The phrase "amount to everything" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that something is of great importance or significance in a particular context.
Example: "In the end, what truly matters is not the money we make, but the relationships we build; they amount to everything in our lives."
Alternatives: "mean everything" or "count for everything".
And although inspectors have not caught Iran busily at work on a bomb, they have caught it covering up nuclear experiments that amount to everything but.For its part, Iran proclaims loudly that it has a "sovereign right" under the NPT to enrich uranium and make plutonium; any suspension agreed with the Europeans, it insists, will be only temporary.
Born in 1908, Peterson's joy would become his profession, despite his immigrant father's dismay that his son wasted all his time on a hobby that would never amount to everything.
One of the main demands in the final deal is that the Greek state must sell off €50bn-worth of its assets, which amounts to everything it has.
In comments anticipated to be his final public intervention before leaving the Reserve Bank of Australia, Stevens said the bank concurred with updated forecasts produced by Treasury last week about the state of the nation's books but he said the official outlook amounted to everything is OK as long as nothing goes wrong.
In my opinion, these kids completely understood what they were supposed to be doing and as parents, I feel like our only responsibility is to stand on the sidelines, perhaps take a few pictures and double-check to make sure that our kids don't exceed their allotted amount to keep everything on the up-and-up.
While this costs far more than drafting your own will, consider the big picture for your estate planning: even if your estate is worth only $100,000, wouldn't you think it prudent to spend a mere 1% of that amount to make sure everything is done according to your exact wishes?
The cost of her judicial review application is likely to be around £40,000, which her barrister, Ben Emerson QC, said amounted to almost "everything she has in terms of assets she can access".
There's a certain amount of chance to everything we do.
A complete account of those ultimate constituents and their interactions would thus amount to a "theory of everything".
Setting aside the rise in contingency spending in Iraq as the American Embassy bolsters its security in anticipation of the troop withdrawal, the Senate's proposal would amount to a reduction in everything else.
Many of the character's most brilliant asides (which anticipate Hamlet's dark view) amount to the fact that everything is shit.
