Sentence examples for were tantamount from inspiring English sources

Meshal said that these demands were tantamount to a recognition of Israel.

In the hands of Japanese artists the scrolls were tantamount to primitive films.

The conditions he found on the plantations, he says, were tantamount to slavery.

The killings of Armenians, Mr. Foxman wrote, were "tantamount to genocide".

Rather, both were tantamount to philosophy, or should at least take their cue from the world of ideas.

Mr. Spitzer said the fees were tantamount to kickbacks, encouraging brokers to steer business to the most lucrative insurers.

But he said Mr. Park's overall acts were tantamount to "supporting and joining forces with an antistate entity".

According to Tony Cocker, chief executive of E.On, these were "smeared across everybody's bill" and were tantamount to a "poll tax".

They decided that the company would not provide coverage for certain forms of contraception, such as the I.U.D., which, in their view, were tantamount to abortion.

It's tantamount to bullying.

It's tantamount to secondary victimisation".