Sentence examples for amount to it from inspiring English sources

But effectively launching pre-orders for a device — the confirmed details of which amount to "it will have a touchscreen and use LTE" — is still a move that seems a little unusual.

To avoid tempting burglars, he will not attach a dollar amount to it.

Human nature is a highly contested concept, but whatever it may amount to, it doesn't seem to involve a thirst for good news.

Sure, there had been a few arrests for smoking marijuana, but after an entire adolescence spent on the streets, with far more visits by the police than by her parents, what did those offenses really amount to? "It means I'll be denied an education," said Ms. Melendez, who is from the Bronx, now 22 and applying to college.

When one looks at the European cultural tradition, we can see that the Church has contributed an enormous amount to it.

A judge then reinstated her parole this month, restoring a semblance of freedom, or what amounts to it.

To get a sense of what this view amounts to, it is helpful to start with an analogy.

It costs the same amount to put it out and hype it up.

You will have to pay the full amount to receive it.

Rhetorically, it amounted to this: it's them (Labour) or us.

"Some of these abuses amount to war crimes," it says.