Example sentences of "as to [noun] " 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 They include exclusive dealing agreements , trademark agreements , patent and registered design agreements , know-how agreements , copyright agreements and agreements as to goods with an overseas operation .
3 3 False statements as to goods and services
4 By the end of April , in spite of various declarations emanating from Libya as to circumstances under which the Lockerbie suspects , Abdel Baset Ali Mohammed al-Megrahi and al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah might agree to face a judicial hearing abroad , the two men remained in Libya .
5 False statements as to services — section 14
6 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 .
7 No vain hope , as it happens , for ( as to Crusoe ) the world came .
8 It makes as much sense to bet on the survival of the Government 's EMS policy as to look for tranquility in west Beirut .
9 the Friday night as to look at different things
10 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 .
11 ( 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 ) .
12 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 .
13 0704.7 General qualifications as to materiality
14 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 .
15 I have every right to be here and , as to madame , she 's my friend .
16 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 .
17 If any warranties are qualified as to knowledge , the acquirer should consider whether the warrantors have sufficient knowledge of the business .
18 0704.6 General qualifications as to knowledge
19 Any doubts as to questions of reasonableness in either respect are resolved in favour of the paying party .
20 Any doubts as to questions of reasonableness in either respect are to be resolved in favour of the receiving party .
21 Labour 's faulty fairness is something — Hon. Members should see what Basil Fawlty has done to hospitals as well as to hotels .
22 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 ) .
23 Substitute nourishment may be inadequate both as to quantity and quality ( including sanitation ) and may be a source of intestinal disorders ( Gordon , et al.
24 Roxburgh 's conclusions as to consequences can not be sustained today in light of the United Nations Charter restrictions upon the use of force and intervention .
25 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 .
26 Views differ as to suitability of various systems and it may well be that different systems and models emerge .
27 Both parents may also be coping with the doubts and identity crises which are common to midlife as well as to adolescence .
28 As to GATT , a trade war between America and Europe would be bad for people 's stand of living in the long run but it would n't have much direct effect on Courtaulds .
29 Durkheim wrote that , ‘ there is something impersonal in us because there is something social in all of us , and since social life embraces at once both representations and practices , this impersonality naturally extends to ideas as well as to acts . ’
30 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 .
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