The phrase "essentially amounts to" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be used to express the essence or core of a concept, idea, or situation. Example: "His behavior may have seemed innocent, but it essentially amounts to manipulation."
It essentially amounts to a labelling system that allows consumers to preference certain farming practices.
And it essentially amounts to this: People can choose what to eat and drink.
The offer essentially amounts to a big, one-time special dividend.
The approximately $100,000 received before the Beijing Games essentially amounts to the Marshallese Olympic committee's entire budget, Sasser said.
And he suggested, more than once, that the president's choice essentially amounts to deciding whether to abandon a strategy to which Obama has already committed himself.
"No Fly/No Buy" legislation essentially amounts to nothing more than embarrassing political theater for gun control with dangerous consequences for Arab and Muslim communities.
We're not magicians, and psychological studies shouldn't need to rely on what essentially amounts to smoke and mirrors in order to produce effects.
Overcoming a team like Guangdong, which has the best domestic roster signed for what essentially amounts to lifetime contracts, becomes extremely difficult.
But there have been times when the helicopter didn't work at all, and for such times there is Plan B, which essentially amounts to blinding the audience with light and adding a lot of smoke.
Mr. Ailes will walk away with about $40 million as part of a settlement agreement, according to two people briefed on the matter, which essentially amounts to the remainder of his existing employment contract through 2018.
"We're all for sensible regulation that protects performers," Mike Stabile, a spokesman for Kink.com, said in response to the foundation's complaints, "but this essentially amounts to a moral crusade.
