Example sentences of "according [prep] the official [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | According to the official hagiography , Lei Feng was a soldier in Shenyang , the capital of Liaoning province , who died at his post in 1962 when a washing pole fell on his head . |
2 | Once the ‘ primary stage of socialism ’ had been passed through , everything would get better , according to the official propaganda . |
3 | According to the official blurb , it means more consistent and comfortable shifting with improved performance and fuel economy . |
4 | It seems that those who try to live according to the official theory of schooling are subject to the same range of ritual abuse as the fans of another club . |
5 | The strike was widely observed in the public sector , and ( according to the official radio ) to a lesser extent in the private sector . |
6 | According to the official statement the process was delayed because the census had still to be completed and the election code had not been adopted by the HCR . |
7 | Relationships with foreigners , according to the official line , were to be friendly and co-operative , but based on the contribution they could make to China 's modernisation drive . |
8 | According to the official transcript the judge 's closing observations were as follows : |
9 | He goes because of ‘ an irretrievable breakdown ’ between the board of the company and himself , according to the official announcement issued by Irwin Mitchell , the company 's solicitors . |
10 | A HUMBLE £28-a-day flagman bears the main responsibility for the shambles that should have been this year 's Aintree Grand National , according to the official inquiry into ‘ The race that never was . ’ |
11 | The West Indians were brought in , according to the official notice , ‘ to bring out the new colour scheme ’ . |
12 | It was a Sunday and according to the official explanation , the airline fax and computer was not in operation . |
13 | The procedures for interception According to the official version of events , interceptions were made before 1985 only on the authority of a warrant issued by the Home Secretary , the Secretary of State for Scotland , the Foreign Secretary , or the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , with each warrant naming only one person and one number . |
14 | According to the official version of events , interceptions were made only on the authority of a warrant issued by the appropriate Secretary of State under his own hand . |
15 | Moti Birua hanged herself , according to the official version . |
16 | According to the official news agency Xinhua the decision , taken at a session of the National People 's Congress Standing Committee , was " in accordance with Premier Li Peng 's nomination " . |
17 | The official death toll was given as five and the cost of damage in Fez was estimated at $15,000,000 , according to the official news agency MAP . |