The user may need increasing amounts to get the same effect.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

The vote in the U.S.House of Representatives was largely along party lines, with Republicans saying the bill amounts to excessive government spending.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

It is unfortunate that some would use the religious zeal of sincere Somalis to prosecute what amounts to terrorism and the promotion of their agenda,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Congressman John Kline, the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, repeated the Republicans' view that the Democrat-proposed legislation amounts to a government takeover.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

Trade between the United States and Honduras amounts to over $7 billion a year.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

Republican critics have said it amounts to a government takeover of health insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Funding for Russia's best research institutes amounts to no more than five percent of comparable institutions in the United States, according to a source cited by Thomson Reuters.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

Scientists warn the impact of climate change is hitting the world faster than previous predictions by Pachauri's IPCC, which amounts to a more conservative consensus of top world researchers.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

While France's famous 35-hour work week is no longer compulsory, many French workers still enjoy what amounts to a seven-hour day, and many have weeks of paid vacations each year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Republicans oppose a proposed surtax on high wage earnings to pay for the new system, and assert that plan amounts to a government takeover of health care that would be far more expensive than Democrats and the president project.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

This left even less gold and silver to exchange for the huge amounts of paper money the banks had issued.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

But all the structures remained standing thanks in large part to the large amounts of duct tape used by the students.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

Drinking large amounts of alcohol over long periods of time has also been linked to a number of cancers.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

A crowd of about 1,000 marched to a nearby store, broke into it, and destroyed large amounts of flour and grain.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Most countries in Africa,he says, are selling fishing rights to industrialized nations which catch large amounts of seafood.

VOA: special.2009.08.11