Example sentences of "as [prep] what they [vb mod] [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 . |