Example sentences of "amount [prep] more than [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 One about Flaubert , one about Ellen , one about myself My own is the simplest of the three — it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence — and yet I find it the hardest to begin .
3 Whether this amounts to more than a row of beans these days is questionable .
4 However the executive staff could receive changed instructions from the Council acting collectively , which amounts to more than the member States acting collectively through their delegates .
5 In about 13% of schools , the money contributed by parents amounts to more than the schools ' official funding from their LEAs .
6 Group size is very small , rarely amounting to more than a singleton or a mother with a dependent infant .
7 Harsh and angry with undercurrents of lovelorn bitterness , but you ca n't imagine them amounting to more than a mere outlet for crowd frustration .
8 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 .
9 A significant variance could be defined as one amounting to more than a given percentage of the budget but which is not explained by the general level of prices , i.e. inflation or deflation .
10 Whether citizens ' charters on the model of those introduced in Great Britain from 1991 onwards amount to more than a symbolic empowerment of consumer-citizens remains to be seen .
11 Without that , no talks will ever amount to more than the briefest of encounters .
12 Her book sales amounted to more than a quarter of a million .
13 For most of this period , transfers to the state enterprises amounted to more than the total public deficit ( Gimeno 1984 : 88–92 ) .
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