The phrase "amount of prize" is not correct in standard written English.
It should be phrased as "amount of the prize" or simply "prize amount."
Example: "The amount of the prize for the competition was announced at the ceremony."
Alternatives: "prize value" or "prize total."
The total amount of prize money involved is said to be close to thirty million dollars.
For scheduled tournaments players sign up to play for a set amount of prize money.
A financial review by Price Waterhouse Coopers into the amount of prize money on offer at men's tournaments has been commissioned by the ATP.
Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament, started awarding women the same amount of prize money as men in 2007, and the prize money for the winner of La Course is equivalent to that for a stage winner in Le Tour.
The professionals in ice hockey, tennis and soccer already have their major championships which, in the context within which they are competing, are made significant by the amount of prize money available.
Multivariable regression techniques were used to investigate associations between canter, training gallop and race distances accumulated in the 30 days prior to each race and the odds of winning the race, earning prize money and the amount of prize money won.
But as the risk of embarrassment at the hands of unknown giant-killers has increased, so too has the amount of prize-money for those who avoid it.
Ibrahim al-Koni has won a huge amount of prizes everywhere, so has Krasznahorkai.
"That's where the pilot program comes in -- to figure out what... number and amount of prizes would actually get people to the voting box".
Tells about the increasing amounts of prize money being awarded at tournaments.
The sport does not have excessive amounts of prize money and does not promise stud fees for champion jumpers.
