'solid sum' is not correct and usable in written English.
Instead, you can use the phrase 'substantial sum.' For example, "I needed to pay a substantial sum to repair my car."
Mr. Yeager and his wife have indeed been able to save a solid sum of money — he says that he owns his home, valued at $450,000, and that he and his wife were able to squirrel away another $400,000 in various investments while earning modest salaries.
Online grassroots fundraising also produced a solid sum.
That will put the film in a tight race for the top spot against "Evil Dead," which is poised to start off with a solid sum of between $20 million and $25 million.
The adaptation of the classic fairy-tale -- the second take on "Snow White" to hit theaters this year -- is expected to open with a solid sum of $40 million to $45 million, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys.
I thought Krugman's exposure of the realities of the Ryan plan provided a solid summing up of current Republican ideology.
Milk total solids (sum of percentage fat and solids non-fat) assessment is critical in the determination of the nutritional value of the nonsaleable milk prior to feeding to calves because the total solids concentrations are variable.
The breakdown, provided by an Obama fund-raiser, shows the campaign funneling money to traditional battlegrounds like Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, but also allocating substantial sums to normally solid Republican states like North Carolina.
Average of A80 layer profiles about their centers (dotted black), A80 average profile shifted to center on bilayer positions (solid black), summed shifted profiles (dashed blue), and plane-averaged A4 profile (solid red).
One can think of the solid as a sum of such sections, called indivisibles.
(b) Dashed line is estimated instrumental drift, gd(t), and thin solid line is sum of gd(t), ga(t) and gs(t).
Table 5 FP yield prediction for lignocellulose given on a water- and ash-free basis Ash content Solid Liquids Gas Sum Char (wt.%) Tar (wt.%) Reaction water (wt.%) Gas (wt.%) Low, < 2% (e.g., wood) 16 56 12 16 100 High, > 2% (e.g., straw) 24 34 18 24 100.
