Example sentences of "[is] a [noun sg] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm Nigel I 'm Chief Executive of the National Charity Community of Transport which is based in Manchester , and it 's that last point which is really significant behind my question , and it concerns your new premises and , I 'm one it 's a question as to what your planning to do , and secondly , a request if you 're not , er , that you could provide within that some working space for people from out of town , to use when we 're in London , complete with things like , you know , coin operated fax machines , because I find I spend quite a lot of time in London , you have meetings on successive days , you have time to kill , and there 's no where sort of , comfortable to go and sit down and get on with some things . |
| 2 | I think the point has been made er and let me er ask you to correct me if I if you do n't i it 's a fair assessment , the point that 's really being made is there is a judgmental issue here as to whether a surplus arises from over-funding by an employer er substantial investment performance or or effectively unfair claiming between either the deferred pensioners or the pensioners and i it can be that all of those interests have to put into the pot and it 's a judgment as to who actually is doing best in what circumstances . |
| 3 | Anyway , it 's a hint as to how I got here , if nothing else . ’ |
| 4 | Erm in local elections as again in , in parliamentary or general elections there 's a limit as to what a candidate can spend . |
| 5 | There 's a limit as to how much we can do for half the people in this committee are members |
| 6 | But at least it is a benefit as of right and without means test . |
| 7 | A recognised body shall not have as a director or solicitor or registered foreign lawyer while he is a patient as defined by section 94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or while he is a person as to whom powers have been exercised under section 98 ( emergency powers ) of that Act and no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any shares registered in the name of or beneficially owned by such a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer . |
| 8 | Ownership would not have been transferred where the mistake is so fundamental that the transaction is void such as when there is a mistake as to the relevant identity of the recipient . |
| 9 | After all , the continuity between man and animal can as well be achieved by showing that man is a machine as by ascribing intentions to animals . |
| 10 | The first test is a review of the situation , operate is the action which follows , the second test is a check as to whether or not the desired result has been achieved and this is followed either by another operation or by an exit if the desired result has been achieved . |
| 11 | It should also be emphasised at this point that references to the ‘ public interest ’ are not intended to imply that there is a consensus as about what constitutes the public good or that it is objectively determinable . |
| 12 | Thereafter it is a choice as to whether , with their abilities , experience , goals and energy levels , they will choose to work . |
| 13 | In the first place it is to be accepted that it is made in wide terms though it is not said that they are so imprecise that there is a doubt as to what is covered by the order . |
| 14 | If there is a doubt as to its meaning , the question will usually have at least a central kernel of meaning that is relatively clear . |
| 15 | In some cases ( for instance distress sales by receivers , in situations of insolvency ) both parties may know there is a doubt as to title but want to take the chance anyway . |
| 16 | We do n't know but I do n't know but that is a doubt as to whether the manufacturing flavour of the past will be carried on through the decade . |
| 17 | There is a deception as to the accused 's intentions . |
| 18 | Ultimately this is a question as to the proper limits of self-determination , as well as turning on the specific lucidity of the individual patient . |
| 19 | There is a question as to who would control the censorship apparatus , and whether it would be used by reactionary rather than progressive forces once in place . |
| 20 | Modern electronic organs may last for between twenty and fifty years , but there is a question as to whether spare parts will be available for that long . |
| 21 | Most students assume that ( ii ) is a question as to the liability of C. Clearly on its wording the question is the same as in ( i ) , namely , as to the liability of A. |
| 22 | There is a question as to the importance of the bank guarantee on such bills . |
| 23 | There is a question as to whether public life , she 'd be treated differently erm and also whether in fact journalist by not being able to do things that other people can do if they 're not writing a newspaper . |
| 24 | Locke 's use of the term ‘ ideas ’ ( ‘ ideas of sickness and pain' ) is a clue as to why the manna → gripings model for talk about the objects of perception appealed to him so much . |
| 25 | There are no provisions corresponding to the ‘ guarantees ’ of Articles 15 and 16 of the Hague Convention , but there is a provision as to non-commitment to recognition of a judgment based on the Inter-American Convention . |
| 26 | There is a dispute as to whether the cost of air-conditioning on that vehicle is property claimable , but I hold that in view of the plaintiff 's physical needs as to temperature , air-conditioning is reasonably necessary . |
| 27 | The other part of the decision about what falls within the working definition of ‘ pollution ’ is a judgment as to whether the effluent will have an ‘ impact ’ . |
| 28 | Further , there is a debate as to whether the best method of approach by the plaintiff 's solicitor is confrontation or co-operation . |
| 29 | Then if there is a stipulation as to the time by which the buyer must make his nomination , that stipulation as to time relates to delivery and will be ‘ of the essence , ’ Bunge Corporation v. Tradax ( 1981 H.L. ) . |