Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [v-ing] to their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children pay little or nothing for attendance fees , and only pay according to their parent 's means . |
| 2 | Politicians in Japan are generally promoted according to their age ; James Kondo , a Heisei reformer still in his 20s , goes by the title of ‘ senior policy analyst ’ . |
| 3 | These can be further distinguished according to their analysis of the relationship of state , society and economy and can be labelled variously as ‘ realist ’ , ‘ Marxist ’ , ‘ functionalist ’ , ‘ instrumentalist ’ or ‘ anarchist ’ . |
| 4 | It is a point made so many times by so many people that it has almost lost its meaning : even if all children went to the same nursery , primary and secondary schools , their examination performance and hence their entry to higher education establishments and eventually to well-paid jobs will still vary according to their family background . |
| 5 | The scientific achievements of the past were crudely evaluated according to their contribution to later knowledge . |
| 6 | So even unanimous decisions , taken by individuals freely acting according to their perception of their own interests , will not necessarily produce the result they want . |
| 7 | Women 's increasing commitment to the labour market does not appear to pay off in the way that would be expected if people were actually rewarded according to their ability and effort . |