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
Hughes' sale the other day fully sustained the tendency of the market, both as respects demands and quotations.
From The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial Forms by Anonymous
With us, indeed, it is exactly the reverse," replied she,—"at least as respects the young ladies.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Frances Milton Trollope
Now, gentlemen, after the Revolution had completed our independence, how were we left as respects our rights, our interests, our hopes, and our prospects on this very subject of nationality?
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton
"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
