Example sentences of "[adv] amount to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Althusser argues that Marx 's intervention did not merely amount to the historicization of the formal categories of the classical economists . |
| 2 | This offence carries the right to jury trial , and the judge declined to usurp the jury 's role by declaring that future conduct by the Society would necessarily amount to an offence . |
| 3 | This does not amount to a rejection of Marx but points to an absence in his work and leaves Habermas free to retain a basically Marxist account of the forces of production and at the same time develop a theory of social relations of communicative production . |
| 4 | Obligations concerned with the day-to-day upkeep of leasehold property have also been placed upon tenants , although this implied covenant " to act in a tenant-like manner " , does not amount to a requirement to make repairs . |
| 5 | Where a defendant states that he did not know that he was disqualified this will not amount to a defence Taylor v Kenyon [ 1952 ] 2 All ER 726 . |
| 6 | A bona fide belief that the victim was 16 or over when the indecent assault took place will not amount to a defence ( R v Maughan ( 1934 ] , 24 Cr App R 130 ) . |
| 7 | The components of a chemical compound can be identified and their concentrations measured , but unless it has already been proved that the particular component identified is odorous at the concentration encountered , such measurements will have little evidential value in proving the odour complained of either does or does not amount to a nuisance at law . |
| 8 | The essays in this book do not amount to a programme : but they are intended to provide a springboard for one . |
| 9 | This does not amount to a breach of contract by the hotel unless the misrepresentation is incorporated into the contract and thus forms one of its terms . |
| 10 | The Conservative case is that the present economic situation does not amount to a crisis . |
| 11 | There are several reasons for this extension but the most important in the case of the declaration is that , being a non-coercive remedy ( which means that failure to comply with a declaration does not amount to a contempt of court ) , it is available against the Crown ; and it is very useful in other situations where the seeking of a coercive remedy might be thought unnecessarily aggressive , and where the plaintiff is confident that the defendant will do the right thing once a court says what it is . |
| 12 | Finally , I shall refer briefly to section 4(2) of the 1981 Act which qualifies the general rule that a fair and accurate report of legal proceedings will not amount to a contempt . |
| 13 | If the IRA were besieging Hampstead , the liberals there would soon realise that tolerance and compromise do not amount to a policy for fighting terror . |
| 14 | A wound has been defined as an injury which breaks both the outer and inner skin — a bruise or a burst blood-vessel in an eye would not amount to a wound . |
| 15 | His allowing the customer to have possession of the car did not amount to a representation that the customer had the right to sell it . |
| 16 | This does not amount to a recognition of the authority of that government . |
| 17 | It did not amount to a commitment for full compensation for pensioners but it was a long way from where the Chancellor started two days earlier . |
| 18 | He said this did not amount to a demand for a right of veto : ‘ The principle we stick to is that the PLO will be totally out of the picture . ’ |
| 19 | When the preference shares are redeemed , the amount payable on redemption , less any premium , will not amount to a distribution . |
| 20 | The Court of Appeal considered that the information did not amount to a trade secret . |
| 21 | Trover became a complete alternative to replevin despite the fact that it could be argued that , the goods being regarded as in the custody of the law , the distraint did not amount to a denial of the owner 's title . |
| 22 | Without this provision it was possible to have a share-for-debenture exchange which fell within s127 TCGA 1992 and did not amount to a disposal even though the debenture was an exempt simple debt , rather than a security . |
| 23 | ( e ) The suicide did not amount to a novus actus interveniens . |
| 24 | Accordingly , intimation of an objection to an application for a renewal or a permanent transfer to the applicant in pursuance of 5.16(2) does not amount to a citation to attend . |
| 25 | An objection to liability in this case , advanced by Williams , is that the doctor who fails to treat has not done something ; he has merely failed to act , and an omission can not amount to an abetment . |
| 26 | The surrender of part did not amount to an eviction of the assignee , it resulted from an agreement between the assignee and the landlord : one can see details of that in the report of the Divisional Court decision ( 1888 ) 21 Q.B.D. 101 , 102 . |
| 27 | It was held that , although refusal to grant licences did not amount to an abuse as such , it could so do if refusal was arbitrary or if prices were fixed at unfair levels or if the right owner stopped making spare parts . |
| 28 | Even where the advertisement does not amount to an offence , the Director General may consider that an approach to the Advertising Standards Authority ( a non-statutory body with no legal powers ) would be an adequate way of dealing with the complaint . |
| 29 | Burglary is very slightly redefined in its s.9(1) ( b ) form to correct the anomaly that the infliction of grievous bodily harm need not amount to an offence . |
| 30 | One disputed point is whether words alone can constitute an assault : the preponderance of authority is probably that mere words , unaccompanied by any threatening conduct , can not amount to an assault , but if the point of the offence is to penalize the creation of fear of imminent attack , it is difficult to see why utterances such as ‘ Get out the knives ’ or ‘ Let's hit them ’ should be regarded more indulgently than a raised hand . |