as respects
Example Sentences
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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
"With regard to Mr. Townshend, I have my orders, but as respects him only."
From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life by James Payn
I heard what you said to the lubber as brought you aboard, and I always respects a boy as respects his mother.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach
The land, however, is good, and under proper management very productive, as respects both tillage and pasturage.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
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 Camille Flammarion
