But the agreement amounted to little more than a consensus that the talks must restart.

He said today's agreement amounted to "a full accord on every single sentence of the constitutional arrangements" and added, "We should all be satisfied.

Mr. Fitzgerald asserted that the nondisclosure agreement amounted to a "gag order."

That was essentially what the agreement amounted to.

He disputed that the station's agreement to the journalists' demands after their strike amounted to a change in news policy.

But the agreement builds in no enforcement mechanism and amounts to little more than pious disinformation.

This cozy little agreement between the league and the colleges amounts to restraint of trade, preventing Sanders from earning a living.

But neither agreement amounted to much in practice because the two sides could not agree on detailed adherence.

The agreement amounted to a new international code that defined aggressive war as a crime against the world and included the classification "crimes against humanity."

How is it possible that agreement among 47 percent of the death penalty jurisdictions amounts to "consensus"?