Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] as to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A copy was sent to the office of the British Resident Minister and the copy reproduced at the beginning of this chapter is marked " Concurred Br Resmin " ( we shall go into the question of how much Harold Macmillan was personally aware of , or consulted as to its contents in Chapter 14 ) . |
| 2 | First , the term ‘ national security is no stranger to us ’ and was used often in statutes without being defined or restricted as to its meaning , with Parliament always accepting that ‘ decisions about questions of national security must be for Ministers ’ . |
| 3 | The film is careful not to leave anybody behind , or confused as to what is happening . |
| 4 | As a young person , I am often quite afraid to go out on the streets in case I am approached by one of these grey-haired vandals and informed how much worse the world is these days or interrogated as to why young people do n't have any respect anymore . |
| 5 | Britain annually publishes three times as many titles , relative to population , as the United States ; and most books published in Britain sell abroad , if calculated as to copies . |
| 6 | New staff , on joining , should be acquainted with fire exit routes and instructed as to the various alternative exits available should smoke , fire or collapse or stocks or racking render normally used routes impossible . |
| 7 | Much has been said and written as to how exactly the miracle is performed , but it is widely agreed that a relatively stable group of large general electronics companies in Japan did succeed in the 1970S and 1980S in being continuously innovative in terms of products and markets . |
| 8 | I will illustrate this by looking , firstly , at the claim that some form of market can legitimate the power of corporate managers , and , secondly , at the argument that the internal structure of the company can be so designed and used as to legitimate corporate managerial power . |
| 9 | These clauses are also found in insurance policies to resolve disputes between insurer and insured as to whether a claim should proceed . |
| 10 | Partnerships need to be formally agreed , the details of the scheme set out as a contract managed by an executive group , and monitored as to the effectiveness . |
| 11 | Such behaviour did not recommended itself to another , more discreet , influence on Leonard during those undergraduate years : Professor F.R. Scott , later Dean of the Faculty of Law , presently , while Leonard swithered and swayed as to whether he should commit himself to the arts or commerce , his lecturer in law . |
| 12 | to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that the article is so designed and constructed as to be safe and without risks to health when properly used ; |
| 13 | They are required to ensure so far as is reasonably practicable that any plant ( machinery , equipment or appliance ) is so designed and constructed as to be safe and without risk to health . |
| 14 | When pressed as to why he thought this was , he got on to what I later found was a cause he would die for . |
| 15 | When challenged as to why the ‘ pasty-faced ’ directors were not more representative of the public , Sir Nicholas replied : ‘ If we meet someone outside Scottish and English nationality who meets our requirements they would be welcomed . |