Sentence examples for amounts to the third from inspiring English sources

In sum, we, alone, constitute what amounts to the third largest economy in the world, "trailing the gross national product of the US and China".

It also amounts to the first major test of the board, created in 2004 as a post-9/11 reform.

Using this information, Cavallo and Rigobon have succeeded in building what amounts to the first real-time inflation index.

Nonetheless, the scheduling of the trial amounts to the first formal step in the official lodging of charges against the Americans.

The deportation campaign amounts to the first large-scale effort to deport people who fled violence from drug wars in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Belize.

Sunday's vote for local officials in municipalities nationwide amounts to the first referendum on Maduro since he narrowly won presidential elections in April.

The agreement with Australia amounts to the first long-term expansion of the American military's presence in the Pacific since the end of the Vietnam War.

The passage of Spoken From the Heart in which she discusses the incident amounts to the first time that the idea has been floated that George Bush's illness at the summit may have been the result of poisoning.

The InvestEU programme is to be announced at the European parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday by the new and embattled head of the European commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, in what amounts to the first flagship policy of the new EU regime.

The joint action amounts to the first large-scale governmental inquiry into the industry after years in which gun makers, with backing from the National Rifle Association, have been able to avoid Congressional or state investigations.

At the same time, Sarkozy has acted aggressively to create what amounts to the first program of affirmative action in high places in France, including choosing a Muslim woman, Rachida Dati, as the minister of justice.