The phrase "a far smaller sum" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing amounts, indicating that one sum is significantly less than another.
Example: "The total cost of the project was a far smaller sum than we initially anticipated."
Alternatives: "a much lesser amount" or "a significantly reduced figure."
Otherwise, it gets only the dividends that accrue from its current stake, a far smaller sum.
Now, it is a far smaller sum that has triggered a scramble for his assets.
Whatever method they choose, Glynn believes the gang will ultimately come away with a far smaller sum than they have stolen.
Prosecutors had earlier accused him of evading a far smaller sum of 3.5m euros in taxes and are seeking a jail term.
The bulk of the money goes to rural tribes that have no gambling operations; a far smaller sum goes to local governments to ease the effects of nearby casinos.
Growth takes care of deficits, he argued, warning his party against being "green-eyeshade" types obsessed with austerity.Explaining why he differs from his former mentor on this, Mr Ryan points out that Kemp worked in an age when far smaller sums went on pensions, health care for the old and other social transfers, and deficits were less of a worry.
Some have gone without venture capital altogether or have raised far smaller sums than venture investors would have liked.
Congress has also allocated (far smaller) sums to health and disability programs that often target those who may have been harmed by Agent Orange.
Brazilian co-operation deals with far smaller sums of money than western aid; while more money is needed to bolster and expand Brazil's co-operation activities, it is not the central part of the deal.
Those laws, however, call for far smaller sums of money to be paid out to artists.
So with a litre of supermarket extra virgin costing up to £4, and connoisseurs willing to pay 10 times that sum for a far smaller bottle of seasonal, first cold stone pressed, single estate, artisan-milled oil from Italy or Greece, can we be sure of getting what we're paying for?
