The phrase "amount the size of" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an attempt to convey a measurement or quantity but lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "The project requires an amount the size of a small car to complete the construction."
Alternatives: "quantity equivalent to" or "volume comparable to".
From it, he extracted exactly 15 milligrams of the hormone androsterone – an amount the size of a small pebble.
That means it would take an hour for an amount the size of 1/15th of a grain of salt to penetrate a fingernail-size patch of skin.
LSD, it turns out, is one of the most potent consciousness-altering substances known; an amount the size of a grain of salt can induce swirls of emotion, and shimmering clear senses in which the ordinary becomes extraordinary, luminous, meaningful.
Since the beginning of this year, the price of one pyi of rice - an amount the size of eight cans of condensed milk - has risen from 3 to 16 kyat.
With an increased deposition amount, the size of Au droplets grew much larger and the density was significantly decreased.
Added to these adjustment is a fixed minimum amount, the size of which is usually based on the credit rating of the issuer.
Using a 16-millimeter drill bit, the researchers took cores from tusks and subjected amounts the size of a kernel of corn to a sensitive DNA extraction method.
Ideally, feed the fry minuscule amounts (the size of a blunt pencil tip) ten or more times a day, or according to the rotifer packaging instructions for fish fry.[19].[19]
The major downside of this is that the interest bill can add a significant amount to the size of the original amount borrowed, not least because interest is charged on the loan plus rolled-up interest.
In 2010 the four liquor vendors sold five million cans of beer, a tremendous amount considering the size of the community.
One milliliter of blood, an amount about the size of the eraser on a pencil, contains 20,000 nanograms.
