Example sentences of "as [prep] [pron] is [prep] " in BNC.

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1 More directly relevant to our case is the fact that , through the acceptance of rules setting up authorities , people can entrust judgment as to what is to be done to another person or institution which will then be bound , in accordance with the dependence thesis , to exercise its best judgment primarily on the basis of the dependent reasons appropriate to the case .
2 In order to change the understanding of women , or enlarge the conception as to what is to be considered authentically female , we should have to apply what have been thought to be characteristically male attributes to a female symbol .
3 The answers do confirm one applicable criterion , namely , whether the relevant regime is able of itself to ‘ exercise effective control of the territory of the state concerned ’ and is ‘ likely to continue to do so ; ’ and the statement as to what is to be the evidence of the attitude of Her Majesty 's Government provides another — to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , that Her Majesty 's Government has with it and whether they are on a normal government to government basis .
4 As to what is in my sack , ’ he said , ‘ that is my affair .
5 And it also has no clearly defined boundaries as to what is in the code and what is an infringement of it .
6 I am very far from asserting any general rule that the court should prefer its own view as to what is in the best interests of the child to those of the child itself .
7 Neither the personal circumstances of the patient nor a speculative answer to the question ‘ What would the patient have chosen ? ’ can bind the practitioner in his choice of whether or not to treat or how to treat or justify him in acting contrary to a clearly established anticipatory refusal to accept treatment but they are factors to be taken into account by him in forming a clinical judgment as to what is in the best interests of the patient .
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