Example sentences of "[pron] a [noun sg] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diplock LJ in Every v Miles , Court of Appeal in 1964 explained the process by which a decision as to the amount of the appropriate award in a particular case was made as follows : |
| 2 | It will give you a warning as to what 's to come . |
| 3 | Somebody would give you a squeak as to who it was . |
| 4 | It needs particularly to be kept in mind , with the objection now to be considered , that it is indeed advanced as an objection to a given analysis of our causal beliefs , and hence is itself a proposal as to those beliefs . |
| 5 | If you want me to identify a fish , remember that a photo , or a drawing , is usually better than a description — and it is no end of help if you give me a clue as to where the fish comes from , even if it 's only the continent . |
| 6 | ‘ You would n't consider giving me a clue as to what this is all about ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , are n't you going to give me a clue as to what 's going on in your mind ? ’ she went on . |
| 8 | ‘ You could at least try to help by giving me a clue as to what sort of thing I might have seen , ’ she grumbled . |
| 9 | Just give me a bell as to when and where you want him . |
| 10 | From their data , Sinclair and Coulthard identified a finite number used by the teachers and pupils and gave each one a code as in Table 1 . |
| 11 | Satisfied that she was safely hidden from view , Benny began swiftly examining the drums for labels that might give her a clue as to what was in them . |
| 12 | Ellen would lie in bed at night watching the objects on the mantelpiece in the glow from the street light , hoping they would move again : that something from another world would intervene , give her a clue as to the nature of her existence . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , it does not carry with it a directive as to which code or system is to be involved , or indeed whether any code is actually usable internally by the children who experience it . |
| 14 | This in turn gives us a clue as to whether the ‘ feelgood ’ aura from rising house prices is likely to be reversed quickly . |
| 15 | Perhaps that last phrase gives us a clue as to why fundamentalism holds on so tenaciously to life . |
| 16 | Visual information helps us interpret the audio signals we receive by reinforcing them with additional clues : a beckoning finger reinforces the words " Come here " ; at the same time the expression on the face of the beckoner can give us a clue as to the nature of the summons . |