Example sentences of "[verb] to [det] [conj] a [noun sg] " 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 | But in reality this option will be closed to all but a handful . |
| 4 | Group size is very small , rarely amounting to more than a singleton or a mother with a dependent infant . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Her book sales amounted to more than a quarter of a million . |
| 7 | The bungy cord is fixed to these and a safety rope goes on to the harness . |
| 8 | Differences do not , as we have seen with Fig. 8.4 , necessarily mean conflict , but they can easily lead to this if a spirit of possessiveness is also present ( as discussed in Chapter 3 , p. 34 ) . |
| 9 | A failure to understand this essential point could lead to more than a trade war . |
| 10 | The Spraire Lads football team , good lads too , got £300 but the Darlington and District Council did n't get to much as a packet of bird seed , on the grounds that they had enough already . |