Example sentences of "as [prep] where the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They give a rough clue as to where the south is .
2 Further , the usual smooth convex and concave slopes allow considerable latitude in the decision as to where the back and front of the terrace are located .
3 Like the horse tramways , the company had lengthy arguments with the local authorities as to where the road surface should be paved with stone setts and where wood blocks .
4 In such cases , buyers might be often quite indifferent as to where the order goes ( especially where there is no particular price advantage and the products are similar ) and quite often a telephone call can obtain an order .
5 All the members here will know that I have recently erm sent out a circular letter expressing my concern as to where the system does n't seem to be working properly and asking for your help and cooperation in giving me information on just exactly where it is falling down .
6 Lord Barnett said : ’ The 1974-79 Labour Government had a difficult economic and financial task rendered impossible by pledges foolishly made without any serious thought as to where the money would come from .
7 As to where the money is to come from , it is true that the proposals will be funded from within my existing resources .
8 I I asked the er the minister earlier about this question and I appreciate his difficulties being a home office minister rather than a foreign office minister and I quite understand his reluctance to er stray too far from his departmental portfolio but the reality is that the British government agreed that the European parliament should continue to meet in Strasbourg but we 've heard nothing from the minister as to where the money should come from er in order to make that commitment a reality because I 'm sure that every member opposite would say that the uncertainty about the present boundaries is not the er responsibility of the British government , that it 's a matter for the French government to sort out which boundaries er will be in place in the United Kingdom by June the ninth , the date of the European elections , but the reality is that the British government have gone along with the arrangement for having Strasbourg recognised as a er seat for the European parliament .
9 It can either refuse to comment on the possibility of a move until some concrete decisions have been taken as to where the company will relocate to and when the move will occur or it can adopt a more open style and keep the staff or union representatives in the picture about developments taking place within the relocation programme .
10 His decision in favour of Kilpatrick indicated his Lordship 's opinion as to where the wickedness lay .
11 " And of course , if you had any clues as to where the boy might have gone … "
12 There are clear indications as to where the emphasis in future research and courses in the ‘ new hygiene ’ should be .
13 Inevitably this led to confusion as to where the centre of power and decision-making really lay and seemed to preclude the maintenance of a coherent policy .
14 he had for sometime been anxious as to where the society was drifting .
15 Erm for instance if he 's asking for the child to go to live with him and you oppose that then then court would make a decision as to where the child s should live .
16 With less then a week to go before the autumn budget there 's much speculation as to where the axe and the tax will fall .
17 It is very easy if you like the day before literally as the minister said , the day before for them to make their change as to where the cut off point comes .
18 But one can still ask what part of our being it is which makes the judgement as to where the authority lies .
19 Of course , farm workers were never left in any doubt as to where the power in their village lay , but on the whole class conflict was rarely overt .
20 A court would have to decide that issue by reference to the intention of the parties , to sound business practice and to its own judgment as to where the risk should lie .
21 Do not make any judgments from bream behaving in this way , for they can mislead you as to where the beat is .
22 So far as the B T U Tax is concerned , erm it 's really a political issue as to where the administration or the Congress in the end decide to place the tax , I mean in very simple terms the nearer you place it to the consumer , the more effective it is , but the less politically palatable it is which because consumers vote and oil companies do n't an and so er I think it will be political pressure to push it nearer to the well head which will be less good for the oil and gas producers .
23 If you balance the filth of the rumours or the sly hints and obnoxious asides of people like Robert and my agent against the decent , if romantic , dignities shown in the preceding paragraph and again in the portrayal of the girl I saw earlier on this night you can surely be left in no doubt as to where the weight of the truth fall .
24 Thus , the purview of search must be broad , but — they say — no guidelines exist as to where the search should be focussed .
25 That will give you er a good idea as to where the break comes .
26 In between such examples there is considerable scope for doubt as to where the line is to be drawn .
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