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The phrase "amounted to minor" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey that something is of little significance or impact, but it lacks clarity and completeness.
Example: "The changes in the budget amounted to minor adjustments that did not affect the overall project."
Alternatives: "resulted in minor" or "led to minor".
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Large gains were made against only limited resistance, which often amounted to minor skirmishes against small groups of Japanese.
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Dr. Wecht's lawyers have said that the case really amounts to minor "accounting irregularities" that should have simply been handled within the county.
But today I'm seething at Aaron's prosecution by a federal government that has rewarded torturers and banksters while in this case twisting the law to turn what amounts to minor trespassing into a "crime" worthy of decades in jail.
They do badly in a crisis, however, because their "dynamic stochastic" element only amounts to minor fluctuations around a state of equilibrium, and there is no equilibrium during crashes.ABMs, in contrast, make no assumptions about the existence of efficient markets or general equilibrium.
In The Guardian, Dan Gillmore wrote of "seething at Aaron's prosecution by a federal government that has rewarded torturers and banksters while in this case twisting the law to turn what amounts to minor trespassing into a 'crime' worthy of decades in jail".
For most viewers, the transition amounted to a minor hiccup at most.
Some serious cases involved suspects alleged to have formed "sexual relationships with vulnerable victims" although others amounted to only "minor transgressions".
AllHockey.ru noted that many Ak Bars Kazan fans were not pleased by the signing of what amounted to a minor league goalie, although the team has had success in recent years with goalies Fred Brathwaite, Mika Noronen and Robert Esche.
The police crackdown may have "left a bad taste in my mouth," he said, but it amounted to a minor setback in a burgeoning biking movement.
The compensation was made as a monetary gift and not as a legal decree of responsibility for the massacre and the outcome amounted to a minor diplomatic victory for China.
Only feedback related to readability and structure was sought and incorporated, and these amounted to only minor typographical changes.
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