are talking about a verysizeablesumof money.
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That is asizeablesumwhen compared with fraud elsewhere.
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Fifty-two times 13 is a verysizeablesum.
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The cost to the county, so far, has been £700,000, which is asizeablesum.
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Nevertheless, it is asizeablesumand it is right that we should discuss it.
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That might seem asizeablesum, but it should be considered against two figures.
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That may seem a fairlysizeablesum, but it also needs to be seen in perspective.
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This is asizeablesum, considering the country's current balance of payment difficulties.
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I understand that its rateable value is about £498, quite asizeablesum.
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The average figure last year for men was £6,000—asizeablesum.
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He may have heard that asizeablesumof money will be made available.
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During a year it can amount to asizeablesumof money.
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We also spend asizeablesumof money in telling other people how good it is.
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This is a verysizeablesumof money in terms of art.
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A total of £10 million is asizeablesumof money.
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It is asizeablesum, of which petrol will yield £200 million and derv £50 million.
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This was not asizeablesumat the time.
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That research programme has been adopted and quite asizeablesumof money has been applied to it.
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I do not think that it is a very high percentage, but it is asizeablesumof money.
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Let us accept that it is a reasonablysizeablesumfor one year for one local authority service.
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I hope that it will be asizeablesumwhich will not grow less in years to come.
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