The phrase "quite the amount" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe a large amount of something, especially when compared to how much of it there was previously. For example, "It had been a dry month but the rain we received was quite the amount".
I became a philosopher because I wanted to be able to talk about many, many things, ideally with knowledge, but sometimes not quite the amount of knowledge that I would need if I were to be a specialist in them.
Looks like someone did this before, but not with quite the amount of verve these guys have.
I doubt you guys have quite the amount of gadget clutter as those of use who accrue them for a living, but if you've even got half our volume of old cameras, phones, and devices in general laying around you may find Gazelle's service helpful.
Of course the night ended well, with a boisterous address from Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer and the roof-blowing finale from Sen. Hillary Clinton, though the crowd's attention was first engaged when Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. bent the familiar "four more years" line into "four more months," approximately (but not quite) the amount of time left in President Bush's final term.
"We certainly have been approached about putting text ads on the site quite a few times," Buckmaster said, adding that, "The numbers are quite staggering, the amount of revenue that could be added".
It will probably double – not quite double – the amount of money we will have to spend on DAB transmission.
By the end of the two days I felt quite exhausted: the amount of interesting, emotional and challenging talks and ideas we'd heard shared was staggering.
And quite frankly, the amount of lion meat that enthusiastic diners might currently consume is what Hunter called "an absolute drop in the bucket".
For those who can't quite face the amount of flesh a large squash yields, small gem squashes are delicious stuffed with mushrooms (also just also starting their season), cream and garlic, and baked and served individually.
Cash is quite simply the amount of money the company has in the bank on 31 December 1997.
We occasionally write about drones because they're quite neat: the amount of engineering and research and development that goes into drones is well worth any tech fan's attention, if only for a moment.
