Example sentences of "as to the [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 The Sheriff Principal , in referring to the views of the Sheriff , expressed some doubt as to the entitlement of the pursuers to recover 75 per cent of the contract price if they had no legal justification for refusing to complete the installation .
2 They were not , however , fully tenanted , perhaps because the ‘ stringent regulations as to the hours of closing and constant supervision ’ discouraged the single women for whom they were intended .
3 Egypt argued that protest put those States into dispute with Egypt as to the interpretation of the Armistice Agreement and the Suez Canal Convention .
4 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 .
5 Solicitors wishing to enquire as to the interpretation of the rules should telephone or write to Professional Ethics , .
6 He is resigned to public indifference to the benefits of efficiency , as well as to the effects of greenhouse gases .
7 Meanwhile rising prices and growing food shortages stimulated growing resentment , especially since these deprivations were popularly attributed as much to profiteering as to the effects of German submarine warfare on Britain 's food supplies .
8 Much of the substance of Wilberforce s supposition as to the effects of aroused opinion in the country on the legislature had finally come to pass a half-century later .
9 There is a great deal of evidence and experience as to the effects of anoxia ( oxygen deficiency ) in the later foetal stage or at birth in the incidence of mental subnormality and cerebral palsy .
10 As to the effects of the prohibitions contained in the 1950 Act , the European Court held that this turned on the issue of –proportionality' — i.e. if the aim of the Sunday trading prohibition could be achieved by other means which would have a less serious effect on the free flow of goods , then the law would contravene Article 30 of the Treaty of Rome .
11 Although there is general agreement that distention of the oesophagus causes an increase in basal UOS pressure , there is confusion as to the effects of oesophagel acidification on basal UOS pressure .
12 Er , the second issue is did the plaintiff , Mr ask Peter to get him out of the contract between exchange and completion er that is clearly in dispute but if he did then the further issue is this , were the defendants in breach of contract in failing to advise the plaintiffs at a stage as to the effects of national condition of sale twenty two two and a way out of the contract which was open to him .
13 Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour .
14 There was no consensus as to the credibility of the commonly mentioned estimate of 100,000 Iraqi war dead , no official figures having been provided despite the obligation under the Geneva Convention for the military authorities to attempt to account for enemy dead .
15 As we go to press , there has been no satisfactory explanation as to the withdrawal of the number one seed Monica Seles from the Wimbledon Women 's Singles at the last moment .
16 It would be equally inconceivable that any army should be composed as to the majority of cowards , of gun-shy .
17 One of the clearest and best examples of a government on the whole scrupulous to comply with the rule of law narrowly defined yet consistently flouting it , as to the majority of its citizens , when broadly defined is the government of the Republic of South Africa , in relation to its non-white citizens .
18 A recent paper by Norman , Quinn and Malin ( 1988 ) expresses concern as to the degree of involvement of nurses in the resource management process .
19 Record manufacturers formerly pleased themselves as to the degree of attenuation or enhancement used and in the early '50s , an amplifier might have several switched replay positions whilst another provided plug-in networks to suit records and cartridges .
20 The drafting of the Convention brought out interesting differences between the common law and civil law countries as to the degree of acceptability of consuls and commissioners .
21 This view left room for considerable differences of opinion as to the means by which the labouring poor should be encouraged to work — by coercion or persuasion ; as to the degree to which those who worked could provide for all their needs , such as their children 's education , housing , sickness , old age , widowhood , or required support from the state in some or all of these circumstances ; and as to the degree of culpability of those who did not provide for themselves .
22 Fourth , the justices were undecided as to the degree of the father 's violence towards the children , but were satisfied that the relationship between the mother and father was violent .
23 A consensus conference was held in April in Fillerval , France , where there was sufficient consensus as to the degree of risk that the need for urgent advice was perceived .
24 The conclusions were not totally negative , though they were swayed by some rather bold assumptions as to the degree of help and co-operation to be expected from the Dominions and the Sterling Area .
25 It was recognized that a work of literature might employ , to advance its serious purpose , a style which resembled , or had the same effect as , the pornographer 's : here the jury was to be assisted to draw the line by experts who would offer judgments as to the degree of importance the article represented in its particular discipline .
26 In a statement , the MIB stressed that Gooch and Gallagher have both been convicted of serious driving offences , though opinions differ as to the degree of responisbility of each driver .
27 as to the forms of order which it is permissible to make where an order is sought against a person or persons ‘ knowingly concerned . ’
28 I probed Gillian further as to the wellsprings of her professional satisfaction .
29 Sometimes , another dealer tipped off a director as to the identities of miscreants , so as to curry favour for which he might reap a tangible reward like extra leads .
30 As to the possibility of the crew shooting some extra footage whilst at the museum , I am afraid this would have to be dependent on the time taken for the shots we plan for use in our Project Video .
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