Sentence examples for if it amounted to from inspiring English sources

In a City Hall news conference yesterday, Mr. Giuliani told reporters that the plan would be unacceptable if it amounted to only $20 million in cuts.

It was not clear if her appearance was voluntary, as was said, or if it amounted to the kind of forced confession often used by the Iranian judiciary.

That is another reason to relish Bowie's involvement with the movies, even if it amounted to little more than a flirtation; it reinforced the ludic aspect of Bowie, who had, at other times, been lured into the apocalyptic mode.

The status quo of the collection's ownership may not seem significant if it amounted to a handful of paintings and some jewels, but the crown holds arguably one of the world's greatest collections of treasures.

It was a show of limited force, and residents wondered if it amounted to anything more than an attempt to fill a vacuum left after the Egyptian uprising last year, when police officers and other reviled security agents fled the area.

In first six month of this year, Iran is known to have executed between 182 to 201 people, which is a considerable drop compared with last year but activists were not sure if it amounted to an indication in a change in policy as the country went through parliamentary elections, a period when the authorities normally refrain from executing convicts.

What is a rule worth if it amounts to the sum of its exceptions?

If it amounts to nothing more than good management, it does not count.

That strategy, if it amounts to that, would visit a disaster of epic proportions upon the world economy.

Perhaps it is rational to cut off the supply of emotion if it amounts to wasted energy.

Joanna Naples-Mitchell Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 19, 2007 • To the Editor: Michael B. Mukasey's wisdom on waterboarding: "If it amounts to torture, it is not constitutional".