Example sentences of "according [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From about AD500 the Christian Church introduced a practice of dating according to the nearest religious festival . |
| 2 | ‘ Not according to the highest authority . |
| 3 | This is no longer true and tea-bags are now available containing teas from selected estates according to the best crop available at the time of packing . |
| 4 | In each of these , aims are specified , and linked to the type of parental action which , according to the best available research , is most likely to lead to their achievement . |
| 5 | His vow of homage was not merely a promise to be true to the emperor and to serve him against his enemies , but a promise to live in obedience to God and His law according to the best of each man 's strength and understanding . |
| 6 | According to the best scenario , therefore , the Directive will be implemented in two stages , in January and April 1994 . |
| 7 | According to the best estimates , at least 10,000 extra peacekeepers will be needed to protect them . |
| 8 | ( A pause , while Charles tried , according to the best Stanislavskian method , to give the impression of a man torn between the two great motives of his life — love of money and fear of scandal . ) |
| 9 | I , , having been elected to the office of Lord Mayor , declare that I take thi that office upon myself and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it according to the best of my judgement and ability . |
| 10 | I , , be having been elected to the office of Vice Chair , declare that I take that office upon myself and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it according to the best of my judgement and ability . |
| 11 | Because according to the best it hurts all the way . |
| 12 | The [ draft ] FRS requires that the maturity of debt should be assessed according to the earliest date on which the lender could demand repayment , taking account of facilities granted by the same lender which may permit the refinancing of the debt . |
| 13 | But according to the earliest Church historians , the James and Jude of the second century were the grandsons of another , older Jude , who was Jesus 's brother . |
| 14 | ( If , for example , one observed a number of protons equal to 1 followed by thirty-one zeros for a period of one year , one would expect , according to the simplest GUT , to observe more than one proton decay . ) |
| 15 | The accounts are , as usual , contradictory , but according to the fullest account de Tourville next despatched nine of his ships back to Brest to collect additional troops , who were to be transported across the Channel in shallow-draught galleys , collected from the Mediterranean , with a mere two feet [ 0.6 m ] of freeboard between waterline and deck . |
| 16 | ‘ According to the latest Euromonitor report on the international pasta market , each British consumer eats 3.3kg of pasta a year . |
| 17 | England 's full-time staying-on rate stands at 28 per cent according to the latest statistics available . |
| 18 | Top managers enjoyed an average increase in earnings of 17.8 per cent last year , according to the latest , from Charterhouse ; like P-E Inbucon 's , its results suggest that Lord King of British Airways was , shall we say , a bit ahead of the pack . |
| 19 | Both , according to the latest figures conjured out of a hat by the French , have just over 35 per cent of the market . |
| 20 | According to the latest traffic forecasts in the consortium 's interim report projected revenue in 1993 , the year the tunnel opens , will be just under £580m — the same figure as forecast last year . |
| 21 | His 43 per cent support has shrunk to 32 per cent , according to the latest poll . |
| 22 | CASES OF people infected with the Aids virus , HIV , are now increasing at a rate of almost five a day , according to the latest government figures . |
| 23 | According to the latest projections , 100,000 Soviet Jews will arrive in Israel over the next three years , and the numbers may be even higher if and when direct flights start from Moscow to Tel Aviv , the most important tangible sign of the rapid thaw in Soviet-Israeli relations . |
| 24 | Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 25 | Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 26 | One year after the Intifada began , some 49 per cent of the population favoured it ; according to the latest poll , the number has now risen to 52 per cent . |
| 27 | Meat is better value now than it was 10 years ago , according to the latest issue of the Meat and Livestock Commission 's Meat Demand Trends . |
| 28 | The Liberal Democrats have staged a recovery in Scotland , according to the latest System Three Scotland survey for The Herald . |
| 29 | ‘ According to the latest research in the United States , it is not just stress that is bad for you . |
| 30 | MODERATE supporters of President Rafsanjani were heading for an overwhelming victory over Iranian hardliners last night , according to the latest tally of returns from parliamentary elections held on Friday . |