Sentence examples for disputes amount from inspiring English sources

Taken together, the disputes amount to a stalemate on what Mr. Obama has called a critical priority: expanding American competitiveness in manufacturing and other export-related sectors.

In 2009 the World Bank calculated that the Department of Agrarian Reform's overheads, including the cost of legal disputes, amounted to about 38 pesos for every 100 pesos worth of redistributed land.

Only the disputed amount is held.

Amtrak, he added, negotiated settlements with the railroads for about 30percentto40percentcent of the disputed amount.

In the meantime, you are not required to pay the disputed amount, or any related fees or finance charges.

In the event of a sale, Vivendi would owe Mr. Diller a disputed amount to cover tax liabilities.

It accounts for just 1% of the union's GDP, or about 2% of government spending; the disputed amount is a fraction of this.

Asked how much his four clients were owed, Kurtz said the wages in dispute amount to "no more than a couple" of thousand dollars apiece.

Our lawyer had to pay the disputed amount in the end to ensure the deeds transfer went ahead at the Land Registry.

The shadow ministers, including members of his inner circle such as Michael Gove and Chris Grayling, were told that their continued membership of the shadow cabinet depended on paying back the disputed amount.

And if your credit card bills are automatically deducted from your checking account, the card issuer can't deduct the disputed amount as long as it received the error notice "any time up to three business days before the scheduled payment date," according to the regulations.