Sentence examples for amounted to date from inspiring English sources

He said that the assault occurred when he went to Archbishop Weakland for advice on entering the priesthood and that the archbishop committed what amounted to "date rape" after dinner in the archbishop's apartment.

His accuser, Paul Marcoux, 54, said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" that 20 years ago he had gone to Archbishop Weakland for advice on entering the priesthood, and that the archbishop committed what amounted to "date rape" after dinner in the archbishop's apartment.

Milan collected three much-needed points at home to Chievo ("three stitches," Gazzetta dello Sport called them, essentially suggesting that Milan's season to date amounted to a gaping wound).

And yet, even ardent pro-Europeans admit that the impact of all this diplomatic activity has, to date, amounted to less than the sum of its parts.It is not that the EU is inactive.

In 2013, the UK Department for International Development's pledge of £35m on the African continent was the largest amount to date by any individual donor to end FGM.

While the president's team has so far spent only a small fraction of that sum -- about $14 million -- the amount to date exceeds that of any of the nine Democratic candidates, and his spending seems likely to accelerate in coming months.

But the effect of international shipping companies consistently giving in to pirates' demands is clear: ransoms keep creeping steadily upward, highlighted by a reported $4 million paid to release the Chinese bulk carrier MV De Xin Hai on Dec. 28 — the highest publicly announced amount to date.

A seed round of $2.6 million brings the total investment amount to date to $8.6 million.

The payroll to date has amounted to $141.14.

Djabou, who plays for Club Africain in Tunisia, may be sacrificed for the more defensively-minded Getafe midfielder, Mehdi Lacen, with Russia's matches to date having amounted to little more than dogged battles to close down midfield space.

Mr. Putin's remarks today amounted to the clearest indication to date of his growing frustration with internal resistance to his proposals intended to make the military leaner, more agile and more professional.