1.   Alioto replied that the deal amounted to an illegal combination between the Fangs and Hearst, saying they never intended to have truly competing papers.

2.   But the government contended that the deal still amounted to a takeover that would inhibit competition between the two carriers on nine critical routes.

3.   But they also said that the deal amounted to bending treaty requirements, under which the president of the new bank would have an eight-year term.

4.   The deal amounted, more or less, to theft.

5.   The deal amounts to a partial bailout for Slim.

6.   The plaintiffs claim the deal amounted to little better than real estate speculation.

7.   Daley acknowledged that the deals would only amount to slivers off the trade deficit.

8.   HAMAS said the deal amounted to a surrender of land and rights.

9.   However, the deal does not amount to an electoral pact, and candidates from both parties will fight each other at the election.

10.   It said the power-sharing deal amounted to installing a military dictatorship.