Example sentences of "as to [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Ackroyd has here performed the not impossible feat of plagiarising himself — while leaving the reader in doubt as to whether the writer shares this implausible estimate of Chatterton 's marvellous buoyancy . |
| 2 | Sammut wo n't be drawn into a debate as to whether Michelin is fair to women or not . |
| 3 | You must make a value judgement as to whether you can cope with any further hard blows on the injury site . |
| 4 | Such behaviour did not recommended itself to another , more discreet , influence on Leonard during those undergraduate years : Professor F.R. Scott , later Dean of the Faculty of Law , presently , while Leonard swithered and swayed as to whether he should commit himself to the arts or commerce , his lecturer in law . |
| 5 | Concerned as to whether he was adequately looking after himself , but especially concerned as to his future as a writer . |
| 6 | Clearly , conscious processes are central to an individual 's own experience , but most of us remain neutral as to whether they are central to cognitive processes given that many , if not most , of these are not conscious . |
| 7 | Ultimately , the two variables of impinging stimulus and evoked sensation are internally rather than externally related ; for our estimate of the properties of the impinging stimulus — and the decision as to whether or not those properties ‘ justify ’ the sensation they give rise to — is based upon the norms of , necessarily subjective , experience . |
| 8 | Also there were doubts as to whether the panelling in the proposed new location was strong enough to take the weight of the new clock and its ‘ sculptured ’ bracket . |
| 9 | No sooner had the announcement been made than it was withdrawn , pending deliberations by Lincolnshire County Council as to whether subsidisation could be considered as a way of continuance . |
| 10 | Commenting on the Bent ( sorry , this is a printing error ) Walker figures , accountants Peat Marwidk McLintock & Leigh Carr said : ‘ We are unable to form an opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company … ’ |
| 11 | Some scepticism has been expressed by tenants as to whether independently judged rents will be significantly lower than those asked by brewers . |
| 12 | But the five year supply deal signed by Enterprise , by which Bass continue to provide the beers , must raise questions as to whether the letter , if not the spirit , of the Supply of Beer Orders are being broken . |
| 13 | With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life . |
| 14 | Parajournalist and apocalyptic naturalist through and through , the novelist records anxious speculation in ‘ our town ’ as to whether the seventy representatives of the nine hundred workmen at the Spigulin factory are too many to constitute a delegation . |
| 15 | But the question must remain as to whether a Japanese giant with five times the turnover of the Virgin group will be content to stay a minority player in the long term . |
| 16 | Sir : Your Outlook Column ( 3 October ) ended with the statement : But the question must remain as to whether a Japanese giant with five times the turnover of the Virgin Group will be content to stay a minority player . |
| 17 | There was also uncertainty among experts as to whether it belonged to Picasso 's Blue or Pink period . |
| 18 | ‘ We did not bring them here to sit in the stand , ’ Roxburgh said , although he would not commit himself as to whether either was considered a starter against the French . |
| 19 | ‘ After Joveworth went I was really in two minds as to whether to pack it in . |
| 20 | As to whether the defendant 's claim was barred by section 10 of the Limitation Act 1980 , the defendant 's right to claim contribution accrued on the date when the plaintiff was given judgment : 6 February 1986 . |
| 21 | Ambiguous as to whether or not Singer drowned himself , it looks at an era — 1964 to 1979 — during which the spirit of rapacious capitalism he personified was at any rate submerged . |
| 22 | The effect of the Famine in 1921–2 was far more crippling in the Volga provinces than in Tambov guberniia , so that one can argue either way as to whether it had a stimulating or depressing effect on the mettle of the Tambov Greens ; certainly in Samara and Saratov its vehemence blew out all hope of resistance . |
| 23 | Conservatism is a polemic against Conservatism and more particularly Thatcherism , but Honderich 's own work raises the question as to whether the two are related . |
| 24 | Even if one discounts this problem , there is the question as to whether the tradition of authority and concern with social discipline is sufficient in itself to define Conservatism and to distinguish it from other ideologies . |
| 25 | While Stone struggles to keep open the question as to whether more divorce produces an increase in the sum of human happiness , he is obviously uneasy about the way in which divorce has become a routine and largely administrative process . |
| 26 | It lodged in my mind to try and answer the question as to whether there was something special about the depiction of angels in post-conquest art , and if so , what it could be . |
| 27 | But it was evident that an argument was taking place between the adults , possibly as to whether their need of a refrigerator was greater than their desire for a mammoth room heater . |
| 28 | Yesterday Mr David Trippier , the Environment Minister , announced in a Commons written reply to Mr Neil Hamilton ( C. Tatton ) that Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , had ‘ considered the question of the Three Graces very carefully following a request from the Office of Arts and Libraries for a view as to whether the statue was included in the listing of Woburn Abbey ’ . |
| 29 | The Ombudsmansays of the SE 's findings : ‘ Among the authors ’ conclusions was the view that ‘ there must be substantial doubts as to whether the Barlow Clowes and James Ferguson companies and their directors can be considered fit and proper ’ for membership of the Stock Exchange . ’ |
| 30 | This in turn gives us a clue as to whether the ‘ feelgood ’ aura from rising house prices is likely to be reversed quickly . |