Example sentences of "as to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 P/O Atherton was a very experienced pilot , with a second pilot as navigator , so one can not accept that they could be so far off course as to reach the target thirty minutes later , especially as the fires started in the docks by the bombing raid of Blenheims of 59 Squadron could be seen from many miles away .
2 The balance between , on the one hand , presumptions as to freedom of contract and the protection of private property rights unless due compensation is paid , and the overall direction of the planning system is a complex one on which opinions may differ .
3 It makes as much sense to bet on the survival of the Government 's EMS policy as to look for tranquility in west Beirut .
4 the Friday night as to look at different things
5 Practice as to translation requirements varies greatly ; although the relevant information is set out in the Practical Handbook published by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague conference , which is held by all Central Authorities , other applicants often fall foul of the rules .
6 ( 3 ) If the defendant has delivered a defence but does not appear then if the plaintiff so requests and can give evidence of the facts and as to quantum , judgment may be given or alternatively directions ( Ord 17 , r 8 ) .
7 In any case , I did not linger long enough — as I was obliged to explain to his lordship shortly afterwards — to hear anything that would give a clue as to M. Dupont 's attitude to Mr Lewis 's remarks .
8 0704.7 General qualifications as to materiality
9 As in any ongoing business things can change ; it is often thought reasonable that at least the more general warranties should be qualified as to materiality .
10 I have every right to be here and , as to madame , she 's my friend .
11 As to knowledge , however , he need not be familiar with all the details of the contract , for otherwise the tort would hardly ever be committed .
12 If any warranties are qualified as to knowledge , the acquirer should consider whether the warrantors have sufficient knowledge of the business .
13 0704.6 General qualifications as to knowledge
14 The variation between English-language speakers about what syllables , in effect what vowels , they treat as long or short , is so great that there can be no question of imposing on English verse a quantitative metre such as was used for ancient Latin ( doubtless with some strain for those who spoke classical Latin with dialectal variations as to quantity ) .
15 Substitute nourishment may be inadequate both as to quantity and quality ( including sanitation ) and may be a source of intestinal disorders ( Gordon , et al.
16 It is good to know that people are carefully prepared for this great venture and that both the would-be parents and their home are thoroughly investigated as to suitability .
17 Views differ as to suitability of various systems and it may well be that different systems and models emerge .
18 Both parents may also be coping with the doubts and identity crises which are common to midlife as well as to adolescence .
19 It was , of course , the purchasers business to employ a surveyor , whether a house or a boat was in question , and Pinkie would not be offering Dreadnought with any kind of guarantee as to soundness , only , after all , as to quaintness .
20 What is at stake in this , and in the work of a number of other writers whom Neale acknowledged , is a sensitivity to generic difference as much as to repetition , and , in particular , to generic difference which can not simply be assigned to the magical agency of authorship .
21 Currently influential acquisition theories provide two different sources for the acquisition of argument structure : a meaning-driven approach whereby cognitively available information as to a verb 's meaning predicts the number and type of elements involved in its syntactic complementation , and a syntax-driven approach whereby information as to verb 's complementation tells the learner about its meaning .
22 5.9.5 On a permitted assignment to a private limited company and if the Landlord shall reasonably so require to procure that a guarantor or guarantors reasonably acceptable to the Landlord enter into direct covenants with the Landlord in the form of the Guarantor 's covenant contained in this Lease with " the Assignee " substituted for " the Tenant " There are various matters to be considered in connection with a permitted underlease ( not the least of which being as to whether the tenant should be allowed to underlet part or parts of the premises as well as to whole ) , eg : ( 1 ) In respect of any permitted underlease it is better to remove reference to the landlord 's approval of the rent reserved by it , and if possible ( particularly in a falling market ) to remove reference to the rent being no less than the passing rent under the lease , although the landlord will normally object to this on the basis that a low underlease rent could be used as a comparable on any subsequent rent review under the lease .
23 Agreement should also be reached as to responsibility for maintenance , repairs and insurance of the property ( see Precedent 53 ) .
24 On 11 May , 1925 the following advertisement appeared in The Athletic News : ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB is open to receive applications for the position of TEAM MANAGER He must be fully experienced and possess the highest qualifications for the post , both as to ability and personal character .
25 But , subject to the limitations as to purpose and effect that I have mentioned , there is no reason , in my opinion , to place any further limitations on the steps that , under section 61(1) , can be directed to be taken .
26 If black people had been separately created in Africa , and Red Indians in the Americas , and so on , then it might be as legitimate to enslave them as to enslave cattle .
27 Provisions as to forfeiture for non-payment of rent
28 As to gold , sheets of the metal were applied to the large shale buttons found with prestigious burials under a group of round barrows in Wessex .
29 As to strand 2 — the north-south strand — of the talks to which the Secretary of State referred , the new Taoiseach announced that articles 2 and 3 would be on the table , and we all understand that .
30 The question of whether or not any undertakings as to confidentiality were given would by itself have been irrelevant as a defence under the Official Secrets Act .
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