The phrase "exceeds a certain amount" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used when talking about limits or thresholds, and indicates that something is greater than a specific designated quantity. Example: The bank account has a daily withdrawal limit of $500. Any transaction that exceeds this amount will be declined.
However, when the content of carbon fiber exceeds a certain amount, the original fracture strength increases due to fiber reinforcement.
Assets such as mutual funds and stocks, and liabilities like credit card debt must be disclosed by name if their worth exceeds a certain amount.
For example, your home is not considered an asset, but the equity in your home is an asset if it exceeds a certain amount (which varies by state).
I have heard that rent-stabilized apartments become "destabilized" when the rent reaches $2,000 or the renter's income exceeds a certain amount.
It will also share revenue from online ads if that revenue exceeds a certain amount, as well as provide promotional support for the labels.
The players, in return, want to keep the current system in place — the so-called "soft cap" — which imposes a "luxury tax" on a team if its total salary exceeds a certain amount.
Administration officials said the catastrophic coverage would take effect after a beneficiary's drug expenses exceeded a certain amount.
The federal government levies a so-called "recapture" tax on such gains, if the borrowers' incomes and housing profits exceed a certain amount.
For example, one institution recently prohibited an agricultural commodities trader from incurring a loss that exceeded a certain amount on closing out all long and short positions.
Top managers there ordered him not to let employees' total hours exceed a certain amount each week, and one day, he said, his district manager told him to use a trick to cut payroll: delete some employee hours electronically.
