Example sentences of "according [prep] the national [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exceptionally low rainfall , particularly across southern Britain , has made a fourth consecutive year of drought very likely , according to the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) and water supply companies . |
| 2 | A record number of water pollution incidents were reported in England and Wales last year , according to the National Rivers Authority . |
| 3 | Locks weirs and boats need to be treated with respect according to the National Rivers Authority , but there are still some people who put themselves at risk by behaving foolishly . |
| 4 | According to the National Farmers union , employers too want to keep the independent bargaining body . |
| 5 | One variation on that would be to increase the constituency share according to the national increase in membership — so constituencies would have 30 per cent of the vote on a membership of 300,000 ( as now ) but would get an extra 1 per cent of the vote for every 30,000 increase in national membership . |
| 6 | Earlier this year the National Gallery received a restitution claim from the children and grand-children of Vincenc Kramar , a Czech art collector and historian who , according to the National Gallery , as a committed Communist donated a thirty-piece collection to the State shortly before his death in 1960 . |
| 7 | According to the National Institute of Agricultural Botany , blind sites are only marginally worse than in the past two years , and so far there have been no reports of problems in seed crops . |
| 8 | According to The National Society for the Protection of Animals , a million of the world 's starving children could be fed on the excess food given to these geese . |
| 9 | Daily statistics on air pollution issued by the Department of the Environment are largely unpublicized , according to the National Society for Clean Air . |
| 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 | According to the National Audit Office only one ADAS region has a working strategy to define and deliver free ‘ public good ’ advice . |
| 12 | According to the National Federation , this was clearly evident from Labour 's record over the past twenty years : |
| 13 | And according to the National Federation of Consumer Groups ( NFCG ) , there 's no consistency among the water companies on this issue . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | According to the National Statistics Office , the inflation rate in December rose to 14.1 per cent , the highest rate since Aquino came to power , although by January the rate had fallen back to 13.1 per cent , compared with 12.8 per cent for November 1989 . |
| 16 | Because many new mums ca n't produce enough expressed milk — or choose not to breastfeed — there 's a real need for donated milk from milk banks , but according to the National Childbirth Trust these are becoming few and far between . |
| 17 | Tens of thousands of women are being given caesarian operations to deliver their babies even when it 's unnecessary according to the National Childbirth Trust . |
| 18 | According to the National Safety Council boating accidents are the second leading cause of transport injuries , and the US Coastguard estimates that at least half of those accidents are alcohol-related . |
| 19 | More than 17 per cent of all disabling occupational injuries , plus many thousands of less serious accidents , were caused by falls in 1990 , according to the National Safety Council , and they cost US business billions of dollars |
| 20 | According to the National Readership Survey in 1987 nearly 40 per cent of adults claimed to ‘ skip ’ ads in normal TV viewing ‘ almost always ’ or ‘ quite often ’ , and 20 per cent said they ‘ almost always ’ did so when watching a recorded video programme . |
| 21 | Cavers should n't be put off by the recent radiation scare , according to the National Caving Association . |
| 22 | ABOUT 400,000 people will lose their jobs over the next 15 months before the unemployment rate peaks , according to the National Westminster Bank yesterday . |
| 23 | According to the National Enquirer : ‘ The 20-minute tape has been offered for sale to newspapers around the world by a secret source . ’ |
| 24 | The international market for captive birds is growing and according to the National Audubon Society , the trade has resulted in 77 of the world 's 335 parrot species becoming threatened . |
| 25 | Extending prescription charges to the better-off old might bring in £350m a year , according to the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts . |
| 26 | According to the National Association of Pensions Funds ( NAPF ) , in 1992 53 per cent of larger schemes took a complete employer contribution holiday or paid reduced contributions . |
| 27 | A little-known species of grass , vetiver , could solve the problems of soil erosion , according to the National Research Council of the US . |
| 28 | According to the National Consumer Council 's report Ordinary Justice ( 1989 ) , from which these figures are taken , few attended the court hearing to defend themselves against the claims . |
| 29 | According to the National Consumer council , funding for money advice centres is inadequate and support from the credit industry is insufficient . |
| 30 | According to the national Constitution the three pillars of the economy were private enterprise , state companies and workers ' co-operatives . |