Amounted

Examples

• His dislike of mankind, of the mass of mankind, amounted almost to an illness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The coinage of the United States mints since the organization of the government has amounted to nearly 6,000,000,000 pieces, valued at over $4,000,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Our total loss (not including Burnside's) in all these engagements amounted to 757 killed, 4,529 wounded and 330 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But it amounted to little. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• So far as ability of control, of management, was concerned, it amounted to rule-of-thumb procedure, to routine. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It amounted almost to horror, to a sort of dream terror--his horror of being observed by some other people. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• His property in money amounted to nearly three thousand pounds. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Our casualties during these operations amounted to 394 killed, I,554 wounded and 324 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Howe won his suit, and the infringers were obliged to pay him royalties, which, for a time, amounted to $25 on each machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• When I arrived Hovey's skirmishing amounted almost to a battle. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The beaming sight, and the penetrating warmth, seemed to breed in him a cumulative cheerfulness, which soon amounted to delight. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The deflection of the tubes in the centre amounted to only three-quarters of an inch in each cell; it being rather less when the trains were at full speed than when stationary. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A tax, therefore, which amounted to one half, must have been an effectual bar to it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It had not positively amounted to a desire, but it had always been a favourite dream. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• During these eleven years, the tonnage bounties paid amounted to ?155,463:11s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Our captures in all amounted to 169 guns, besides small-arms, with full supplies of ammunition, and 2,083 prisoners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When the minor came to de of age, another tax, called relief, was still due to the superior, which generally amounted likewise to a year's rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• According to this account, the whole debt paid off, during eleven years of profound peace, amounted only to ?10,415,476:16:9 7/8. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Only one little gleam of hope did I get--and yet it amounted to nothing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He shook the box, and threw eight, ten, and nine; the three casts amounted to twenty-seven. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The total production throughout the world amounted to over $450,000,000, of which the United States produced $96,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Our numbers amounted to not quite two thousand persons. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The traffic returns for the week ending the 25th of September, 1858, amounted to ￡502,720; and the gross receipts of the railways in 1857 were ￡24,174,610. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• As to my aunt's letter, it simply amounted, poor soul, to this--that she dare not disobey her medical man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In 1764, therefore, the public debt of Great Britain, funded and unfunded together, amounted, according to this author, to ?139,561,807:2:4. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He could perceive that the curiosity which had been shown by the hair-cutting group amounted in his mother to concern. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• This wire would extend around the earth about 120 times, and the messages amounted to one million a day for every day in that year. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The expense of 1761, for example, amounted to more than ?19,000,000. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Her son and heir interrupted her at this moment, by such hard breathing as almost amounted to a snore. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Was that all a human being amounted to? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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