The phrase "a slightly larger amount" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing quantities and indicating that one quantity is somewhat greater than another.
Example: "After reviewing the budget, we decided to allocate a slightly larger amount for marketing this quarter."
Alternatives: "a somewhat greater quantity" or "a marginally increased sum".
And tomorrow we will dump a slightly larger amount".
The Senate is considering a slightly larger amount and wants to cover other groups, including residents, that were exposed to trade center dust.
Polls show those parties receiving 18percentto20percentcent of the vote, a slightly larger amount than in past elections.
The sorting technology relies on slight size differences between the Y chromosome, which produces male offspring, and the X chromosome, which produces female offspring and has a slightly larger amount of genetic material, or DNA.
Landscape level factors accounted for a slightly larger amount of the explained variation (12%) than plot (11%) or patch (8%) level factors.
* The average number of tenure-track faculty members in the natural sciences increased by 21% over the study period, but the number of courses taught at these institutions increased by a slightly larger amount, so the average teaching load has increased slightly.
The slight reduction in the release rate for sample 2 could be due to the slightly larger amount of cobinamide loaded in the particles, which may act to shield the silicon matrix from water dissolution.
Despite none of significant difference observed, the electrophoresis of LAMP products which were amplified under 64°C exhibited slightly larger amount of DNA amplicons when compared to other temperatures, which was consistent with studies previously.
Based on that belief, Mr. Colescott, now 68, said he had expected to withdraw 8percentt of his nest egg's initial value in his first year of retirement and take out slightly larger amounts, to allow for inflation, in subsequent years.
This is because slightly larger amounts are required for subsequent analyses such as specialized biochemical measurements (ferritin, cortisol) and genetics (C282Y and H63D of the HFE gene).
Reaction with the G 1 G73 mismatched substrate was similar to that with G 1 A73-tRNAHis, with only sliG 1 A73-tRNAHisounts of G–2 added (Pmax of 16% for G–1:G73 vs 7% for G–1:A73).
