The phrase "an amount less" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey a quantity that is smaller than a specified amount, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "The budget for this project is an amount less than $10,000."
Alternatives: "a lesser amount" or "an amount below".
Isiah Thomas said a buyout, presumably for an amount less than that, was not an option.
Separately, the hotel pays taxes to local governments based on the price actually paid by the travel company — an amount less than the price the consumer pays.
Long-established employers, however, should be ashamed of themselves for employing people for an amount less than the bare minimum of what it costs to live in London.
Composition, in modern law, an agreement among the creditors of an insolvent debtor to accept an amount less than they are owed, in order to receive immediate payment.
It is a controversial and sometimes illegal practice: doctors and other providers receive a discounted payment from the insurance company -- an amount less than the fee they want to be paid -- and then they bill the patient for the rest.
The American Home Products Corporation, which had agreed to merge with Warner-Lambert, told negotiators yesterday that it would agree to go away in exchange for a $1.8 billion fee -- an amount less than many believed the company would be paid, but still one of the largest breakup fees ever, the people said.
Even a small amount (less than a microgram) is enough to kill a healthy adult.
The questionnaire asked for the most frequently consumed foods: pork, beef, fish and shellfish, eggs, vegetables, fruits, carrots, dairy products and entrails, etc. Subjects were asked to recall the consumption of each food item in the past 10 years and determine, compared to other male acquaintances, whether they consumed a greater amount, a moderate amount, less or none at all.
Using an N-terminal antibody against PINK1 [23], we also examined whether a low amount (less than 6.8%) of a truncated form of PINK1 might still be expressed in Pink1−/− mice.
Crystallisation, chromatography and other purification methods can remove some impurities, but it is impossible to remove all, and even a minor amount (less than one percent) can influence a sample's color.
Crystallization, chromatography, and other purification methods can remove some impurities, but it is impossible to remove all, and even a minor amount (less than one percent) can influence a sample's color.
