Sentence examples for amounting to abuse from inspiring English sources

Staff members from the G4S security group punched and slapped children in a series of incidents amounting to abuse and mistreatment of the young people in their charge, it has been claimed.

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

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.

He said the chaining and hooking amounts to abuse.

It is therefore unclear when palliative sedation at the end of life amounts to abuse and why.

It is therefore unclear what kind of palliative sedation at the end of life amounts to abuse and why.

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.