Commission officials denied that the decision amounted to sanctions against Israel.

A decision not to report a bill amounts to a rejection of the proposal.

Finally, this decision amounts to the choice of whether to pick up the artist's annual option.

Every difficult decision, every hard choice, ultimately amounted to nothing whatsoever.

Some said the board's decision amounted to an unrealistic insistence on its members' Christian views.

The decision amounts to banning the party, one of the most popular in Flanders.

They believe the decision amounts to a breach of contract and plan to take the case to court.

This is what his decision in the Thomas Grasso case amounts to.

Secondly, this decision amounts to a retrograde step in terms of environmental policy as well.

That decision amounted to a premeditated crime against the entire nation.