Example sentences of "according [prep] the local [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( According to the local newspaper , the looms remained in the large room at the North Wing until near the end of the nineteenth century . ) |
| 2 | If you join the game you must play according to the local rules . |
| 3 | Naturally each Compact will establish its own structure according to the local situation . |
| 4 | This varies according to the local authority involved . |
| 5 | So there it lay , 300 miles to the north , utterly cut off from us by the hurricanes which — according to the local weather men — were raging back and forth nearby . |
| 6 | In 1832 , an English couple , the Pattisons , married for just one month , were drowned in it ; according to the local sub-prefect 's report , because Mr Pattison was amusing himself sounding the depth of the water with a pole and fell overboard , dragging his bride in after him . |
| 7 | Hasim al-Attas , brother of Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas , was killed on June 15 in Shir in Hadramat province by " elements hostile to the unity of Yemen " , according to the local news media [ see also p. 38936 ] . |
| 8 | But in more robust days , you would have been more likely to come upon a coven up there , since the summit of La Rhune was one of several places in the Basque lands where witches were held to convene during the very ugly years of persecution early in the seventeenth century — then it was , according to the local inquisitors , that English and Scottish travellers arriving by sea in Bordeaux saw veritable armies of devils making their way towards south-western France . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , but according to the local sergeant , there 's an illegitimate daughter around somewhere . ’ |
| 10 | The proposed siting of a waste tip near the bank of the river Dee in north Wales will produce poisonous liquids which will threaten the drinking water supply of two million people , according to the local MP , Martyn Jones . |
| 11 | According to the local people the elephants are particularly fond of bananas , coconuts , and rice . |
| 12 | According to the local market situation , the company manages the marketing budget allocated to brand recognition development . |
| 13 | HEALTH studies on people living near the Braer oilspill in Shetland have shown no significant abnormalities , according to the local director of public health , Dr Derek Cox . |
| 14 | Grassroots power now passed to ‘ anti-fascist ’ committees , variously constituted according to the local balance of left-wing allegiance . |