Example sentences of "according to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Next let it be considered , that the following law seems to hold in our attainment of knowledge , that according to its desirableness , whether in point of excellence , or range , or intricacy , so is the subtlety of the evidence on which it is received . |
2 | As a result of these specific , socially constructed functions : ‘ Speech is often evaluated socially according to its closeness to the written language , which explains why standard spoken English is probably closer to written English than is any other spoken variety . |
3 | She rarely seems resistant to change as such , but scrutinizes its social and moral effects , deciding each case according to its merits . |
4 | At the least , as in the case of her new families , she keeps an open mind and judges each case according to its merits . |
5 | According to its remit from the 1986 Agriculture Act , MAFF is supposed to balance the needs of conservation with agriculture , which it is blatantly not doing . |
6 | The power and complexity of this latest offering makes it the world 's fastest single-chip computer , according to its maker . |
7 | The power and complexity of this latest offering makes it the world 's fastest single-chip computer , according to its maker . |
8 | According to its narrator , John Thorne , |
9 | According to its findings almost half the accidental deaths among teenagers over fifteen in Britain is caused by alcohol . |
10 | According to its findings , the GDP for the region rose by a mere 1.1 per cent in 1989 in real terms , 9 per cent down on 1980 growth ; and per capita production fell , for the second consecutive year , by 1 per cent to 1978 levels . |
11 | I saw an open shed stacked with timber , graded according to its thickness , and then , as we turned the flint gable , there was Laura crouched before the kiln in a muddle of faggots and fire-irons , her rump in the air , legs bare beneath the sawn-off fringes of her denim shorts , wearing a blue-grey sleeveless T-shirt that had ridden up around her waist . |
12 | It is sometimes described as a SHRIEK or a SCREECH , according to its intensity , and it is an adult version of the SQUEAL of a distressed kitten . |
13 | She worked with several hawks and falcons , putting each through its paces according to its maturity and natural ability . |
14 | According to its chairman , Robert Shaye , it ‘ mimics the financial structure of big studios without competing with them . ’ |
15 | According to its figures , the industry made a loss of Aus$13.2 million on hardwood operations in 1990/91 . |
16 | The syndicate leader seeks out loan business , structures a suitable loan proposal , sells it to other banks and ensures the loan is serviced according to its contract terms . |
17 | According to its brochure , Lucknam Park is ‘ a magnificent country house hotel situated on the south edge of the Cotswolds between Chippenham and Bath ’ . |
18 | PMC works , according to its brochure , ‘ for those who fight for democratic empowerment , for environmental values , for social justice and economic fairness , for people of color , for women , for all groups historically disenfranchised . ’ |
19 | To handle multiple transmission formats , the merged system will use source-adaptive processing — so that the set will handle the signal appropriately according to its type . |
20 | The EEC itself levies a tax on imported food which will vary according to its price . |
21 | This is a serious problem for Oslobodjenje , according to its London correspondent , Mirza Hajrich . |
22 | The Wessex area alone , according to its treasurer , John Strafford , has £3m in local-party bank accounts . |
23 | Bishops in every diocese in France could be seen sorting out conflicts in ecclesiastical organization according to its principles ; parish priests and laymen were drawn into the processes , whether as parties to disputes or as witnesses . |
24 | Perversely , it was Marx 's anarchist adversary , Michael Bakunin , who displayed greater sensitivity not only to the position of the Slavs in 1848 , but also to the close relationship of nationalism and peasant radicalism at that time — ‘ I demand only one thing : that every people , that every tribe , great and small , be given the full opportunity and right to act according to its will ’ . |
25 | There the exemption clause , according to its wording limited the liability of some seed merchants ( for supplying defective seed ) to the cost of replacing the seed ; it excluded liability for consequential loss of the buyers ' crop . |
26 | By the summer of 1968 the DHAC had achieved , according to its lights , considerable success in attracting publicity and in embarrassing the political establishment in Derry . |
27 | THE STRENGTH of the Khmer Rouge guerrilla army is , according to its commander-in-chief , Son Sen , ‘ a military secret ’ . |
28 | The next is almost certain to be its fellow Baltic republic of Estonia , whose Communist Party is determined to follow suit , according to its ideology secretary , Mr Mikk Titma . |
29 | Never lay crops directly on the floor where it is possible they could suffer from the effects of damp and poor air circulation , and arrange produce according to its preference : the roots nearer to the cool floor , and onions and marrows close to the ceiling where it is slightly warmer . |
30 | GOVAN shipyard should make a small profit this year after coming close to breaking even in 1992 , according to its owners Kvaerner , the Norwegian-based shipbuilding , shipping and oil and gas equipment-makers . |