Sentence examples similar to amounted to an overthrow from inspiring English sources

It amounted to an execution".

Zaldívar's government was overthrown in 1885 in what amounted to a triple mobilization involving Guatemalan forces, Indian and peasant uprisings, and elite insurgency (see text); see ibid.

It amounts to a whitewash".

Therefore, the opposite of Justice Roberts's argument is true: far from overthrowing the system, DNA testing would affirm it, whereas to refuse to examine pertinent DNA evidence would amount to a miscarriage of justice.

In last year's election, Goni won just 22.5% of the vote, only narrowly beating Evo Morales, the far-left leader of the coca workers.In this section A plebiscite on the president After the uprising The trouble with mergers Where teachers rule Joining forces Reprints Related items Bolivia: On the brinkOct 16th 2003Goni charged that his overthrow amounted to sedition.

After Egypt's military overthrew its elected president in 2013, Mr. Obama skirted a law requiring the halt of military aid to countries that experience a coup by refusing to declare whether the situation in Cairo amounted to one.

Warner confronted batsman Sharma after he took a single to an overthrow.

In recent weeks, the ostensible operations director for Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz al-Muqrin, has posted a series of announcements that amount to a battle plan for militants seeking to overthrow the ruling Saud dynasty.

Physicalists will maintain that "materialism is well supported by the empirical evidence, and it would require an extremely strong amount of counterevidence to overthrow it" (Dave).

Youkilis beat his stumbling successor to the bag, and scored on an overthrow.

A number of plots to overthrow Peter indicate that he remained unpopular.