Example sentences of "[noun pl] amount to [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our society , such ritual celebrations of changes of status through ageing are now restricted to religious occasions like baptism , confirmation and burial , though ‘ coming-of-age ’ parties amount to the same thing . |
| 2 | Here there was room to have a dig at ‘ trade unionists … too , screaming abuse and interfering with others on their way to work ’ , alleging that excitement on picket lines and at rock films amounted to the same thing : ‘ These are all manifestations of the primitive herd instinct . ’ |
| 3 | These reflections amount to no less than this . |
| 4 | It may be argued that these proposals amount to no more than state capitalism . |
| 5 | They have allowed their care in the community policy for ex-mental patients to amount to no more than people drifting within a community of hostels , in which one finds people who have fallen through the safety net and ended up homeless on the streets . |
| 6 | When electrical currents flow they produce magnetic fields and so it is possible that these two therapies amount to the same thing . |