Example sentences of "vary according [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Under Dutch and early British rule their fortunes had varied according to colonial policy towards the cinnamon industry , which at that time provided most of the country 's export earnings .
2 Critics of the PES system in its latest form vary according to political persuasion .
3 Effects vary according to individual health , weight and sex but , as a rough measure , three single whiskies drunk in one hour might result in 0.05% alcohol content in the blood — this would lift spirits and lessen inhibitions ( a single whisky is equivalent to one glass of wine or half a pint of beer ) .
4 This procedure varies according to local practice and enquiries regarding the best method of proof are advised .
5 The importance attached to each colour varies according to cultural background .
6 Goods and services produced according to global strategies now comprise more than half the total output , while by 1985 between a quarter and half of world trade ( varying according to economic sector ) was intrafirm , that is between buyer and seller within a single enterprise ( Strange , 1991 ) .
7 The best-known developments of this kind are the ‘ basic ecclesial communities ’ in Latin America , but comparable movements have appeared in all continents , varying according to social structure and tradition .
8 The target reductions required to bring sulphur pollution below the critical loads will vary according to present pollution .
9 Further , it is only for the kingdom of the Burgundians that there is evidence for anything like an all-embracing comital structure , and while most , if not all , Merovingian civitates must have had their comites , or in the north , their graphiones , in all probability local administration could vary according to regional tradition and to the will of an individual king , whose main concern was to ensure the loyalty of and to realize the revenues from his civitates .
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