as respects

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"Does this not say something on behalf of the patients, as respects mind and body," said The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, in June, 1849, tickled by the score.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2014

All the narratives which I have been able to verify have been found to be fundamentally accurate—sometimes modified afterwards, as respects their mere form, by a memory more or less confused.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

Independently of every other consideration, this resolution will I think, speedily, as well as remotely, be attended with important benefit as respects the advancement of real Christian knowledge.

From A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Bexley containing a statement to the committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society by Cunningham, Francis

Considered as a whole, the matter of the seventeen volumes is a goodly contribution from one man as respects both extent and variety.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David

Peele’s p. 120Coffee-house, in Fleet Street, is celebrated for keeping files of newspapers, which may be consulted; this accommodation, as respects London papers, may also be had at some other places. 

From Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood by Anonymous