Example sentences of "[pron] amounts to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A person aggrieved by an odour , which amounts to a statutory nuisance , may himself initiate summary proceedings against the person creating the nuisance under s.99 of the 1936 Act , whereupon like proceedings shall be had with the like consequences as to making of orders , penalties for disobedience of orders , and otherwise as in a complaint brought by the local authority . |
| 2 | It is clear that time will be allowed for improvements to be carried out and only when it is clear that there is no prospect of the business in question being able to operate without causing an odour , which amounts to a statutory nuisance , will the court permit the issue of a writ of sequestration for contempt of court , in committing breaches of the undertaking not to cause a statutory nuisance , thus closing the business down without compensation . |
| 3 | Some are modified to transmit electric impulses and are linked into a network which amounts to a primitive nervous system ; others are able to contract in length and so can be considered as simple muscles . |
| 4 | Any proposal which amounts to a new theory of justification may succeed in showing that in the Gettier cases the relevant true beliefs were not justified at all . |
| 5 | My concern in the present chapter is mainly with linguistic patterns , which amounts to a description of the main methods and principles of social dialectology as we have tried to develop them , especially as they concern the analysis of what are usually called ‘ non-standard ’ varieties . |
| 6 | Yet it is possible to discern running through the work of a variety of radical historians a measure of common ground which amounts to a distinctive ‘ libertarian ’ discourse . |
| 7 | As we saw in the section on deterrence , all the evidence is that the penal system is engaging in a massive overkill operation — which amounts to a massive infringement of the human rights of those it punishes excessively . |
| 8 | Thus it may be committed by wrongfully taking possession of goods , by wrongfully disposing of them , by wrongfully destroying them or simply by wrongfully refusing to give them up when demanded , for in all these cases can be traced conduct by the defendant which amounts to a denial of the plaintiff 's rights or the assertion of inconsistent rights . |
| 9 | Thanks to the Kantian Schopenhauerian critique of Socratism , an infinitely more profound view of ethics and art has been developed , which amounts to a conceptualized form of Dionysiac wisdom . |
| 10 | This argument , which amounts to a discussion of what we mean by a miracle , will occupy the rest of this chapter . |
| 11 | Thirdly , there must be a delivery of the subject matter of the gift , or the essential indicia of title thereto , which amounts to a parting with dominion and not mere physical possession over the subject matter of the gift . |
| 12 | One technique of monetary control , which amounts to a form of credit rationing , is to vary the statutory reserve ratio that banks must adhere to . |
| 13 | Written details of any restrictive agreement ( whether written or oral ) which amounts to a " registrable agreement " as defined in RTPA 1976 and which does not fall within an exemption must be sent to the OFT for registration . |
| 14 | The subsection creates an obligation to consult the judiciary , not to be governed by their opinion , which amounts to no more than advice . |
| 15 | Alternatively , the company provides a compensation package which amounts to an addition to the employee 's salary — of which any not spent on housing may be kept . |
| 16 | At the local authority level Dorset County Council ( 1980 ) , in a booklet called Looking at Schools , talks of a joint-evaluation , which amounts to an inspection with the school agreeing to the report , but having no control over the process of the inspection . |
| 17 | It is an assumption which amounts to an instrumental theory about the relationship of types of questions to types of answers and both of these to the context in which answers are elicited . |
| 18 | Flavell accounts for this paradox in terms of , what he calls , cognitive salience , which amounts to the claim that the thought of the three-year-old is determined by whatever is ‘ up front in consciousness ’ at any given moment . |
| 19 | Still adhering to the old fashioned measurement by piece ( a cask which in Champagne contains 205 litres ) , the 2,666 litres of must , as it comes through the pressing operation , is separated into three portions in order of quality : the cuvée , which amounts to the first ten pieces ( 2,050 litres ) ; the premiere taille , which includes the next two pieces ( 410 litres ) ; and the deuxième taille , or the last piece ( 205 litres ) . |
| 20 | If you can afford a magic standard then you can use this to increase the leadership or add to your combat result which amounts to the same thing for the all important break test . |
| 21 | It is 2 which amounts to the ratio decidendi of the case . |
| 22 | Users often report experiencing the sort of twisted non-Euclidian dimensions associated with the Old Ones , so it 's reasonable to assume that this is how Mait made contact with them , or with whatever race memory remains of them , which amounts to the same thing . ’ |
| 23 | Readers usually know something about authors whose books they have read , and even if they don " t know anything , it is natural to imagine an author figure , which amounts to the same thing . |
| 24 | What he leaves himself amounts to a prize-giving for English composition with the sea as the subject . |
| 25 | Thatcher 's dominance of the Government means that her departure in itself amounts to a considerable change in the country 's political agenda . |
| 26 | These passages in my view admirably define what is meant by colore officii and effectively dispose of any suggestion that because the person making the demand holds some official position that of itself amounts to a form of compulsion . |
| 27 | If the wrong agreed on itself amounts to a tort against the plaintiff perhaps little has been lost by the restriction of conspiracy , for the combination must be carried into effect to cause damage and then the substantive tort is committed . |
| 28 | It amounts to a reprimand . ’ |
| 29 | It amounts to a lack of faith in a God who has done more than they could have dreamed of to demonstrate his own faithfulness . |
| 30 | One argument in favour of the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment is that it amounts to a symbolic indication of the unique heinousness of murder . |