Example sentences of "according [prep] the international [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) , more than 280,000 people had left their homes over the period of the fighting . |
| 2 | Two hundred Iraqi prisoners-of-war were said by Iran to have been released on Oct. 29 ; according to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) more than 20,000 Iraqis were still held in Iran . |
| 3 | Bird-killing is a popular sport in Malta , with some 250,000 song thrushes , and 1,000 honey buzzards , shot down every year , according to the International Council for Bird Preservation . |
| 4 | There are now only two slender-billed curlews ( numenius tenuistrosis ) left in the world , according to the International Council of Bird Preservation ( ICBP ) . |
| 5 | World wheat production is forecast to fall by 40m tonnes in 1991–92 , to 555m tonnes , according to the International Wheat Council . |
| 6 | The prevalence of incontinence according to the International Continence Society 's definition — a condition in which involuntary loss of urine is a social or hygienic problem and is objectively demonstrable — is unknown . |
| 7 | According to the International Herald Tribune ( Keller , 1988 ) there are reports from Moscow that five planned Soviet nuclear power stations have been cancelled since the 1986 disaster in the Ukraine . |
| 8 | According to the International Herald Tribune of June 11 the tribal separatist movement there had killed an estimated 2,000 people since 1975 . |
| 9 | According to the International Herald Tribune of Aug. 27 Iran had expressed its willingness to host a conference of leaders from the Soviet Moslem republics to forge a " common stance " against Soviet authority . |
| 10 | According to the International Art Exchange , the profits for CIS partners should amount to $1 for every ten roubles invested . |
| 11 | The poaching of orang-utans is becoming big business in Indonesia , according to the International Primate Protection League . |
| 12 | The Namibian government has approved seal cull quotas double those in 1991 , according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ) . |
| 13 | According to the International Jute Organization ( IJO ) , world production of jute , kenaf and allied fibres fell to a 20-year low of 3,010,000 tonnes in 1988-89 . |
| 14 | The report clearly looked towards the likelihood of American Forces remaining in Japan after the signing of a peace treaty ; this would be determined according to the international situation when the negotiations for a treaty had been completed . |
| 15 | In 1991 , worldwide Unix revenues totalled $16,500m according to the International Technology Group , and analysts are forecasting 31% worldwide market growth in 1992 . |