The phrase "a sizable sum for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a significant amount of money in relation to a specific purpose or context.
Example: "The charity received a sizable sum for their new community center project."
Alternatives: "a considerable amount for" or "a substantial sum for".
He estimated that it would cost 10to1212 billion rubles -- $350 million to $420 million -- to rebuild the Chechen lowlands south of Grozny, a sizable sum for a cash-strapped Russia.
Madoff's alleged scam appears to have started to unravel when investors feeling the pain of the credit crunch put in claims for redemptions of $7bn - a sizable sum for a firm that claimed to have $17.1bn under management.
That is a sizable sum for Europe, and it does not include $160 million in emergency aid for energy, food and medicine that Mr. Patten cobbled together for Mr. Kostunica and Serbia to help them get through the winter -- and the crucial Dec. 23 Serbian elections.
It was a sizable sum for the $2 billion company to cough up, and its subsequent first-quarter earnings were a little sickly: Although revenue rose 39%, net income fell by nearly $50 million.
Most likely the breeder will ask a sizable sum of money for the privilege of adopting one of their kittens or cats.
For a sizable sum of money Acton had sublet the running of the prison from the deputy marshal; if he defaulted on his dues, he would be thrown into prison himself.
Green, however, had inherited a sizable sum of money from his family, who had sold part of their estate, and he used the bibliography as a launching pad for a biography of Conan Doyle.
The Western diplomat said the Afghan man was initially given a sizable sum of money to take part in the talks — and to help persuade him to return.
Eventually, we might be talking about a sizable sum of tax revenue from its sales as medicine, not to mention private investment and employment.
One person came up with a land deal involving a sizable sum of money – but no evidence that the land even existed.
If the FCC loses in court, and the issue heads to the Hill, who wants to wager a sizable sum of money that absolutely nothing would get done.
