Sentence examples for it amounts to breaking from inspiring English sources

It amounts to "breaking the yoke of the kingship".

"Not fulfilling this obligation amounts to breaking the law," it said.

Using the techniques today amounts to breaking of Google's rules of achieving top organic ranking.

Mr. Glenn said that amounted to "breaking the promises" to the other 15 nations that take part in the project, endangering international participation in future programs.

After ticking off a list of Mr. Bush's domestic proposals, Professor Kettl said, "When you start piling these things up, it amounts to a fundamental break with existing policy and an enormous change for the future".

Israeli officials say they are considering a range of punitive measures toward the Palestinians if they carry out their plan at the United Nations, because it amounts to a unilateral step that breaks the framework of their negotiating relationship.

A Human Resources Administration official said the city had turned down a request to supply such workers, because it amounted to strike breaking, and she expressed puzzlement at the flier's distribution.

This would, in effect, amount to breaking up Endesa.Neither E.ON nor Endesa wants that.

American officials contend that his activities did not amount to breaking the law.

"I broke it by 4kg which is a huge amount to break it by in this sport, so to me this bronze medal feels like a gold medal and I hope people see it like that".

Slate's Mickey Kaus thinks that Barack Obama's decision to appoint Jim Johnson as the head of his vice-presidential search committee amounts to a broken promise.