Sentence examples for by what amounts from inspiring English sources

But it's needlessly complicated by what amounts to nostalgia for a premodern university.

Author is not happy so see rock replaced by what amounts to a mystique of musicianship.

Neoforma said it was still unclear whether its books would have to be revised, and if so, by what amounts.

Yesterday Lord Dyson ruled that a politician cannot overrule the findings of a court by what amounts to ministerial fiat.

For much of the past 10 years Iran has been ruled by what amounts to two governments.

His "Anthology of American Folk Music" (1952) has now been succeeded, in various forms, by what amounts to a continuing Harry Smith Project.

With the authority to wring some excitement out of a four-day deluge interrupted by what amounted to a lavishly produced exhibition, the captains Fred Couples and Nick Price whiffed.

On May 19th, his latest effort to introduce a directive on corporate takeovers was stymied by what amounted to pork-barrel politics.

Bear Stearns, after all, was done in by what amounted to a run on the bank (which Bear, through its own mismanagement, was ill equipped to handle).

The struggle between Mahon and his tenants was compounded by what amounted to a war of religion and a complicated conflict between Mahon and Strokestown's parish priest.

He was backed by what amounted to a very good pickup band, with the pianist David Hazeltine, the bassist John Webber and the drummer Jason Brown.