Example sentences of "[to-vb] as [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not propose to speculate as to the decision of a reviewing court on the question of reasonableness . |
| 2 | The discursive mode of Amalgamemnon is also plausible realistically in as much as the future and other unreal verb forms are commonly used in news broadcasts to describe scheduled events , to make meteorological and economic forecasts , and to speculate as to the possible consequences of events that have already taken place . |
| 3 | Would my right hon. Friend care to speculate as to the impact on pensioner living standards of the suggestion that petrol prices be increased by 50p per gallon , and especially the impact on pensioners who live in the country and who need a motor car for shopping and other aspects of life ? |
| 4 | It is unprofitable to speculate as to the theme or subject — only the feet and parts of the lower bodies of two figures , as well as what might be a phallus or cornucopia , remain . |
| 5 | By 8.5d.p.c. ( b' ) expression posterior of r4 begins to regress as in the control , but there is a broadened domain extending from r4 into the midbrain . |
| 6 | Erm , we called a lodge meeting before the annual leave , annual shutdown , and in that lodge meeting all three quarries agreed to go on a work to rule as from the resumption of work , which is second week of August . |
| 7 | Pete Waterman 's refusal to suppress his opinions has on occasion exposed him to ridicule as in the sampling storm but on the whole he appears confident and competent , clear about what he wants . |
| 8 | From these observations the task before the court on this appeal can be distilled in this form : the court is concerned to inquire as to the persons with respect to whom Parliament is presumed to have been legislating when using the expression , ‘ any person , ’ and in making that inquiry Parliament is to be taken to have been legislating only for British subjects or foreigners coming to the United Kingdom , unless the contrary is expressed ( which it is not here ) or is plainly implicit . |
| 9 | In my opinion , paragraph ( a ) , rather than paragraph ( d ) , provided the power to rectify as against the daughter . |
| 10 | I am writing to request any information you may be able to give as to the key 's history and value . |
| 11 | This has rated some fish species impossible to keep as in the case of a number of polyp-feeding butterflyfish species . |
| 12 | At the diplomatic level , where the democracy movement of the last decade had always been belittled in the foreign embassy briefings , the delay in normalising relations with post-massacre Beijing was less due to disapproval than to doubt as to the future stability of the regime . |
| 13 | This led to doubt as to the effectiveness of the decree , which also ordered the colony 's property to be handed over to a Methodist church , even though much of it had been sold to individual members of the colony , who were not themselves to be subject to specific government action . |
| 14 | The public function of GCCS was : ‘ To advise as to the security of codes and ciphers used by all government departments and to assist in their provision . ’ |
| 15 | It is not the purpose of this or the following chapter to present a comprehensive guide to the administration of a solicitors ' practice or to advise as to the ways in which its profitability can be increased . |
| 16 | Who has a better right to enquire as to the welfare of Richard of York than the lady Anne his wife ? ’ |
| 17 | But since I agree that it is your duty to enquire as to the welfare of your wedded lord , and as … ’ |
| 18 | The insurer is well entitled to enquire as to the handling of the claim and to discuss its handling throughout . |
| 19 | Solicitors wishing to enquire as to the interpretation of rules applying to multi-national practices and/or registered foreign lawyers should telephone or write to Professional Ethics . |
| 20 | Solicitors wishing to enquire as to the interpretation of the rules should telephone or write to Professional Ethics , . |
| 21 | ‘ My office is to enquire as to the cause of death , ’ he announced pompously . |
| 22 | It may be said that the Financial Secretary 's reference to the taxpayers being liable to tax as under the pre-existing law ( i.e. , under the Finance Act 1948 , section 39 as re-enacted by the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 ) shows that he was saying that the position was unchanged : nothing the Minister said could effect the proper construction of legislation already on the statute book . |
| 23 | Nowhere is the balance between the natural and the contrived so hard to attain as in the making of a ‘ domesticated ’ meadow . |