Sentence examples for and tantamount from inspiring English sources

But to do so would be legally difficult, and tantamount to nationalisation.

That is illegal under EU law, and tantamount to a blockade.

That filing described the settlement as "collusive and disastrous" and "tantamount to a $1bn wage theft".

Those afflicted by smallpox were quarantined to a "hospital" zone without supplies and tantamount to their effective abandonment on the beach.

That is a huge number in a country ruled by law, and tantamount to a "de facto amnesty" as both Republican and Democratic advocates for reform have said.

The writer relied on the comments of Park Slope and some local real estate agents whose remarks were self-serving and tantamount to red-lining.

But the United States attorney for Minnesota, B. Todd Jones, said after the hearing that 50 years was "fair and just" and was tantamount to a life sentence for Mr. Petters, 52.

This makes spatial management and planning tantamount to resource and energy planning in a sustainable society.

Manji accused MacKenzie of trying to "intimidate Muslims out of public life" and Channel 4 News described his comments as "offensive, completely unacceptable, and arguably tantamount to inciting religious and even racial hatred".

In August the new constitution of Somalia prohibited FGM on the basis that: "circumcision of girls is a cruel and degrading customary practice, and is tantamount to torture".

5.45pm statement from Channel 4 News: "The comments published in the Sun today by Mr MacKenzie are offensive, completely unacceptable, and arguably tantamount to inciting religious and even racial hatred.