Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] as to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guidelines were given as to the type of person suitable for interview and the names provided were a representative sample . |
| 2 | No reasons were given as to the lack of information the social workers had gathered about the children ; why they did n't know about one child 's asthma , another 's forthcoming dental treatment , or that Jewish children might have special dietary requirements . |
| 3 | At the 1985 Special Commission , various estimates were given as to the length of time taken to comply with a Letter of Request . |
| 4 | limitation point er it was held at one of general or continuing duty obtain an independent firm of solicitors to the option on every occasion on which they were consulted as to a possible exercise on such occasions whether in fact be issued it goes on . |
| 5 | Detailed observations were carried out on the behaviour of the students during the actual course , and both students and teachers were interviewed as to their feelings in participating in this form of instruction . |
| 6 | " It being desirable and natural that the Association should be governed solely by bona fide deaf members , it was felt that it would be an act of selfishness to ignore those " hearing friends " who took real interest in the cause and welfare of the deaf ; yet apprehensions were felt as to the wisdom of adopting such a course . |
| 7 | However , no figures were revealed as to the size of the RIS , and the key question of whether it would employ former Securitate officers was declared " confidential " . |
| 8 | By the 1940s , government reports purported to consider the needs of the individual child , but as Ann Marie Wolpe has pointed out , prior assumptions were made as to the ‘ natural ’ interests of girls and boys and the destiny of girls as wives and mothers ; indeed , Miriam David has suggested that the 1940s ' curriculum was more differentiated than that of the 1930s . |
| 9 | Terms were offered as to suspension on pay and the provision of a reference . |
| 10 | Yes we were actually erm , the position of the control vehicle was erm in front of an ambulance that we had asked to be there and the crew were briefed as to what we were doing and and what injuries possibly could arise . |
| 11 | But as Poovey points out , men on both sides of the dispute were agreed as to the basic nature of women : the question was whether chloroform should be allowed to tamper with it . |
| 12 | Both the major parties were agreed as to the need for a welfare state and a mixed , but managed , economy that would soften the rough edges of capitalism as they cut into the needy . |
| 13 | The continuations were classified as to whether or not a plural description was used which referred to the target individuals , or whether singular references were used . |
| 14 | The main conclusion to be drawn from this brief random survey of a number of undefended settlements is that their size and importance appear to have been disregarded when decisions were taken as to the places to be fortified . |
| 15 | Filmmakers were constricted as to subject matter by the requirement that their films contribute in some way to the war effort . |
| 16 | People who were questioned as to why they listened to him during the war very often said they found him ‘ good for a laugh ’ . |
| 17 | Informed consent was obtained and patients were questioned as to whether they had experienced any upper abdominal pain or heartburn in the two weeks before endoscopy . |
| 18 | Carol and Ron encouraged the duo — even if they were baffled as to where their talent had come from . |
| 19 | But as the investigation got underway , detectives were baffled as to a motive for the attack . |
| 20 | And doubts were expressed as to its value given the conceded fact that only a small dent was likely to be made in the pigeon population . |
| 21 | If we look back to the middle years of the nineteenth century and to the debates about the extension of the franchise to the working class then hopes were expressed as to how voters should behave at the same time as there was anxiety and fear as to how they would actually behave . |
| 22 | Doubts were expressed as to whether she had actually written the verses herself . |
| 23 | When in the nineteenth century naturalists first examined it , they were mystified as to how any animal could feed on it . |
| 24 | The idea for a commemorative tree was first mooted by Marlene Macgee soon after Molly 's death and enquiries were instigated as to trees and sites culminating in what better tree than an oak and more suitable site than Regents Park just in front of St. John 's Hall where Molly 's thanksgiving ceremony was held . |
| 25 | The Elton enquiry research showed that the majority of teachers in secondary schools had used detention of individual pupils or groups of pupils but that teachers were divided as to the effectiveness of detention as a sanction . |
| 26 | Rather , the Commission looked in the direction of devolution of power of some sort ( though the members of it were divided as to what sort ) . |
| 27 | Opinions were divided as to whether the rise is mainly due to the greenhouse effect . |
| 28 | ‘ On the last day the professional psychologist was consulted as to whether she should be introduced again . |
| 29 | No indication was given as to how they might have died . |
| 30 | No coherent explanation was given as to why demonstrators , running away from the confrontation at one end of Duke Street , were met by a line of police barring their way at the other . |