Sentence examples for amounted to this from inspiring English sources

Ten parents showed up to spell out their opposition to the law, which amounted to this: Requiring the Pledge of Allegiance, with its reference to "one nation under God," violated the doctrine of church-state separation.

Rhetorically, it amounted to this: it's them (Labour) or us.

The fundamental question for Disney amounted to this: What is more valuable from a marketing perspective, Go Network or its separate components of ABC-TV, Disney theme parks and ESPN? (Go also oversees the official Web sites of the National Football League and NASCAR).

Stevens said Perry's position amounted to this: "If you're a parent and you don't like what he did, you're stupid".

Smart!" but what Shepard actually said amounted to "This is because you had traumatic experiences with aliens when you were growing up, and now you're a bigot".

The argument that was most invoked by the opponents of divestment amounted to this: if we divest from the Israeli occupation, the Jewish community will be mad at us.

It amounts to this: safety, safety, safety.

And it essentially amounts to this: People can choose what to eat and drink.

Whether Saville's verdict amounts to this remains to be seen.

It amounts to this: a lot of bad luck, not Mrs. Wachner, has hurt the company.

In simple terms, it amounts to this: risk gets cheaper when mixed with other, uncorrelated risks.