Example sentences of "according to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to its declared aims ‘ INVA [ will be ] informed by the concept of ‘ new internationalism ’ which places the work of non-European artists and those from minority cultures living in western states alongside their American and European peers ’ . |
| 2 | While narrowing the old section 2 , the act is unlikely to give protection to a " whistleblower " who felt that the public should be told certain information as any defence depends on disclosure being considered to be in the public interest and that would still seem to mean " the interests of the state according to its recognised organs of government and the policies expounded by the particular government of the day " per McCowan I. in Ponting 's case . |
| 3 | This judgment of law according to its perceived limits is based on a miscon-ception of the nature of law . |
| 4 | ACQUISITIVE conglomerate BTR has a surplus of more than £500m in its group pension fund and enjoyed a £54m holiday from pensions contributions last year , according to its annual report and accounts , published yesterday . |
| 5 | " Sustainable economic growth and the reduction in poverty " were defined as the World Bank 's main priorities in 1993 , according to its annual report released on Sept. 16 . |
| 6 | More than 13,000 inquiries were made to the Equal Opportunities Commission last year an increase of 47pc on the previous 12 months according to its annual report . |
| 7 | SITRATERCO had originally demanded a 60 per wage increase but , according to its general secretary Nicolas Rivera , it accepted a government-mediated offer of 25 per cent following the Army 's intervention " to protect the lives of our members " . |
| 8 | War-time mobilisation acts as a single institution which grades them all according to its distinct purposes , thus serving as an external check upon their nature quite separate from the whims of the observer and the contingencies of their previous situation in life . |
| 9 | According to its standard spending assessment , Manchester needs 69 per cent . |
| 10 | If the term is interpreted according to its apparent tenor , neither side can be taken to have accepted the other side 's terms . |
| 11 | Each part of the church has the authority — and the responsibility — to act according to its honest perception of God 's will . |
| 12 | Knight-editor of the most professional paper in the history of Fleet Street , the only upmarket tabloid , the newspaperman 's newspaper , the one that ( according to its current advertising ) is only read by the Better Bred . |
| 13 | Each Compact will develop its own goals according to its particular environment and the needs of its participants . |
| 14 | Here , the emphasis is on the need to isolate and treat differently each conflict of interest situation according to its particular facts . |
| 15 | They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it . |
| 16 | The problem raised by the theory of ideology is the analysis of knowledge as true or false , according to its social determination . |
| 17 | Currently , where a joint team from a number of JAA states are engaged in JAA certification of a new aircraft or power-plant type , each state charges the applicant according to its national scheme , which may vary from zero to £100 per hour . |
| 18 | The text analysis is reported according to its intended readership . |
| 19 | According to its radioactive content , it is designated by the industry as either low , intermediate or high level . |
| 20 | The fiduciary relationship can not be superimposed upon the contract in such a way as to alter the operation which the contract was intended to have according to its true construction . |
| 21 | In the 1950s and 60s he took over or formed a number of firms — Sun Resta Ltd , Multi Resta Ltd , Sleepy Valley Ltd etc , and one , Multi Spring Ltd in Mitcham Surrey , which according to its headed note paper are ‘ contractors to HM Government ’ . |
| 22 | For example , search software offers the types of facilities discussed in Chapter 17 , including the ability to search on words in pre-determined fields , the ability to search on word stems and to search on words with variant spellings , and then the ability to rank the retrieved material according to its relative significance . |
| 23 | For the subject does not understand history according to its scientific formulation , but undergoes the process of inter-pellation at the level of ideology , and thus experiences it through the formulas of historicism . |
| 24 | In Scotland the track record is better than the rest of Britain , with Employment Service staff maintaining its target of ensuring that 3 per cent of its job placements are for disabled people , according to its Scottish director , Alan Brown . |
| 25 | According to her foster brother , another clue had been that she had so blatantly considered Vitor to be ‘ a real cool dude ’ , but she saw no reason to reveal that . |
| 26 | It was well over a year since his sister had married Dunbar and gone off to the West Indies , where , according to her spasmodic letters , she was having ‘ an utterly marvellous ’ time . |
| 27 | I hope she will be taught according to her low position in life . ’ |
| 28 | She crammed more living into her 30 years than most people experience in two lifetimes , according to her heartbroken parents Ken and Diana . |
| 29 | She retired before her husband , but continued to run her household according to her strict routine , while enjoying more of her own social life . |
| 30 | According to her local paper , Louise James holds the title after winning a photo competition . |