That will give you an idea of what those cases amounted to.
A writer from the very midst of the Thirty Years' War gives us the following item: "The number of courses served at funerals frequentlyamounted to as many as two hundred and thirty-four.
In the opinion of the people this courseamounted to a total renunciation of the creed, and he was accordingly dismissed.
The receipts of the previous year amounted to one hundred and ninety-five thousand thalers, which were expended for the relief of seven hundred and twenty-three churches or communities.
Those rates would generally have amounted to at least a shilling a copy, and would therefore have prevented altogether the distribution of newspapers by post.
The duty was chargeable according to the number of sheets; and in the case of some leading newspapers, such as The Times and the Illustrated London News, amounted to 1-1/2d.
When in the Execution of my Office my Salary amounted to Two Hundred and Twenty five pounds Sterl^{g}.
It is also only a small portion of the total postal traffic, which in the same year amountedto some 6,000 millions.
In the case of packets of printed matter not exceeding half an ounce in weight it amounted to 100 per cent.
For, as Dean Elderberry Foible, the head of the faculty, said, the motion that they had before them amounted practically to a revolution.
And when Miss Snagg learned that her brother in Venezuela had died--a very sudden death brought on by drinking rum for seventeen years--and had left her ten thousand dollars, the Bahee which she exhibited almost amounted to Nirvana.
On account of this the sack did not bring very much gold or money, but amounted to only two thousand ducats and some cloth and cloves.
Upon this, the superior commanded Luis to lay aside the habit; but the Lord punished the creditor by burning a great deal more of his property than the debtamounted to.
Those officials declared, because they were not bribed at the beginning, that the duties amounted to one thousand eight hundred ducados.
The king, with whom the council agreed, seems therefore to have thought it desirable to obtain beforehand the opinions of the four chief judges as to whether the alleged offenceamounted to treason.
He distinguishes three ways in which bribes may be given,[39] and ingenuously confesses that his own acts amounted to corruption and were worthy of condemnation.
That, in itself, as we fully realised, amounted very nearly to a threat of war against China, and showed us that Japan was only awaiting her opportunity.
This was added to the general store, and it was then found that the entire supply of ammunition available amounted to three hundred rounds of rifle ammunition and a little over a hundred rounds of revolver cartridge.
Our captures amounted to prisoners not counted, representing many different regiments; several pieces of artillery, and some wagons.
The number all told amounted to some thousands, scattered over the entire Coast reservation, but about fifteen hundred were located at the Grande Ronde under charge of an agent, Mr. John F.
The owners and underwriters of one of the East Indiamen he had saved from capture raised a subscription for the officers and crew, which amountedto about £4,000.
Their casualties in this last glorious battle amounted to 17 killed and 23 wounded.
It was an interesting though, fortunately, not a very dangerous experience, as the losses amounted only to one killed and one wounded.
This amounted to about a third of the fighting strength.
The remaining casualtiesamounted to nine killed and 36 wounded.
The total casualties during this period amounted to 84, of whom 16 were killed.
His interest amounted to fascination and he did not speak until O'Malley had finished three fourths of the pie.
When I first started out my sales amounted to only about $5 a day, on an average.
This he gained by observations repeated until the information gathered from them amounted to almost exact knowledge.
The stipend amounted to three hundred ducats (about L60 per annum), and was limited to three years.
Previous to all the reforms, says a witness, I believe that the number of the king's horses amounted to 3,000.
The officers, women and valets, amounted to sixteen.
The nursing was at such a low level as amounted almost to a scandal.
Within a few months of his taking the reins, the Prince established a precedent which amountedto a small revolution in its way.
Mrs. Sherwood was quite an invalid, or at least she thought she was, which amounted to about the same thing.
Mrs. Sherwood did not care to ask what the sum amounted to; but having a poor opinion of her husband's literary efforts, she considered that it could not be much.
He sent away the next day for his son, and in about twenty days he came back with the messenger, bringing six or seven horses loaded with very rich furs, and which, in the whole, amounted to a very great value.
Siberia; and dividing the produce of our effects my share amounted to 3475l.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amounted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
