Sentence examples similar to amount to the third from inspiring English sources

But they amount to the first relaxation in Army recruiting standards since 1998, when a strong economy hurt military recruiting.

But it would amount to the first time since its launch that a country has been forced out of the euro.

For General Peng Guanqian of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences, interviewed on a Chinese web portal, this would amount to the first shot of "actual combat".

For many of the high-achieving, type-A young professionals who end up on Wall Street, being tossed around by an industry in tumult can amount to the first real failure of their lives.

The new but not-yet-properly-defined "managed service" exemption may amount to the first step down a slippery slope of non-neutral Internet service.

If the suspension goes through as reported, its 50 games will amount to the third-longest in NBA history.

To maximize food income, subjects had to respond in different ways to each experimenter, offering a maximal amount to the first one and a minimal amount to the second (Table 1).

In sum, we, alone, constitute what amounts to the third largest economy in the world, "trailing the gross national product of the US and China".

This amounted to the first quarterly increase since the mid-1990's.

The result amounted to the first concrete confirmation of the Christian Democrats' electoral plight since the financial scandal broke late last year.

It also amounts to the first major test of the board, created in 2004 as a post-9/11 reform.