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

In the existing confusion and uncertainty of the canon law as respects the treatment of heresy, he allowed the appeal of those whom he captured to Alexander III., then in Touraine.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

So also, the power of our wealth seems limited as respects the comfort of the servants, no less than their quietude.

From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John

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

His orders from the home office as respects the expenditure of the postal revenue were as explicit as those under which Heriot was struggling in Canada.

From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir