Sentence examples for alarm amounts from inspiring English sources

"Declaring the state of alarm amounts to a declaration of impotence," Mr. Rajoy told Parliament.

An: alarming amount.

But one look inside the massive log-sided structure reveals an alarming amount of feline paraphernalia: pictures and posters of cats cover the walls; tiny beds and scratching posts line the hallways; cat sculptures, cat coffee mugs, cat toys, cat rugs, and cat stuffed animals fill every visible inch of space.

The UN and aid agencies reiterated their alarm that the amounts of aid were insufficient and too slow in arriving even as the diplomatic dance with the generals goes on and the warnings of a second man-made catastrophe grow more urgent.

Both agencies expressed alarm over the amount of debt that Nasdaq was taking on in its takeover bid.

His officers spend 15percentt of their time responding to false alarms at what amounts to a tiny minority of households in the city.

But campaigners and scientists are increasingly sounding the alarm over the amount of plastic that is used wastefully (think of single-use drink bottles and packaging), or that ends up as trash in rivers and oceans.

Experts are probably right to sound the alarm on the amount of time that children spend with digital devices, but the good-humored Mr. Garner may safely take their warnings with a tiny grain of salt.