Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was essential to determine future American policy over Japan and to be clear as to the American commitment to Japan . |
| 2 | The purchaser will insist on an asset sale either because he has identified significant liabilities which he can not risk or because he is simply nervous as to the general state of the business and the risk of unforeseen liabilities . |
| 3 | Dobslaff 's intense canvases owe more to the abstract than to the figurative tradition . |
| 4 | Like the Open Software Foundation before it , Unix International may be forced to relinquish its seat on the board of the X/Open Co Ltd because to the financial cost of membership . |
| 5 | However , they remained undecided as to the precise role for the EC and agreed that a decision would be deferred pending the forthcoming visit to South Africa by the Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom , the Netherlands and Portugal . |
| 6 | Alternatively , the purchaser may simply consider that there is a high probability of claims arising under the warranties and is unsure as to the financial ability of the vendor to pay for future claims or its ability to locate an individual vendor who for example , may emigrate . |
| 7 | As regards land spreading , the equipment available must be considered carefully and guidelines are available as to the best time to spread the manure , in order to minimise the possibility of causing a nuisance . |
| 8 | What caused the accident remains a mystery , although a cut in on of the rear tyres was discovered over a week later , but according to Lotus is was impossible to be categoric as to the real cause . |
| 9 | Scepticism would paradoxically produce more sympathy , for one is left rather baffled as to the inner life of both women . |
| 10 | The agent will examine the offending order and discuss it with his clients , in particular as to the precise grounds of objection and whether the client indeed has a locus standi to object . |
| 11 | None of them would have any formal local attachment other than to the large constituency as a whole . |
| 12 | While this idea probably proves more challenging to the men participating than to the average feminist , this also indicates the experimental intention of the photographer who is seeking to provoke discussion rather than provide trenchant commentary . |
| 13 | Trent had been correct as to the alligator-skin wallet but there were n't any credit cards . |
| 14 | The one sets off and contrasts with the other , and a choir should give a lead as much to the spoken as to the sung parts . |
| 15 | Ideas and concepts may thus be in fact misleading as to the real condition of existence ; they are not the reflection of the economic system but the product of a complex historical process of changing adaptation . |
| 16 | They are at best generalisations and can be misleading as to the relative scale of different features . |
| 17 | People are often uncertain as to the exact nature of the enquiry they wish to make concerning the Museum collections . |
| 18 | Later psychologists were cautious not to be too specific as to the exact nature of the local sign . |
| 19 | The publisher will require the client to complete an enquiry form so as to be satisfied as to the factual accuracy of the advertisement . |