Sentence examples for appear to amount from inspiring English sources

But his departure does not appear to amount to a decisive breakthrough that will give Mr. Hu unfettered new powers, they say.

We've just attended the launch of a campaign called 'Luton in Harmony' which aims to 'celebrate the diversity and unity of our communities, and to build a positive reputation for our town' but doesn't, in fact, appear to amount to much beyond a poster featuring various multi-ethnic people looking happy and doing that thumbs-up thing.

For claims of religious liberty are frequently made by persons who wish to engage in activities that appear to amount to discrimination.

Perhaps if one believed that every evolutionarily significant aspect of the phenotype is pre-specified by genetic information, niche construction might appear to amount to little more than this.

"He said the slogan lacks credible arguments and appears to amount to little more than employment apartheid," Cameron said.

Yet the decision to allow him to return home appears to amount to a rare victory for an individual who directly and repeatedly confronted China's Communist Party leaders.

Afterward, the Goldman and Credit Suisse team told the C.E.O.s that the "hole" appeared to amount to tens of billions of dollars.

Two others received at least $1 million each, and two more obtained what the committee said appeared to amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[Excerpt, Page B2.] The offer of support appeared to amount to the most decisive alignment of Russia's military and intelligence resources with a campaign led by the United States since the end of the cold war.

This appears to amount to claiming that determiners are ambiguous.

Of course, given Nintendo's history, it seems unlikely that a deal was struck to license titles to what appears to amount to a rebranded emulator.