Example sentences of "[num] according to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These bacteria grow by reducing CO 2 and H 2 according to the following equation : |
| 2 | Sulphate reducing bacteria utilise H 2 according to the following equation : |
| 3 | By 1985 according to the Financial Management Unit ( Cabinet Office ( MPO ) / Treasury ( FMU ) , 1985a , p 4 ) ‘ most departments [ were ] developing new ( or strengthening existing ) arrangements for reviewing programmes systematically each year ’ , and all departments were being urged to adopt similar procedures . |
| 4 | To get an approximate feel for the size of the loss , in 1985 according to the National Income and Expenditure " Blue Book " , £4046 million was spent on gas , out of total consumers ' expenditure of £213,208 million . |
| 5 | Soviet Kurds numbered 152,952 according to the 1989 census , although this figure was believed to be substantially underestimated . |
| 6 | One thing is certain : we can not just amble on and it is going to cost us dearly — £40 000 million according to the National Water Council and others . |
| 7 | A sudden upsurge to 3,500 on Dec. 31-Jan. 1 was reportedly prompted by a rumour that the Greek authorities were going to seal the border , and on Jan. 2 a Greek government spokesman alleged that the rumour had been deliberately put about by the Albanian authorities in an attempt to rid the country of the Greek minority , which numbered nearly 59,000 according to the 1989 census . |