Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] amount to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a threat in the dark not amounting to a threat to kill within s.16 , OAPA , is not an assault the result in relation to unlawful act or constructive manslaughter is this . |
| 2 | Procuring the commission of a criminal offence is not a tort unless the crime also amounts to a tort against the plaintiff , in which case the procurer is a joint tortfeasor . |
| 3 | Such an interview almost amounts to a conversation . |
| 4 | If a breach of public law also amounts to a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights it may be possible to obtain an award of compensation under the Convention from the European Court of Human Rights , but not from an English Court . |
| 5 | … [ My parents ] were sober reverent people without a creed , though their disbelief in Hell and the Devil almost amounted to a creed . |
| 6 | The possibilities opened up are exceptionally exciting and realisable provided certain strange notions of academic freedom ( in this case often amounting to a student fishing desperately around for an ‘ original ’ and totally useless subject like the history of his old school ) , can be avoided . |
| 7 | Community relations in Easton thus amounts to a programme of youth work , but juvenile liaison is altogether different , for it is basically probation work . |
| 8 | In all parts of the country Wesleyan Methodism had become the chief alternative to the Established Church and in purely agricultural regions religious differences often amounted to a choice between either the Church of England or Wesleyan and Primitive Methodism . |
| 9 | However , what appears to be competition/soliciting which can not be restrained without an express clause frequently amounts to a breach of the duty of fidelity . |
| 10 | But , if a breach of natural justice also amounted to a breach of contract , damages might be available for the breach . |