The phrase "a big item of" is not standard in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It could be used in contexts where you are referring to a significant or important aspect of something, but it is better to use more conventional expressions.
Example: "The budget report included a big item of concern regarding overspending."
Alternatives: "a major point of" or "a significant aspect of".
"It's a big item that most of them have not budgeted for," said David Dannon, vice president for the consumer industries and retail products practice at Kearney, a Chicago-based subsidiary of Electronic Data Services.
The Times quoted a political source in Brussels as saying: "A big item is the return of the opt-out from social and employment legislation that would include the working time and temporary worker directives,.
A twist on this is to put credits that you have towards the purchase of a big item you have been waiting to buy, thus softening the blow.
"Half the fun of buying a big item is negotiating with the owner".
The re-election of Mr. Heston was the last big item of business at the organization's 129th annual convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"Leg quarters are our big items of export," said Richard Lobb, the council spokesman.
It is to do, in other words, with the forms and all the rest of planning, the problems that arise in specific areas, not the problems that arise in these big items of labor legislation.
At more than £6b a year, health and social services is the biggest item of expenditure in the Welsh government's budget.
All parties are alert to rising living costs, but it is rarely pointed out that for a working family, the total tax bill is the single biggest item of household expenditure – bigger than the mortgage or rent, the car or the household bills.
Ministers have rejected calls to maintain health spending in line with inflation, but at more than £5bn a year, health and social services still account for the biggest item of expenditure in the Welsh government's budget.
