6 sentences with 'amounted'
Example sentences and phrases with the word amounted and other words derived from it.
• « At one time, car thefts amounted to more than 22,000 a year, a figure so overwhelming that the police barely had time to deal with complaints by phone and could rarely investigate. »
• « Henry's share of the profits amounted to about $25,000, although he had not contributed a cent. »
• « His demands for free labour from the Hebrew people amounted to one day out of every three spent working on palaces and royal construction projects - an enormous amount from a contemporary perspective, but one that was at least comparable to the redistributive economies of nearby kingdoms. »
• « This amounted to a royal-controlled and militarily enforced monopoly of maritime trade between Europe and India and Africa that lasted well into the 16th century. Thus, tiny Portugal was, for a time, one of the richest states in Europe. »
• « All these activities amounted to a cultural reaction to the Reformation that took from Protestantism its focus on the individual's spiritual connection to God. »
• « The most radical were called the Diggers, who sought to establish what amounted to a proto-communist society in which property and land were held in common. »