The phrase "a shrinking amount" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quantity that is decreasing over time or in a specific context.
Example: "Due to budget cuts, we are left with a shrinking amount of resources to complete the project."
Alternatives: "a diminishing quantity" or "a decreasing sum."
Large amounts of retirees' money pursuing a shrinking amount of available goods and services could lead to a collapse of stock market prices and high levels of inflation.
The cautionary tale most often recounted in Chicago is that of Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, who studied at the University of Illinois and then took his fledgling business to California, where the venture-capital climate was warmer.Strong economic growth has created problems of its own, notably traffic jams, geographic sprawl and a shrinking amount of affordable housing.
Progress will require cleaning up the commercial corridors and developing a more capable workforce at a time when there's a shrinking amount of local, state and federal money available for such efforts.
Howard put it this way: As machines become better than humans at a growing percentage of the jobs available, there will be a shrinking amount of labor for humans to do that will have any value.
Pervasive poverty and malnourishment coupled with limited access to education and employment and a shrinking amount of arable land are just a few of the resulting challenges confronting the country where two-thirds of the population are under 24 and more than half are under 15.
While there's progress in all these areas, much more needs to be done in an ever shrinking amount of time.
Another reason, specific to Westchester, is the shrinking amount of open space in a county that wasn't vast to begin with.
For weeks, Gov. David A. Paterson has invoked the shrinking amount of available cash in an effort to provoke the Legislature to deal with the state's $3.2 billion budget deficit.
The shrinking amount of ink in cartridges has enabled manufacturers to offer a remarkable new product – called "XL" (extra large) but almost exactly the same size as the standard cartridge.
The increase in rents is directly linked to the shrinking amount of space available for occupancy.
Using software, cognitive radios dynamically detect and exploit unused radio frequencies; the devices could alleviate competition for the ever shrinking amount of unassigned radio spectrum.
