Sentence examples for attack amount from inspiring English sources

Such actions, regardless of whether they are being carried out in response to a heinous attack, amount to collective punishment, and are illegal under international law.

In his view, the governor's support for Israel's possible attack amounted to little more than campaign rhetoric.

Mr. Kasab was convicted on Monday, and Judge Tahaliyani said then that the 2008 attack amounted to "a brazen act of war against India".

The attack amounted to a gut-punch to a nation that was struggling to restore some sense of normalcy and had begun to drop its guard.

Updated at 9.07pm BST 8.51pm BST In a city that's home to hundreds of regional corporate offices, as well as large numbers of foreign students and NGOs, the Nairobi attack amounts to a "brutal wake-up call" for many ex-pats, according to this interesting piece about them in the Christian Science Monitor.

The decision by the former mayor, who formed the Twin Towers Fund within days of the attack, amounts to a substantial victory for the families of the rescuers, many of whom have criticized his efforts to privatize the fund, hire a staff of 12 to oversee its work and perhaps take months or even years to disburse its millions.

Near Ploegsteert Corner, during the march to the line of departure, the battalion suffered a high number of casualties following a German gas attack which subsequently resulted the 39th only being able to muster about a third of its manpower for the attack, amounting to an assault force of only 120 men.

Estimated economic loss incurred upon gall midge attack amounts to $80 million in India alone [ 12].

I believe that this attack amounts to a serious violation of international humanitarian law.

It isn't — and his attacks amount to cheap shots.

To Palestinian leaders, such attacks amount to a policy of state-sponsored assassination.