Commission officials denied that the decision amounted to sanctions against Israel.

He told her that her views amounted to "a grave scandal against the Church."

The White House had complained that this amounted to unconstitutional discrimination against a single state.

In effect, the letter was an open challenge to the very foundation of the colonial regime, and amounted to a declaration of war against it.

The methods used amounted to a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud.

Business executives said opposing the plant bill amounted to a first line of defense against that larger labor agenda.

To achieve his objectives, he found that he had to declare what amounted to war against the people of Egypt.

But he repeatedly denied that his actions amounted to the most serious charge against him, genocide.

It amounts to a form of intergovernmental conspiracy against citizens' right to know.

That decision amounted to a premeditated crime against the entire nation.