The phrase "collected the amount" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It can be used when describing the act of gathering or obtaining a specific sum of money. Example: The treasurer collected the amount of $1,000 in donations from the local community for the charity event.
The Conservative MP David Davis, a prominent campaigner on civil liberties, said: "If the state collected the amount of information on individuals as Google does there would be uproar.
"I am satisfied that we have carried out a thorough investigation and we have collected the amount of tax that is due under the law and I am quite happy to be held to account for what we have done".
According to the data collected, the amount of money spent by national advertisers on Beck's program per week was at its highest at approximately $1,060,000, for the week ending August 2, 2009.
Although some experimental evidence, ranging from random EST sequencing to RT-PCR of individual genes had been collected, the amount seems to be insufficient.
Repeat the process until you have collected the amount that you are happy with.
This entails first depositing some urine in the toilet before collecting the amount needed for testing.
"Don't worry, you don't need to do anything, we'll collect the amount automatically," it advises.
But after Crossroads stopped paying them last year, they filed suit to collect the amount they said was owed them -- $1.2 million.
"There is no doubt that it would not have been possible to collect the amount of taxes imposed during World War II without withholding taxes at the source.
If packages are missing or damaged, the shipper must determine which of these problems were the carrier's fault and attempt to collect the amount of the damages from the carrier.
Without withholding, it would be utterly impossible to collect the amount of taxes we do now.
