Example sentences of "[num] according [prep] the [adj] " 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 Infant mortality rates are rising rapidly , reaching 17.9 per 1,000 births in 1991 according to the Russian statistical classification , although the report states that if international standards were applied the figure could be three times this level .
6 The total number of launches to pleasure craft was 2,715 according to the latest figures .
7 Table 4.2 According to the latest available information from the UKCC , it is proposed that on completion of a suitable programme , the following outcomes , which are based on up to date knowledge of the practice of nursing or health visiting , should be achieved by the nurse or health visitor in order to practise safely after a break in service :
8 Soviet Kurds numbered 152,952 according to the 1989 census , although this figure was believed to be substantially underestimated .
9 During those 23 years , what one might term our membership fees in Europe have shown net outflow of at least £15,036 million according to the 1991 HMSO Pink Book .
10 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 .
11 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 .
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