Sentence examples for amounts to capital from inspiring English sources

But, if you offer what amounts to capital punishment, a near certain goal, for a foul, then playing up a mild or debatable push offers a huge advantage, and the player gets rewarded out of all proportion to the offense — which encourages the absurd playacting and diving that disgusts even hardened fans.

One can debate, of course, the precise definition of "book value" for Britain's banks, but a fair guess is that it amounts to the capital they hold.

Taxpayers in Bavaria spent double that amount to rebuild capital at the German state's Landesbank.

The grand entrance amounted to the capital city's biggest executive deal since the impeachment of President Clinton.

At the moment, that capital amounts to about $100m, gathered from various governments and foundations.

The figure for Greater London is 119,000, which amounts to 6.5% of the capital's owner-occupiers.

The original capital still amounts to $900,000.

Each 10percentt drop in capital gains amounts to a $700 million revenue drop, according to the budget division.

That amounts to about £394m in extra capital funding for the SNP government.

This amounts to a disinvestment in human capital with very long-term repercussions.

Gains above these amounts will be subject to capital gains taxes.