The phrase "a considerable collection" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a large or significant amount of items gathered together, often in the context of art, literature, or other types of collections.
Example: "The museum boasts a considerable collection of ancient artifacts that attract visitors from around the world."
Alternatives: "a substantial collection" or "an extensive collection".
Her designs were usually made in gouache on paper, and are works of art in themselves: the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, has a considerable collection.
The two are joined by a young American who had taken the trip for the express purpose of stealing hotel towels, of which he already had a considerable collection.
And, as Stanley Plumly points out in "Posthumous Keats" (Norton; $27.95), his moving new study of the poet's work and legend, "one could form a considerable collection from what was left out of this last book".
By the time he died in 1934, he had amassed a considerable collection which he passed on to his son, Georges, a specialist in Impressionist art and a patron of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Max Ernst.
Over the years, Deng amassed a considerable collection of works by some of China's most important artists, especially the literati painters, scholar-bureaucrats like himself who also painted and practiced calligraphy.
And, as Stanley Plumly points out in "Posthumous Keats" (Norton; $27.95), his moving new study of the poet's work and legend, "one could form a considerable collection from what was left out of this last book". Some of Keats's best poems, including "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," were never collected in his lifetime.
Mr. Garofalo, a retired carpenter who amassed his considerable collection of military memorabilia through auctions and donations, fought in the Pacific with the Fourth Marine Division from 1942 to 1945.
She is survived by Detmar and a considerable hat collection.
With Bergé he built up a considerable art collection and he borrowed liberally from artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Vincent van Gogh, most famously with his Mondrian dress, which became an instant pop icon when it hit the catwalk in 1965.
Gelman loved and collected European art, and upon his death in 1986 he bequeathed his considerable collection of it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.
A Year of Acquisition The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles lost out on Eli Broad's considerable collection of contemporary art, which Mr. Broad, chairman of AIG Retirement Services, gave to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art instead, but 2004 was still a record year for acquisitions.
