Sentence examples for amount to action from inspiring English sources

Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (1935) thought that quantum mechanics is incomplete and that the curious correlations between distant systems do not amount to action at a distance between them.

Under the pay law, inaction amounts to action, since it allows the White House recommendation on pay to take effect automatically.

However, more variable effects of 4-AP were reported in optic nerve axons, with Foster et al. [ 45] reporting relatively minor effects (compared to those on unmyelinated axons) while Devaux et al. [ 32, 33] found a profound broadening of the action potential, suggesting that these channels contribute different amounts to action potential repolarization in different axons.

But others doubt that the move will amount to meaningful action.

"Many national security officials, however, say JSOC's operations are so similar to the CIA's that they amount to covert action.

But the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in St . Louis held that the Klan's practices did not amount to state action and that Missouri's disapproval did not provide a valid reason for rejecting the Klan's application.

The cold war era definitions are crumbling before what amount to class-action petitions: Chinese migrants who say they are hurt by the one-child policy, women claiming domestic abuse or the fear of traditional genital mutilation.

In SSANBA's view, these severe external restrictions amount to "The actions of a few teenagers in the community... being unfairly used to stereotype the vast majority that are doing the right thing".

Sugar is added in sufficient amount to prevent bacterial action and subsequent spoilage.

The budget also allocates an undisclosed amount to ongoing legal action to defend Australia's plain packaging laws – the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011.

But he added that he had decided that the use of force against Iraq would not amount to such an action.