Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] amount to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly , the Model Penal Code does contain a list of circumstances which may amount to extreme indifference , which assists the courts and increases the predictability of verdicts in a way that Scots law does not , but the essence of both approaches is that there is no precise way of describing those non-intentional killings which are as heinous as intentional killings . |
| 2 | Other circumstances which may amount to frustration of a booking contract are the flooding of the hotel so as to make it uninhabitable or its destruction by fire . |
| 3 | An example of such a clause which may amount to a restriction is the obligation not to enter into any contract for the acquisition or the sale of goods outside the normal course of business . |
| 4 | The Homicide Act 1957 deprived judges of their power to give authoritative rulings on the sufficiency of provocation , and the question must now be left to the jury , which should apply the test of the ‘ reasonable man ’ to everything said or done before the killing which might amount to provocation . |
| 5 | This means not only avoiding the use of words which might amount to a resignation on your part , but also checking whether words that apparently mean that your job has ended were actually intended to have that effect . |
| 6 | In addition to the poll tax , there was a complex system of taxes based on land and on crops , some paid in kind , which could amount to as much as 25 per cent of the harvest . |
| 7 | Other items are likely to be part of much larger burglaries which could amount to £1million . |
| 8 | Corporal punishment amounts to anything done for the purposes of punishing the pupil , whether or not there ire other reasons for doing it , which would amount to a battery . |
| 9 | Considerable difficulty , however , would be met in outlining the degree of sexual conduct which would amount to adultery , even if it were given a much wider connotation where homosexuals were involved . |
| 10 | Depending upon the existing context surrounding the relationship between the debtor and the surety , the question to be asked is whether the conduct of the creditor has fallen short in any respect which would amount to unconscionable disregard for the predictable vulnerability of the surety to the misfeasance or influence of the debtor . |
| 11 | ‘ Then if we actually go ahead and build the New Jerusalem , they have to take up the full rights , which would amount to … 2.000.000.000,00 . ’ |
| 12 | Nakajima called for the promotion of equitable social and economic development , including health development , which would amount to a combination of " preventive diplomacy " and " peace and security development " . |
| 13 | If I may anticipate a point which , I know from experience , the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) may in due course seek to make , those increases mean that , when looked at alongside the extra help that we have made available in the past four years through income-related benefits for the less well-off families with children , which will amount to some £600 million next year , total expenditure on help to families next year will be higher than if we had simply increased child benefit each year since 1987-88 . |
| 14 | You 're asked to support the general move , that we have set out from this report , and you 're asked to agree to St Clements and East Ward , and I think we 've heard Mandy and Phil acknowledge that there may well be a case for looking at an area of council housing , which we will leave them to do , and also to approve the set of objectives , which I particularly welcome , on page sixty-two and sixty-three , which will amount to a work programme , which I would have thought we were all very pleased to see . |
| 15 | Needless to say , the rates were cheap — until VAT and the landing fee were added , which can amount to £25–£30 typically . |
| 16 | Circumstances and what may amount to encouragement by the victim may sometimes mitigate the offence and , particularly under such conditions , impulsive or specifically planned rape is no more than an offence — it can hardly be thought of as deviant in the true sense of the word . |
| 17 | Price Waterhouse 's Australian arm has pledged to ‘ vigorously defend ’ what could amount to a multi-million dollar claim issued against it over the 1989 audit of failed textile company Linter Group Ltd . |
| 18 | The two Libyan nationals accused by the US and UK of the Libya bombing are alleged to have committed what would amount to offences under the Montreal Convention . |
| 19 | According to Le Monde , the former Soviet states were unwilling to commit themselves to what would amount to a " Turkish version of the Arab League " , with Kazakhstan particularly reluctant to jeopardize possible future relations with other Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) countries and with the rest of Europe . |
| 20 | In considering what would amount to undue hardship , the nature and cost of the accommodation should be looked at . |