How to Use as to in a Sentence

as to

preposition
  • I'm in a quandary as to how to deal with the problem.
  • There are no parades so as to avoid large group gatherings.
    Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2020
  • Many, however, were curious as to why the couple had chosen to pose on a rock during high tide.
    Fox News, 3 July 2020
  • Many researchers have been hunting for clues as to why some people infected with the coronavirus get very ill and others, less so.
    CBS News, 23 June 2020
  • Baseball fans don’t berate each other as to whether Mantle, Mays or Aaron were better.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Check it out: Hyundai Hyundai went so far as to produce a handful of prototypes, but ultimately the project was shelved.
    New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Scientists look for drugs that are at least ten times as likely to harm bacteria as to harm human cells; some of Wong’s molecules had a ratio of four to one.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The recommendations from these investigations have in the past been ignored, the review found, or are sometimes so broad as to be meaningless.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 2 July 2020
  • In fact, Musk even laughed off a question as to whether his company would accept legal liability for its self-driving vehicles in the future.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The steelmaker also warned that the merger's failure would raise questions as to whether the company remains headquartered in Pittsburgh.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The old man dressed in red meant as much to her as to her daughters.
    Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • There were disputes as to whether, or how much, the program cost the city.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • But in the same speech, Khamenei left no doubt as to where Tehran stands on Israel.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2023
  • At the time, Byrne's rep had no comment as to whether or not the pair were dating.
    Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
  • How could the voter be so clueless as to vote for this fraud?
    Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Mary, care to hazard a guess as to who’s behind that mask?
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
  • And that might offer a hint as to why this whole thing has taken so long.
    Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Plestis also noted that the weekly themes might be a clue as to who's under the mask. 14.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But the event on Monday would be a test as to whether the rockers could even be in the same room with one another.
    Jill Krajewski, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Brown brings the same energy here as to her role in the Enola Holmes series.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The first floor of the complex will house commercial space but no plans as to what will fill the space have been released.
    Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Our team was not given a good answer as to why that didn't happen.
    Sara Fischer, Axios, 16 July 2024
  • There doesn’t seem to be much rhyme or reason as to who got these warning letters.
    Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Only a colleague quizzing him about his health tipped him off as to how real his chances were.
    Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The judge questioned him as to whether there was any way for the prosecution or defense to know about it.
    Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The story has sparked debate among commenters as to who was really in the wrong.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
  • On that front line, Ukrainian troops often go so far as to bury their trash to stay hidden from drones.
    Yurii Shyvala Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 23 July 2023
  • Aside from that, there are few details as to the drink’s original creator.
    John Debary, Bon Appétit, 3 Dec. 2023
  • At the same time, the Fed is trying to avoid slowing the economy so much as to cause a deep recession.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Though Thorne may have been the first quarterback on the field, Freeze set the expectation as to not take too much away from that.
    Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023

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