Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] amount to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |