Example sentences of "according [prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not according to the highest authority . |
| 2 | According to the best scenario , therefore , the Directive will be implemented in two stages , in January and April 1994 . |
| 3 | This is no longer true and tea-bags are now available containing teas from selected estates according to the best crop available at the time of packing . |
| 4 | The [ draft ] FRS requires that the maturity of debt should be assessed according to the earliest date on which the lender could demand repayment , taking account of facilities granted by the same lender which may permit the refinancing of the debt . |
| 5 | But according to the earliest Church historians , the James and Jude of the second century were the grandsons of another , older Jude , who was Jesus 's brother . |
| 6 | ( If , for example , one observed a number of protons equal to 1 followed by thirty-one zeros for a period of one year , one would expect , according to the simplest GUT , to observe more than one proton decay . ) |
| 7 | The accounts are , as usual , contradictory , but according to the fullest account de Tourville next despatched nine of his ships back to Brest to collect additional troops , who were to be transported across the Channel in shallow-draught galleys , collected from the Mediterranean , with a mere two feet [ 0.6 m ] of freeboard between waterline and deck . |
| 8 | Water quality in Scottish rivers improved significantly over the period 1985-90 , according to the latest Water Quality Survey . |
| 9 | Meat is better value now than it was 10 years ago , according to the latest issue of the Meat and Livestock Commission 's Meat Demand Trends . |
| 10 | Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 11 | Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 12 | GOODS stolen from retailers accounted for 1.1 p.c. of turnover last year , down by a quarter compared with 1989 , according to the latest survey by accountants Touche Ross . |
| 13 | YOUNG women like Jo Garcia have had 4.3 loves , according to the latest survey into the nation 's sex lives . |
| 14 | According to the latest survey by the BBC , schools have reported a 30 per cent increase in the numbers of youngsters being permanently excluded from schools across the eastern region . |
| 15 | Scottish firms expect to boost output and create more jobs according to the latest survey from the CBI . |
| 16 | The health of most of Europe 's forests is continuing to decline , according to the latest survey by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( UNECE ) and the European Community ( EC ) . |
| 17 | HOUSE prices tumbled again last month , according to the latest survey by Nationwide Building Society published yesterday . |
| 18 | His 43 per cent support has shrunk to 32 per cent , according to the latest poll . |
| 19 | One year after the Intifada began , some 49 per cent of the population favoured it ; according to the latest poll , the number has now risen to 52 per cent . |
| 20 | More people in Britain oppose than support the reintroduction of the death penalty for murder , according to the latest poll conducted by Gallup to seek opinions on the restoration of capital punishment . |
| 21 | Both the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister have made clear statements in the past 10 days that if the Scottish people vote for independence at the election , independence is what we shall have , but will the Secretary of State say a bit more today about how he answers the current argument about whether he has the right to run Scotland with nine Members of Parliament and , according to the latest poll , 18 per cent . |
| 22 | According to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures , the IoS averaged 374,084 for July to December against 352,335 for the same period in 1990 . |
| 23 | Given that there are currently some 2,400 active dealers ( according to the latest Romtec listing ) this represents a tiny fraction which the manufacturers judge as being capable . |
| 24 | The Liberal Democrats have staged a recovery in Scotland , according to the latest System Three Scotland survey for The Herald . |
| 25 | The seventh edition , in 1759 ‘ revised and altered according to the latest system of Botany ’ , included many new plants from overseas and , as Miller emphasised in the Preface , their descriptions had not been copied from books , but taken from nature : ‘ the far greater number are from growing plants which the author has under his care , and the others are from dried samples which are well preserved ; of which he has , perhaps , as large a collection as can be found in the possession of any private person . ’ |
| 26 | Sheep grazing on oil-contaminated grass in Shetland have eaten as much grass as normal , with most of the oil passing through them undigested , according to the latest test results . |
| 27 | MODERATE supporters of President Rafsanjani were heading for an overwhelming victory over Iranian hardliners last night , according to the latest tally of returns from parliamentary elections held on Friday . |
| 28 | CASES OF people infected with the Aids virus , HIV , are now increasing at a rate of almost five a day , according to the latest government figures . |
| 29 | UNEMPLOYMENT in Strabane is now five per cent more than this time last year , according to the latest Government statistics . |
| 30 | Crime in England and Wales has risen to record levels according to the latest Home Office figures . |