1.   An investigation would likely determine whether the lease arrangements amounted to gifts that should have been reported.

2.   An investigation would presumably decide whether the lease arrangements amounted to gifts.

3.   Critics said that arrangement amounts to a cable-company monopoly over Internet access.

4.   Critics said the proposed arrangement amounted to a kickback for Foundation.

5.   His spokesman, Anthony McCarthy, emphasized that the arrangement did not amount to Cummings cutting a deal.

6.   So the arrangement amounts to a delicate three-way dance involving the two railroads and each shipper.

7.   Ron Walker, the chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, sent an official complaint to FIA questioning whether the arrangement amounted to a fair sporting contest.