The phrase "amount to a drastic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a significant change or impact that something has on a situation or outcome.
Example: "The new policy changes amount to a drastic shift in how we approach employee benefits."
Alternatives: "constitute a significant" or "represent a major".
In their appeal, lawyers for the women are arguing that this conclusion amounts to a drastic expansion of what the Supreme Court has previously treated as a "special-needs exception" to the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches.
One thing I haven't seen emphasized, however, is the extent to which the whole concept of having to "mine" Bitcoins by expending real resources amounts to a drastic retrogression — a retrogression that Adam Smith would have scorned.
He said it amounted to "a drastic outright ban".
It now looks increasingly likely that 2010 will be a year without either tax, followed by what amounts to a drastic increase in those taxes the next year.
Roughly 200 of the nation's most prominent police chiefs, Justice Department and White House officials, and police training experts convened in Washington on Friday to discuss policy proposals which, if implemented broadly, would amount to the most drastic police reform in decades.
Agency officials said the rules to be adopted on Thursday amounted to a clarification of their policy rather than a drastic change.
Since those countries "under a programme" are being forced into drastic fiscal austerity, this amounts to a plan to have all of Europe slash spending at the same time.
The Military Commissions Act, the lawyers maintain, amounted to a "suspension" of habeas corpus without meeting the conditions set by the Constitution for such a drastic action.
But the industry, including JPMorgan, argued that making restrictions too tight could lead to a drastic decline in the amount of lending to consumers — an assertion consumer advocates dismissed.
