Example sentences of "as to [pron] [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We think now , as Christmas approaches , and that elusive fishkeeping present becomes top priority , is the perfect time to get the unbiased recommendations of our experts as to what they would buy , given the chance . |
| 2 | P. A friendly person , someone who is good to session with , someone who can appreciate someone else 's skating and not to judge them as to what they can do but also who they are and how they are . |
| 3 | There is a difference , I think , between making children feel responsible for righting the wrongs of the world that we as adults have created , but at the same time to be able to enable them to think constructively as to what they can do . |
| 4 | In theory it is possible to obtain insurance against warranty liability ( e.g. Directors and officers ) but in practice the insurers are normally so demanding in the kind of confirmations they require and so restrictive as to what they will insure ( eg not taxation ) that this is rarely practicable or worthwhile . |
| 5 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 6 | When the time came there was not much doubt as to what they should do . |
| 7 | They will not be pressurised as to what they should put on or should not put on . |
| 8 | Even when you have reached a rational decision as to what they should learn , watching them do it can be agony as well as ecstasy . |
| 9 | They were walking round the house speculating as to what they should sell and had paused here in this far from gloomy room , this warm , sunny , charming room , and laughed at that gloomy picture , at its sentimental naivety . |
| 10 | I only wish I was clear as to what we will do myself , you may be sure . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It gave everyone a good introduction as to what we can expect — the weather was hot and the pitch typically flat . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Violette has even advised me as to what you might like . |
| 13 | It is important to leave yourself enough time before the wedding in order to give much consideration as to what you would like to say , to do any research necessary , as well as to write your speech and to perform any last minute pruning . |
| 14 | Are you open to suggestions from the educational field as a whole as to what you should do and what 's important and so on ? |
| 15 | The five locations are well varied and carefully drawn , with each having its own character and ‘ flavour ’ — their names give some clue as to what you can expect : - ‘ Dungeon Delirium ’ , ‘ Submarine Insanity ’ , ‘ Manhattan Madness ’ , ‘ Alaskan Ice Cream ’ , and ‘ Spaceship Frenzy ’ . |
| 16 | Post-production editing is a boon if you are uncertain as to what you will want to include in the final version of the video . |
| 17 | I palpated the abdomen with a grim certainty as to what I would find and there was no surprise , only a dull sadness as my fingers closed around a hard lobulated mass deep among the viscera . |
| 18 | Erm , I never had any idea as to what I might do when I left school , in fact erm , apart from basket making and er one or two manual skills of that sort erm , there was n't much available . |
| 19 | Have you any suggestions as to what I might try to overcome the problem ? |
| 20 | The meeting had been arranged with intense , frantic planning as to detail , with letters despatched by lawyers through couriers , paragraphs changed bo mutual request , assurances as to what I could say or not and , indeed , whether I could admit that I had even appeared on this day at the august offices of Olympia & York . |
| 21 | Stephen had no clear idea , no idea at all really , as to what he would do when he and the man encountered each other . |
| 22 | But he goes on , he goes on and the body of his evidence my Lord is to speculate as to what he would have done and what Mr should have done in the circumstances of this er case and reference is made to the professional conduct guide in paragraph three two . |
| 23 | A constable need not be in uniform when he effects the arrest ( and calls for the defendant to desist as a preliminary ) , although if an off-duty policeman does attempt to implement the Act , strict conditions should be observed as to what he must do and say to make it plain that he is a constable . |
| 24 | He will also appreciate having his memory jogged as to what he should record at any given time . |
| 25 | For years he and his father before him had endured advice from well-meaning lunatics as to what he should do with the place — concreting the stones , or letting archaeologists burrow under them with their excavations , or digging a defensive moat round it — and Sir Edmund Antrobus , Bart , had had enough . |
| 26 | It is administration , rather than deciding issues or resolving disputes , even though the certifier often has to accept or reject claims by the contractor as to what he should certify for payment . |
| 27 | By contrast , the Labour party has been silent about new technology , preferring to mutter about unemployment without putting forward detailed proposals as to what it would do about the problem beyond throwing public money at the dole queues . |
| 28 | As to what it would achieve … ’ |
| 29 | A good illustration of this principle is provided by the rules concerning ‘ statutory default powers ’ , that is , powers of ministers of central government to give directions to an authority which fails to perform some statutory duty ( or , sometimes , a statutory power ) as to what it must do in pursuance of its duty ( or in exercise of its power ) . |
| 30 | One of them apparently recognised Ranulf and called out honey-phrased invitations as to what she would offer for a silver coin . |