The phrase "a considerable premium to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a price or cost that is significantly higher than a baseline or expected amount.
Example: "The company offered a considerable premium to acquire the startup, reflecting its potential value in the market."
Alternatives: "a significant markup on" or "a substantial increase over".
The UK government has sold half its 30% stake in Royal Mail for £750m and at a considerable premium to its share price when it was privatised.
Although a new well-located building like Connecticut Place could be expected to command a considerable premium to the Stamford average, the rent would still likely be well below that in New York City.
That limits the damage knockoffs do, as does the fact that fashion is one of the few industries in the world where people are still willing to pay a considerable premium to own original brands instead of imitations.
When Elijah Brewer of DePaul University and Julapa Jagtiani of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve looked at bank mergers in America between 1991 and 2004, they found that banks were willing to pay a considerable premium to grow larger than $100 billion in assets, which at the time was seen as the threshold above which banks were considered too big to fail.
Bentley demurred on the purchase price, but expect to pay a considerable premium over the $200,000-plus GT Speed coupe.
Using what appears to be something similar to iPhoneSIMFree's unlocking solution, Apple is now offering unlocked German iPhones for a considerable premium.
On an early morning visit, Mrs. Beck, who markets sauces and condiments made from her crops, said her organic limes commanded a considerable premium.
A recent Institute for Fiscal Studies paper found that there was a considerable premium already in play for pupils on free school meals, largely funded by specific funding streams introduced by the last government.
The economist Justin Wolfers, an expert on prediction markets, said that all the indicators from Tuesday morning suggested that someone, or a few people, intentionally inflated Mr. Romney's numbers by offering a considerable premium over what shares were selling for.
Even now a few people are on a desperate hunt for tickets - there are rumours they are easily available on the black market, at a considerable premium.
It's priced at $129/£109 through the holidays — which is a considerable premium on low end Android tablets of the same size (which are both screen and processor too, of course, not just the display terminal).
