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

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1 Once on a committee , a backbencher is relatively safe and select committees have been known to reject government suggestions as to suitable subjects and go their own way .
2 Journalists and producers who fell out of favour were ‘ put on the shelf ’ ( ‘ mis au placard ’ ) — thereby accentuating what was already part of broadcasting mythology : in the 1980S as in the 1940S , key managerial , editorial and programming appointments and dismissals — who 's ‘ in ’ and who 's ‘ out ’ — were attributed as much ( or more ) to political as to professional factors .
3 As to demonstrated propositions , Galileo had written , it was the duty of wise divines to show that they did not contradict the Bible .
4 Any person including any proposed acquiror of securities of the company referred to in this document or any business or assets referred to herein must satisfy himself as to all matters relating to that company or such business assets including all the information and statements contained herein .
5 Any person including any proposed acquiror of securities of the company referred to in this document or any business or assets referred to herein must satisfy himself as to all matters relating to that company or such business assets including all the information and statements contained herein .
6 I have come to the conclusion that the law of libel is one and the same as to all plaintiffs ; and that , in every action of libel , whether the statement complained of is , or is not , a libel , depends on the same question — viz. , whether the jury are of opinion that what has been published with regard to the plaintiff would tend in the minds of people of ordinary sense to bring the plaintiff into contempt , hatred , or ridicule , or to injure his character .
7 ‘ … I have come to the conclusion that the law of libel is one and the same as to all plaintiffs ; and that , in every action of libel , whether the statement complained of is , or is not , a libel , depends on the same question — viz. , whether the jury are of opinion that what has been published with regard to the plaintiff would tend in the minds of people of ordinary sense to bring the plaintiff into contempt , hatred , or ridicule , or to injure his character .
8 I suggest you have someone take a look at it who can tell you the exact problem and not speculate as to probable causes and costs .
9 The tension is always arrived at by formula rather than by direct measurement , and since the error applies to the tension of the original strings as well as to modern reproductions , this weakness does not affect the accuracy of reproduction .
10 As to alternative sources of care he thought the better answer was the crossroads organisation rather than an nursing agency .
11 Elijah heard a divine message sending him back to troubled Israel , with intuition as to definite things to do , one of which was to find a successor to carry on the prophetic ministry .
12 However , the survival of certain types of artefact is as much the result of various factors prior to burial as to post-depositional processes .
13 Abolition of interesse termini , and as to reversionary leases and leases for lives
14 R.16(1) provides that recognition may be granted to a company where the Council is satisfied as to certain matters .
15 The interest on offshore cash funds , building society and bank accounts is received gross , which will provide cash flow advantages for taxpayers and be of interest to low taxpayers as well as to certain non-taxpayers who are unable to obtain interest gross in the UK .
16 The Bank also acts as banker to overseas central banks , as well as to international organizations and to a small number of other institutions , companies and private individuals .
17 To turn now to independent nomic conditionals , they can be identified initially , as they have been , as typified by " if " statements we accept in connection with our beliefs as to causal circumstances and effects .
18 Lesbians Against Sado Masochism claimed that the dress codes and imagery of members of the SM groups were offensive to black people , to Jews , to gypsies , as well as to many lesbians and gays .
19 Why those same characteristics come unstuck in Deng Xiaoping 's China is a mystery to Mr Winchester , as to many others .
20 Left forearm rotation should not be confused with left wrist rotation , as to many amateurs think .
21 Although the term might seem naturally to denote prior arrangement , it was held under the previous law that the word is ‘ not a term of art ’ and that a person can organise spontaneously by giving directions on the spot as to such matters as the route to ken , when to stop and when to advance and so forth .
22 Where a prosecution is brought under section 20 ( theatres ) or section 22 ( cable broadcasting ) , the provisions of the earlier legislation as to such matters as using scripts as evidence , making copies of scripts and records and powers of entry and inspection remain applicable .
23 In the case of an order which will authorise the construction of works — these are normally referred to as ‘ works orders ’ — it is also necessary to approve plans and sections required under the General Orders and there are a variety of orders covering meticulously the requirements as to such plans and sections .
24 As to such expenses under s 154(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 , see Ord 11 , r 6 .
25 Now we have n't , erm talking about er cars as to other forms of transport and on the whole there 's been more complaints about the public transport than they have about cars , but you surely do n't think or maybe you do , I mean what 's bad about cars ? ,
26 The new £75,000 final salary limit applies to AVCs in the same way as to other earnings .
27 Later , and also accidentally , they were found to damage and destroy living tissues , so they were applied as a kind of cautery to ulcerating cancerous growths as well as to other conditions such as inflammations and tuberculosis .
28 ‘ Night comes here , as to other lands .
29 The SPRs were investigated as they arrived , and one or more answering SSRs has been completed and returned to the originators of the SPRs , as well as to other users where appropriate .
30 an analysis of any discernible effects on public opinion of the Black Report and the way it was presented , with suggestions as to other ways it might have been presented .
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