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The phrase "amount to some" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a quantity or degree that is significant or noteworthy, often in a context of comparison or evaluation.
Example: "The changes in the policy may amount to some improvement in employee satisfaction."
Alternatives: "result in some" or "lead to some".
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That would amount to some legacy.
They amount to some sort of community censorship.
(By comparison, daily sales in America amount to some 50m).
Bush's "education package" is expected to amount to some ten billion dollars a year.
Mexico's proven natural gas reserves amount to some 336 bcm (12 tcf).
Public hunting grounds amount to some 40 square miles (100 square km).
All told, undriven trips since the start of 2008 amount to some thirty billion pounds of unreleased CO2.
Using a 5% discount rate, the benefits amount to some $580 for every infant who avoids a low birth-weight.
These amount to some 8,000 items, and will be housed in a dedicated store, part of the "barns project" at Charleston.
Seeing such power relations as a contributory factor, does not amount to some kind of "anti-business conspiracy theory" – as expediently implied by the Science Media Centre.
The charges filed Thursday, and the details cited in support of them, certainly amount to some of the most serious and disturbing since 9/11.
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