Example sentences of "amounts to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It amounts to a determination or tendency to accept as conceptually respectable , and as a report of reality , only what is in accord with some part of scientific practice , or a fully specified calculus , or particular and explicit scientific laws , or particular kinds of quantification , or some principle in the philosophy of science . |
| 2 | It amounts to a reprimand . ’ |
| 3 | The history of Western Marxism amounts to a history of attempts to provide a means for transcending the condition of alienation and achieving that lost totality , not through irony or a reified homogeneous temporality , as in Lukács ' novel , but , according to his formulation of Marxism , through history and class consciousness . |
| 4 | ( It may be , however , that the causal theory amounts to a notion of justification in the particular case ; see 2.4 ) |
| 5 | It is necessary , in my judgment , to look at the facts somewhat closely to see what amounts to a discharge and how far the reasoning can be applied to the case , not of joint and several debtors , but of several debtors alone , albeit all liable for the same debt . |
| 6 | It amounts to a call for a revolution in ways of thinking to break out of the constraints that a falsely mechanistic interpretation of science has imposed on ourselves and our world . |
| 7 | This amounts to a total of six million books , apart from its own vast library of nine million volumes . |
| 8 | Customs may argue that this amounts to a landlord 's repairing lease . |
| 9 | The question is whether the prohibition on alienating the land followed by the exhortation to keep it for descendants amounts to a trust . |
| 10 | For it is assumed that God , who is conceived in highly anthropomorphic terms , has given what amounts to a blueprint to humanity as to what His will may be . |
| 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 | Such amounts to a kind of agroforestry type of manipulation of the environment and is known to be practised by other groups , e.g. the Bora of the Peruvian Amazon . |
| 13 | It amounts to a pat on the back . |
| 14 | Such an interview almost amounts to a conversation . |
| 15 | 1.1 Modern judicial views on the ambit of the doctrine In Petrofina ( Great Britain ) Ltd v Martin [ 1966 ] Ch 146 two members of the Court of Appeal attempted to define what amounts to a restraint of trade . |
| 16 | Sometimes it is open to doubt whether the language used by your employer , taken in context , amounts to a dismissal . |
| 17 | This means that if your employer says , ‘ Resign or be sacked ’ , that amounts to a dismissal . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In other words , controls can be exercised indirectly by negotiation over what amounts to a question of how much can be charged against local tax . |
| 20 | This so called sovereignty amounts to a choice between a continued run on the pound and an interest-rate-induced slump . |
| 21 | The sensory attributes of an odour capable of measurement include its intensity , character , acceptability and detectability , all of which are relevant in deciding whether or not a particular odour amounts to a nuisance at law . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In what amounts to a test case , the Aga is seeking a review of the Jockey Club 's decision to disqualify Aliysa . |
| 24 | Therefore the binding energy amounts to a fraction or 5.72 per cent of the rest mass energy . |
| 25 | This argument , which amounts to a discussion of what we mean by a miracle , will occupy the rest of this chapter . |
| 26 | This amounts to a portfolio or collection of possibilities ranked on an agreed basis to enable decisions to be made on allocation of resources . |
| 27 | Although this amounts to a transformation of theory and its object it is not clear in what sense it is an epistemological break . |
| 28 | In this system , joint and several liability , and an inability to recover the legal costs of successful court defences , are stated to have led to unwarranted law suits , settlements out of court , and to audit firms ' being perceived as deep pockets capable of paying what amounts to a tort tax . |
| 29 | Procuring the commission of a criminal offence is not a tort unless the crime also amounts to a tort against the plaintiff , in which case the procurer is a joint tortfeasor . |
| 30 | 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 . |