Sentence examples for amounts to state from inspiring English sources

That amounts to state disapproval of Islam, he argued.

They argue the practice amounts to state interference with press freedom.

Even though I think the use of a royal charter, set up through the privy council, was misconceived, I cannot see how it amounts to state regulation.

So any approach that singles out new faiths amounts to state discrimination in favour of traditional ones: so the libertarian argument goes.

Tottenham say that money would not have been made available to West Ham by a bank so it amounts to state aid.

Tottenham argue that a £40m loan West Ham were given by Newham Council to help fund their tenancy of the stadium in Stratford – which lies in Newham – amounts to state aid and so breaches European law.

It amounts to state-sanctioned discrimination.

Lynch has said the law amounts to "state-sponsored discrimination" and has caused transgender people to suffer "emotional harm, mental anguish, distress, humiliation and indignity".

Beginning this fall, hunters in Wisconsin can use dogs to track and chase wolves — a scenario that all but amounts to state-sanctioned animal fighting.

Elizabeth Skelton San Diego, April 27, 2010 To the Editor: It's a shame that Gov. Jan Brewer didn't consider the downside to S.B. 1070, Arizona's new immigration law: It amounts to state-sanctioned racial profiling, usurps federal authority and feeds into a volatile dialogue on immigration in Arizona, which correlates with a rise in hate crimes.

Here are a selection of points from JFMAB's General Election Manifesto: Children have effectively been removed from the nurturing bosom of the family and, funded by taxpayers' money, placed under common social care and control in what amounts to state-sponsored institutional child care.