Sentence examples for amounted to abuse from inspiring English sources

The school denied that the use of restraint, which it said all staff members were trained to use, amounted to abuse.

He said he saw Officer Kern press his baton into Mr. Mineo's buttocks, but also that he did not think it amounted to abuse.

"You have to be clear about what you're trying to deter," he said, insisting that "clear breaches" that amounted to "abuse" would still result in bans of sufficient length to ensure that jockeys would be deterred.

The judge found that nothing in the petition was credible or amounted to abuse or threats of abuse.

She says the pardons amount to "abuse of presidential power".

Sherman wrote: "The hyperbolic mistruths, presented on the home pages of some of the world's most popular websites, amounted to an abuse of trust and a misuse of power.

The hyperbolic mistruths, presented on the home pages of some of the world's most popular Web sites, amounted to an abuse of trust and a misuse of power.

The actions amounted to "wholesale abuse of such power by a senior officer", he added.

The use of such a procedure amounted to an "abuse of process".

The court found that Bo Xilai's handling of murder allegations against his wife amounted to an abuse of power.

The Conservatives' foreign affairs spokeswoman, Cheryl Gillan, welcomed the bill and condemned female genital mutilation as an "abhorrent practice" which amounted to "child abuse".