act with regard to

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It required a bit of a balancing act with regard to stakes and the characters’ motives.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2021

"How did they act with regard to the Marechale d'Ancre?" cried the king, in the highest state of choler; "first her closets were thoroughly searched, and then she herself."

From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre

I was ill at ease, and I wanted to make up my mind, if possible, as to how I should act with regard to Fernandez and the Señorita.

From The Kidnapped President by Boothby, Guy Newell

To arrive at this last result, however, no pains should be spared; and upon this principle we must act with regard to Byron.

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir

The trouble with Trilby was not that she was what she was imagined, but that finally the world could not imaginably act with regard to her as the author feigned.

From English Society by Du Maurier, George