verify to which vs verify as to which

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Verify to which' is used when you want to confirm or establish something, while 'verify as to which' is used when you want to specify or identify something.

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verify to which

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you want to confirm or establish the identity or location of something.

Examples:

Please verify to which department this package should be delivered.
We need to verify to which account the payment was credited.

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Once a year administrative checks are performed to verify from which farms the milk used comes.
The Commission is authorised to verify in situ which protection measures have been put in place by ICAO.
It is important that the Commission should verify the extent to which the appropriations have been and will be used as agreed with the Seychelles.
Such procedures shall include the possibility for each Party to verify which protection measures have been put in place by the other Party.
g) ensure that it is subsequently possible to verify and establish which personal data have been input
'Routine testing', means the testing of a number of restraint systems selected from a single batch to verify the extent to which they satisfy the requirements.
What criteria are applied in order to verify that a country to which a national is being returned is safe?
Finally, in order to ensure the appropriate handling of EU classified information, ICAO is bound to comply with Community rules and the Commission is authorised to verify in situ which protection measures have been put in place by ICAO.
(i) the product name and active ingredient of the tiered priced product and sufficient information to verify which disease it is preventing, diagnosing or treating;
it is impossible, both in practical and in legal terms, for the person who has to make the summary declaration to verify which goods are in the containers?
The Member States shall regularly carry out checks on a random basis to verify whether hops which are imported pursuant to Article 158 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 comply with the minimum marketing requirements set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006.
(f) ensure that it is possible to verify and establish to which bodies personal data may be transmitted using data communication equipment (communication control);
So that this man can verify to the world... the Crimson Jihad is now a nuclear power.
The Commission needs to verify to what extent monies have been and will be spent as agreed with the Union of the Comoros.
Second, the Commission wished to verify to what extent the 50CO2 Cars project could help to restore viability.
The Commission needs to verify to what extent the monies were and will be spent as agreed with São Tomé and Príncipe.
It seems important to me for the Commission to verify to what extent we can stop this development in Europe, or at least are able to hold a reasonable political debate on the subject before we resort to such technology in fish farming.
For its part the Commission will continue to monitor developments in the sector of beverage packaging and if necessary verify to what extent further steps on a regulatory or non-regulatory level, including a review of this Communication, should be taken.
Like Mr Cohn-Bendit, I believe it would be useful to verify to what extent international law is being violated here, and that we should not make an exception for Israel, nor, in this context, for Palestine when it makes mistakes.
In the 2002 state budget, which was adopted in a revised form on 17 July 2002, it has not been possible to verify to what extent - if at all - spending in the social sectors exceeds that in the defence sector.

Alternatives:

confirm which
establish which
determine which

verify as to which

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you want to specify or identify a particular thing or detail.