Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] according [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The user is intended to behave exactly according to their instruction . |
| 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 | That we may work together according to your will so that you may work for good in us . |
| 4 | Children will react differently according to their age , their personality , the relationship they have ( or had ) with both their parents , the presence or absence of brothers and sisters , aunts and uncles , grandparents or other significant people in their life ( Mitchell , 1985 ; Wallerstein and Kelly , 1980 ) . |
| 5 | Davidoff et al have shown that the Beau Ideal was underpinned by a morality of mutual duty and service , although the benefits and freedom which each participant drew from such an arrangement varied directly according to their position in the hierarchy . |
| 6 | But if within modern languages ( to keep , for the moment , to this example ) a candidate for the GCSE were permitted to offer , as part of the evidence that went towards his certificate , the grades he had achieved in tests , starting from the most elementary and progressing upwards according to his ability , the ‘ differentiation ’ problem would be virtually solved . |
| 7 | I have gone forward according to my light . |
| 8 | There are relatively few issues to do with school self-evaluation in respect of which teachers differ significantly according to their gender . |
| 9 | Risks are perceived differently according to their scale and nature , and not by simply multiplying the frequency and consequences . |