The phrase "a reasonable sum of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an amount of money or resources that is considered fair or acceptable in a given context.
Example: "The contractor quoted a reasonable sum of $5,000 for the renovation work."
Alternatives: "an acceptable amount of" or "a fair amount of".
L. 87 294, § 2, authorized the trustees to use each year a reasonable sum of the annual appropriation for salaries and other expenses of experts and other staff to assist special committees which may be appointed in performance of their functions, and for expenses of such special committees.
Cash-rich (well, relatively) and time-poor, many of us were prepared to throw a reasonable sum of money at regular in-salon beauty treatments, personal-training sessions or expensive gym subscriptions (because everyone knew that just looking at your posh membership card from time to time made you fitter) in the hope of a quick and easy fix.
The univariate analyses showed that pain patients, compared with patients without pain, were more often females, older, divorced, foreign-born, had been more often on sick-leave, were more preoccupied with how to make ends meet and had greater difficulties in raising a reasonable sum of money within a specific period of time.
And that seems to me to be a reasonable sum of money for handling the transaction on the retailer's behalf.
Not just from the rich and famous, but from anyone who comes into a reasonable sum of money.
Alomar will earn $8 million next year, and the Mets hold an option for 2003 at the same amount, a reasonable sum for a player of his stature.
This was, he suggested, a reasonable sum to spend on the renovation of an official residence that was part of the national heritage.
Surely, there is no shortage of New Yorkers and out-of-towners willing to pay a reasonable sum to look around Rikers Island or to see the detention facility next to the Criminal Courts Building, the one commonly known as the Tombs.
For most of us, it's hard to imagine a scenario in which $20, $50 or $100 is a reasonable sum to pay for the promise of getting a single email back from a user.
The results of a consumer survey recently presented to MPs are encouraging: 55% of people believe writers should be paid for downloads, and of those, 70% claimed they would be willing to pay a "reasonable sum" for digital book content.
Get the latter to bring what the former has made to the tables, and charge a reasonable sum for it.
