Example sentences of "this amounts [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RAI protests that this amounts to a colossal waste of money since it previously acquired Eurovision rights for nothing more than the duty of reciprocal access to material from Italy . |
| 2 | This amounts to a tax on farmers because they import most of their machinery and materials . |
| 3 | This amounts to a quest for possible ways in which Tit for Tat individuals might happen to cluster together in sufficient numbers that they can all benefit at the banker 's expense . |
| 4 | This amounts to a considerable change for NHS managers . |
| 5 | Pomponius is quite clear that this amounts to a condition , and the consequence of that is that the legacy does not vest and transmission is not possible until the relevant age has been reached . |
| 6 | This amounts to a technology which liberates not only the teacher but the learner and allows both to make more intelligent connections between the worlds of school and the wider community . |
| 7 | Jennifer Owen argues convincingly that this amounts to a very significant area of habitat , she shows clearly and simply how it may be improved , and for the dedicated wildlife gardener she says enough to encourage an attempt at recording . |
| 8 | The Commission says this amounts to a restrictive trade practice . |
| 9 | This amounts to a death wish as it is generally only the evangelical wing of the church that is growing . |
| 10 | This amounts to a total of six million books , apart from its own vast library of nine million volumes . |
| 11 | Customs may argue that this amounts to a landlord 's repairing lease . |
| 12 | Although this amounts to a transformation of theory and its object it is not clear in what sense it is an epistemological break . |
| 13 | Bernard Davies ( 1986 ) has argued that this amounts to a more effective means of disciplining and controlling young people , particularly working class young people , for this training ensures that they conform to the ‘ correct ’ kind of behaviour . |
| 14 | This amounts to a view of the person which ignores basic needs such as food , housing , security and work , and also suppresses differences in knowledge , skill and wealth . |
| 15 | This amounts to a form of nationalisation , and represents ‘ the biggest social revolution we have had in this country ’ . |
| 16 | This amounts to a relative frequency decline of over 50% . |
| 17 | This amounts to a portfolio or collection of possibilities ranked on an agreed basis to enable decisions to be made on allocation of resources . |
| 18 | This amounts to a concise argument that semantics is not autonomous with respect to pragmatics , and that pragmatics provides part of the necessary input to a semantic theory . |
| 19 | This amounts to a breakdown in society and is every bit as serious asd trhe unem , loyment issue and the economy |
| 20 | Taking into account the proposed dividend of 2.2p , this amounts to a total return of 18.3 per cent , though it is less than the increase in the Hoare Govett Smaller Companies — up 24.1 per cent . |
| 21 | This amounts to the voluntary assumption of the risk of injury . |
| 22 | Discovery will not be ordered of evidence prepared by someone who is not a party at the request of someone who is a defendant or potential defendant wanting to obtain legal advice , even though this amounts to the non-party sheltering behind the privilege of the defendant or potential defendant ( Lee v South West Thames Regional Health Authority [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 385 ) . |