Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb base] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 9 ) The number of shares offered for ( when aggregated with the existing holdings of shares and rights over shares of the buyer and persons acting by agreement or understanding with him within the meaning of the SARs ) must not amount to 30 per cent or more of the voting rights of the company . |
| 2 | It must also amount to more than simple investments in bricks and mortar and extend beyond conventional methods of professional development for primary care practitioners . |
| 3 | It may not amount to much yet , argues Wayner , but ‘ in the coming years , more and more letters and documents will travel electronically and , in electronic communication , encryption is the equivalent of an envelope . |
| 4 | However when she is heeling and lurching her way to windward the aggregate of the tensions in the shrouds and stays which support the masts is comparable to the ship 's displacement and may thus amount to several thousand tons . |
| 5 | The men firing those guns , manning the walls , shooting from the high galleries might not amount to much more than half that number . |
| 6 | These findings of fact were given remarkably short shrift by Lord Parker C.J. who held that the conduct could not amount to insulting behaviour . |
| 7 | This compared with predictions by the International Energy Agency that the world market would only amount to 22,700,000 bpd in the year starting March 1992 . |
| 8 | It is felt that this is too small a sample to give a meaningful impact weighting factor derived in this manner , since , if the rejection figure for thesis-derived papers is the same as for all papers , this would only amount to two or three papers ( 27% of 10% ) . |
| 9 | It is felt that this is too small a sample to give a meaningful impact weighting factor derived in this manner , since , if the rejection figure for thesis-derived papers is the same as for all papers , this would only amount to two or three papers ( 27% of 10% ) . |
| 10 | Immediate unlawful violence means that circumstances involving delayed violence or lawful violence , such as lawful rugby tackle during a game , would not amount to this offence . |
| 11 | Three hours a day for seven days a week would therefore amount to much less than the maximum for residential care . |
| 12 | Bloody-mindedness may sometimes amount to contributory fault , as may any particularly unreasonable behaviour . |
| 13 | For example , over the life of an asset , both capital allowances and company depreciation will generally amount to original cost less ultimate sales proceeds , but the pattern over time may be different . |
| 14 | Remember that unreasonable behaviour on your employer 's part will not amount to constructive dismissal if the contract is not broken . |
| 15 | Without that , no talks will ever amount to more than the briefest of encounters . |
| 16 | I know that it can often amount to half the working week . |
| 17 | The distinction between capital and maintenance schemes can sometimes amount to little more than an administrative technicality , and as grants for capital schemes are reduced , there is a possibility that old-style capital works will be slipped by under the banner of maintenance . |