The phrase "a sizeable but" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a contrast or exception to a previously mentioned idea or statement.
Example: "The project received a sizeable but unexpected setback due to budget constraints."
Alternatives: "a significant yet" or "a considerable however".
For many universities, these groups added together are a sizeable but manageable number – between 100,000 and 250,000 individuals.
That would not endear foreign investors to the dollar.There is a virtuous circle there: if you combine a fiscal adjustment with a rise in Americans' private saving, a sizeable but controlled decline in the dollar and faster growth abroad, Mr Bush could reduce his country's imbalances with relatively little pain.
A sizeable but non-significant difference between the median anti-CII levels was sustained at all investigated time points (Table 2, Figure 2).
While DHEA sulphate at 50 μM had a sizeable (but reduced, compared with PS) effect, pregnenolone, DHEA and progesterone (all at 50 μM) only slightly affected the PAORAC.
It is nevertheless striking that a sizeable but clearly defined patch on one surface of three tandem HEAT repeats is much more conserved than all others, a region close to but not enclosing the N-terminal nose (Figs. 1B, 5A, and Fig. 1-fig.sup.3).sup.3
The model fit is shown in online supplementary figure S2, with the modelling scenario suggesting an HIV incidence of 3.8 per 100 person years among PWID in Nairobi with sexual HIV transmission contributing a sizeable but minority proportion (40%) of these incident HIV infections in 2014.
I slink out into the arena, heading for a sizeable bump, but chicken out and resort to walking up it.
Kemp had a sizeable lead, but some counties had yet to complete counts in the Atlanta metro area.
To summon it westward, Rainey hired a young Yale man, Amos Alonzo Stagg, enticing the coach not only with a sizeable salary but an associate professorship and full tenure.
The Recovery Act dedicated $8 billion for high-speed trains, a sizeable sum but not enough for any train that is actually high-speed.
Editing remains a sizeable chunk but, along with above-the-line costs, the effects budget on blockbusters is one of the big spends, and is growing fast.
