Example sentences of "[adj] as regards [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2.42 As regards the savings that would have been made by the deceased , Lord Reid thought that the widow and daughter would have had an interest in any capital that the deceased might have accumulated before his death , but he concluded that the widow might have died before her husband whereas the daughter would almost certainly have survived him . |
| 2 | In considering whether at this stage it is possible to say that the answer to this question must be ‘ nothing ’ I must assume that the third defendant will be found guilty of conspiracy or fraud as alleged by the plaintiffs and also that the third party will be found to be negligent as regards the plaintiffs in the respects mentioned in the third party notice . |
| 3 | It 's quite obvious as regards the longer-term that we must think in terms of today 's starting point , we ca n't just introduce the market and cease all state regulation . |
| 4 | One final point I would make is is that there has been a a little bit of an impression given I think in some comments this morning that we have a a virtual free for all as regards the availability of agricultural land and er the marked change that it has been said to occur since nineteen eighty . |
| 5 | Obtaining a patent is a complex , expensive and lengthy process and the services of a patent agent are desirable because the drafting of the application and the specification is extremely important as regards the future scope of the patent . |
| 6 | Some empirical evidence is available as regards the first of these ; the present research seeks to assess what role syntactic input plays . |
| 7 | Logically , that question is otiose as regards the nationality and residence requirements if the court rules , as I suggest it should , that those requirements are in any event contrary to Community law . |
| 8 | He did not believe himself to be any the wiser as regards the reason for it not firing , but he thought he might as well try again . |
| 9 | Where , the environment trust , since our initial meeting have spoken er , both with Essex County Council and community groups in the area and have made substantial progress erm on the idea of er , using some of the land to the rear of er , the existing Franklyns block er , so they do want to come back with some wider proposals for a larger scheme which will be much the same as regards the Franklyns block but will include nine er , additional homes erm , and they will be two three bed houses and seven er , two bedroom houses . |
| 10 | The objective of the [ draft ] FRS is to ensure that financial statements provide a clear , coherent and consistent treatment of capital instruments , in particular as regards the classification of instruments either as debt or as equity ; that costs associated with capital instruments are allocated to accounting periods on a fair basis over the period the instrument is in issue ; and that financial statements provide relevant information concerning the nature and amount of the entity 's sources of finance and the associated costs , commitments and potential commitments . |
| 11 | While the information is correct as regards a growing number of employers ' occupational pension schemes , it does not apply to the basic State pension . |
| 12 | The court held that this was a breach of the Convention guarantee of free speech , because it would deter journalists from contributing to public discussions of issues affecting the life of the community : " The limits of acceptable criticism are wider as regards a politician as such than as regards a private individual … the former inevitably and knowingly lays himself open to close scrutiny of his every word and deed by both journalists and the public at large , and he must consequently display a greater degree of tolerance . " |
| 13 | While this is true as regards the specific wording of the offence of genocide , it was pointed out in the parliamentary debate relating to the Genocide Bill that almost all the offences included in the Convention were in fact already offences under English law . |