Example sentences of "amount [prep] more [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this amounts to more than a row of beans these days is questionable . |
| 2 | But he has not convinced his hometown audience that the larger goal of the Gulf war — the crafting of a new world order — amounts to more than a string of words . |
| 3 | Group size is very small , rarely amounting to more than a singleton or a mother with a dependent infant . |
| 4 | Regretting ‘ that he had no power to send him to prison without the option of a fine ’ , the magistrate imposed a fine of 40 shillings ( probably amounting to more than a month 's wages ) or twenty-one days ' hard labour . |
| 5 | Her book sales amounted to more than a quarter of a million . |