Example sentences of "as to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Inland Revenue form R190(SD) contains the certificate and the form requires the donor to state that he satisfies all the conditions relating to Gift Aid ( as to which , see 4 below ) , including the fact that he has paid , or will pay , tax equal to the basic rate on the gross amount of the gift . |
| 2 | I am writing as I 'm puzzled as to why you have released Kim Hyun-hui who planted a bomb on a plane and killed 115 people but have imprisoned a girl for taking part in a peace march . |
| 3 | To me this is odd as if I were the president of South Korea I would have imprisoned Kim Hyun-hui and released Im Su Kyong as to me Kim Hyun-hui committed the more serious crime . |
| 4 | Pater 's interpretation is justly celebrated , with its cornucopia of cultural references to Troy , Greece , Rome , the Middle Ages , as well as to Pagan gods and Christianity . |
| 5 | As to genius , ‘ Reynolds ’ opinion was that Genius may be taught & that all Pretense to Inspiration is a Lie & a Deceit , to say the least of it . |
| 6 | The rhythmic movement of volumes and planes in space is so basic in Cézanne 's design that it usually extends to the treatment of the background — whether that be sky , wall or drapery — and makes it serve the dual purpose of a screenlike area or space boundary and of a rhythmic sequence of semivoluminous planes which continue the movement of the units in the middleground and foreground ; this sequential ordering thus contributes to compositional unity in the widest sense as well as to the expressive movement of the total form . |
| 7 | It may be that neither statement need be held to subtract from the other , but there could well be some dispute as to which of the two is the more deeply entrenched in the novel . |
| 8 | Peter Ackroyd has here performed the not impossible feat of plagiarising himself — while leaving the reader in doubt as to whether the writer shares this implausible estimate of Chatterton 's marvellous buoyancy . |
| 9 | Eugene , ‘ so uncommon as to be almost unearthly ’ , wants to go ‘ up into the sky ’ . |
| 10 | Making difficulties just so as to be a person . |
| 11 | Amis also likes to write , as Larkin liked to write , about the fear of death , and it may be that this fear can be detected in the failure to notice here that both sorts of people are subject to it , as to other unavoidable misfortunes , and that both sorts die . |
| 12 | Roth would appear to believe both the claim and the counter-claim as to the value of the text , and to believe , too , both that the Roth part of the book does not represent an exercise of the imagination and that it does . |
| 13 | I have in fact no explanation to offer as to how he came to die , and it may be that no trustworthy explanation will ever be achieved . |
| 14 | Roth says to Levi in the course of the interview embodied in his article : ‘ Your other books are perhaps less ‘ imaginary ’ as to subject-matter but strike me as more imaginative in technique . |
| 15 | The Queen will certainly need a glossary , but even then she may well be uncertain as to just how much Kelman likes his unlikely lad . |
| 16 | But as to advice — well , do n't just sit around waiting for the telephone to ring . |
| 17 | There are certain common features in ethical attitudes : puritanical attitudes in sexual matters , conservatism , friendliness , ‘ down-to-earthness ’ , sense of duty to neighbours , critical attitudes to officialdom , and similar judgements as to what constitutes good and bad conduct ( Harris 1972 ; Leyton 1966 ; 1975 ; Buckley 1984 ) . |
| 18 | The protestant version has variants as to how pure this church is or whether it remains sinful , but the evangelical version which is the basic one in the North of Ireland opts absolutely for ‘ Jesus Saves ’ ; the community , no longer medium of salvation , tends to take on a visible , earthly role , an occasion of grace and a support for religious ‘ this-worldly ’ activity . |
| 19 | In any event , there is likely to be significant variation in views as to how far one should condemn or condone this liberationist violence in the North . |
| 20 | In any case , the practical attitude clearly excluded the protestant population of the island and left protestant loyalists in no ambiguity as to their place in any future united Ireland . |
| 21 | From the point of view of the issue of law , there can be no doubt as to the influence both of the constitution of 1937 in the period following its enactment and of the influence of Roman catholic teaching on legislation prior to that date . |
| 22 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 23 | From this FitzGerald could be in little doubt as to the likely course the bishops would take once a referendum campaign got under way . |
| 24 | I am under no illusion as to effect , he wrote . |
| 25 | Is it because I am at a loss as to how to go on ? |
| 26 | The aim is to present a brief overview of what is happening to historic pubs today , and to provide suggestions as to how this perceived threat to our old pubs can be effectively limited . |
| 27 | Brown will probably be involved in passing it on to other sites as well as to colleagues at the Morgan Grenfell operation . |
| 28 | Chefs in any doubt as to the influence of the grand dames of the ovens should remember that the three- Michelin -star Georges Blanc in Vonnas used to be La Mère Blanc until the son took over from his maman . |
| 29 | Watching the cuisinières during the early stages , there was no obvious clue as to why anyone should find it necessary to draw a theoretical distinction between male and female chefs . |
| 30 | Sammut wo n't be drawn into a debate as to whether Michelin is fair to women or not . |