The phrase "amount to mass" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the equivalence or significance of something in relation to mass, often in scientific or metaphorical discussions.
Example: "The total energy of the system can be shown to amount to mass, according to Einstein's theory of relativity."
Alternatives: "equate to mass" or "correspond to mass".
The 18-month inquiry finds that existing laws are not being broken by the agencies and insists the bulk collection of data by the government does not amount to mass surveillance or a threat to individual privacy.
Campaigns like those from Ms. Rickard's group amount "to mass tampering with the jury pool so they look at any plaintiff with a skeptical and jaundiced eye," he said.
A few of them now sit in the seats of power that once belonged to Mr. Hussein and the other 11 now under formal investigation on charges that, in most cases, amount to mass murder.
A report by the House of Commons intelligence and security committee, which oversees the security services, said last month that existing laws were not being broken and insisted the government's bulk collection of data did not amount to mass surveillance or a threat to individual privacy.
Hammond told the committee that GCHQ's bulk collection of private data from emails, internet activity and telephone usage did not amount to mass surveillance because the state did not have the resources to trawl through the huge volume of information involved, and because of legal safeguards on how the data was used.
The inquiry, disrupted by the last-minute resignation of the committee chairman, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, over allegations concerning cash for influence, gives a lengthy defence of the bulk collection of data, one of the chief Snowden revelations, and concludes this does not amount to mass surveillance since the agencies have neither the resources nor desire to examine all the information they gather.
Urban areas are growing even faster than urban populations are, and by 2030 urbanized land around the globe will expand by 590,000 square miles — an amount almost equal to the land mass of Mongolia, according to a new study.
"The 'Jayson Blair problems' amounted to mass production of plagiarized and/or fabricated stories," he said.
America's so-called "tax-free e-commerce" really amounts to mass tax evasion.
That what amounts to mass enslavement and torture of animals without conscience will end before too long.
For a start, while there have been human rights abuses on the rebel side, these have not amounted to mass killings.
