The phrase "actually amount to a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the true value, significance, or result of something in a more concrete or quantifiable way.
Example: "The changes we implemented will actually amount to a significant increase in productivity over the next quarter."
Alternatives: "truly equate to a" or "essentially result in a".
But adjusted for inflation and for increases in school enrollment, that would actually amount to a slight decrease.
Democrats on the House Budget Committee said Mr. Bush's proposal might actually amount to a cut: by their accounting, those programs are budgeted for $37.6 billion this year.
The policy announcement was intended to be more generous than that of the Conservatives, but critics have said it could actually amount to a cut because it does not take the growing number of school pupils in to account.
Packaged as an attempt to alleviate the so-called marriage penalty, the quirk in the tax code that leads many two-income couples to pay more in taxes than they would if they had remained single, the bill debated in the Senate today would actually amount to a tax cut for married couples who do not pay the penalty as well as those that do.
That said, the 10-inch display might actually amount to a benefit, depending on what you're looking for in a device.
Cancelling 4,000 jobs at the median US compensation of $59,000 per year (some of the workers affected likely earned less) would actually amount to a higher number, and unlike the bonuses, those layoffs are permanent.
Indeed, the Republican budget, which is billed as offering a $245 billion tax "cut," actually amounts to a gigantic tax increase.
Democrats complained about savage cuts to food stamps, which actually amounted to a mere 1% over ten years compared with an earlier version.
According to UCU figures, last year the Universities and College Employers Association offered university staff a paltry 1% pay rise, which actually amounts to a 13% pay cut since 2009.
Faced with the richest, best-equipped, most powerful armed forces the world has ever seen, Iraq has shown spectacular courage and has even managed to put up what actually amounts to a defence.
Her part of the show actually amounts to a mini-retrospective, ranging from the autobiographical "Scroll" from 1991-92 to brand-new paintings bursting with witty, intricately layered riffs on art history, personal history, digital technology and pop culture.
