Example sentences of "[noun] as [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guard 's sorrow had been caused by the vet 's mistaken optimism as to the dog 's ailment . |
| 2 | ‘ Rape , to my mind , imports at least indifference as to the woman 's consent … . |
| 3 | In such cases the composition of the government will rest as much on negotiations conducted between the parties as on the elections per se . |
| 4 | They should also inform shoppers as to the product 's environmental friendliness from cradle to grave — evaluated according to standardized criteria . |
| 5 | The court will not validate a transaction where there are serious doubts as to the company 's solvency , such that continued trading could reduce the value of the assets to the prejudice of the company 's creditors or shareholders , such as by continuing to incur trading losses . |
| 6 | But just to prove what a bunch of contrary bastards they can still be , ‘ Arms Control Poseur ’ , combining a relentless bass drum with Smith 's diffident sneering , soars about the mêlée , shattering any doubts as to the band 's continued well-being . |
| 7 | But just to prove what a bunch of contrary bastards they can still be , ‘ Arms Control Poseur ’ , combining a relentless bass drum with Smith 's diffident sneering , soars about the mêlée , shattering any doubts as to the band 's continued well-being . |
| 8 | These two expressions leave doubts as to the testator 's intentions . |
| 9 | With a floating rate loan the borrower incurs uncertainty as to the loan 's cost over its term but benefits if market interest rates decline from their initial level when the loan was granted . |
| 10 | The scFv fragment is flanked by SfiI and NotI sites as in the vector pHEN1 23 , to facilitate the cloning of scFv fragments selected from phage display libraries 4 . |
| 11 | The value of this procedure is much diminished by the decision In the Estate of Wipperman [ 1955 ] P 59 ; [ 1953 ] 1 All ER 764 , that an examiner may not include in the deposition any opinion as to the witness 's credibility ( Ord 20 , r 13(5) ( e ) ; note 39/13/1 in The Supreme Court Practice ) . |
| 12 | The court will then be in a position to enable it to form its own opinion as to the plaintiff 's chances of success . |
| 13 | In more recent times the functioning of Swedish industrial relations has been as much , if not more , dependent upon the centralisation of power within the employers ' confederation as upon the unions ' peak organisation . |
| 14 | Sexual dysfunction may arise from fear of pregnancy or parenthood , anxiety as to the possibility of venereal disease , guilt as to a child 's disability , or anger at the sex role thrust upon one by society . |
| 15 | Local authorities are expected to resolve any questions as to a child 's ordinary residence by agreement , failing which the Secretary of State will decide ( s30(2) ) . |
| 16 | On this appeal questions as to the court 's jurisdiction and as to the proper construction of the university 's statutes have been raised . |
| 17 | This should ensure that a deception as to the defendant 's present intentions or as to his state of mind is covered by the section . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) That since it could not be said that the jury would inevitably have convicted the defendant if before the trial the defence had been given the statement of the deceased 's husband and the two statements of her sister , if the jury had properly been directed with regard to evidence as to the defendant 's previous good character , and if they had received guidance from the judge on their problem concerning the evidence , the proviso to section 14(1) of the Judicature ( Appellate Jurisdiction ) Act could not be applied to uphold the conviction ; and that , accordingly , the case would be remitted to the Court of Appeal of Jamaica with the direction that it should quash the conviction and either enter a verdict of acquittal or order a new trial , whichever it considered proper in the interests of justice ( post , p. 169C–D , G–H ) . |
| 19 | Accounting reports measure profit and therefore provide direct evidence as to the organization 's performance in a year . |
| 20 | Mr. Smith , Mr. Morgan and Miss Calagarri each gave evidence as to the deceased 's mental state and apparent competence on the occasion of 18 April 1986 when the contents of the testamentary document were written and the document was signed . |
| 21 | Zimbabwean pop music has now hit the Western scene , and those who know regard contemporary Shona sculpture as among the world 's finest . |
| 22 | ( 3 ) This section applies to a contract if — ( a ) the rent does not exceed the figure applicable in accordance with subsection ( 4 ) , and ( b ) the letting is not on such terms as to the tenant 's responsibility as are mentioned in subsection ( 5 ) … ( 5 ) This section does not apply where a house is let for a term of three years or more ( the lease not being determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years ) upon terms that the tenant puts the premises into a condition reasonably fit for human habitation . |
| 23 | SAS Institute Inc — it likes to be called sass , not SAS as in the UK 's Special Air Services — held its tenth annual European User Group meeting , SEUGI ‘ 92 , in Vienna a couple of weeks ago . |
| 24 | If the colouristic range seems limited in places , that may have as much to do with the rather desiccated 30-year-old recording as with the composer 's only part-time virtuoso fingers . |
| 25 | The actual formation of gangs depends as much on the splits and alliances made by the gang leaders as on the gangs ' internal dynamics . |
| 26 | Now the erect pointed ears scanned for further clues as to the quarry 's line of movement . |
| 27 | Now Darlington detectives are hoping the crimebusting programme will bring forward more clues as to the man 's identity . |
| 28 | The offer document must also contain a statement as to the offeror 's ability to pay any proposed cash consideration and must indicate the contemplated level of future indebtedness of itself and the target company , the offeror 's objective in making the bid and its intention towards the target company if the bid succeeds . |
| 29 | Next is a desire to maximise fixed interest rate financing thereby providing some degree of certainty as to the project 's financial cost . |
| 30 | 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 . |