Sentence examples for amounts to preface from inspiring English sources

All this amounts to preface.

It is considered progress of sorts that almost no one would be happy to be called racist, but if all that amounts to is the obligation to preface racist statements with "I'm not a racist, but…", what kind of progress is this?

It amounts to nothing.

I have to preface the list with a little background.

Greene liked to preface his novels with disclaimers.

Should appropriate chant be added to preface each movement?

Notable is his autobiography (Diegesis merike), designed to preface his collection of letters.

So to preface all these numbers with, "well, it was a tough year for everyone" seems fishy to me.

Accordingly, I need to preface this venture with a disclaimer.

In the past, students have urged for blatant "trigger warnings" to preface sensitive material.

And I want to preface this by saying I love both of those movies.