Example sentences of "according to the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the " Old Rental " of 1682 certain properties were described as " Proper lands " and were " supposed " to be the benefaction of Sir Edmond ; according to the Goldsmiths ' records they were yielding only 56 13 4d a year between 1671 and 1720 , or only a little more than half as much again as the rent receivable two centuries earlier . |
| 2 | Homework should be differentiated according to the learners ' ability . |
| 3 | According to the boys ' version of the evening , no drugs had been present . |
| 4 | According to the Bolsheviks ' own admission , the local militia was incapacitated . |
| 5 | The level of service offered varies according to the expatriates ' needs and may consist simply of handouts — printed property sheets with information of what is available . |
| 6 | According to the Broadcasters ' Audience Research Board , it had an average of 7.8 million viewers across the week . |
| 7 | ‘ There is no fixed routine as such — we vary it according to the residents ' wishes . |
| 8 | According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer . |
| 9 | When a discretionary life sentence is passed , for an offence other than murder because of the danger to the public from the convicted person , there is no undue difficulty in ascertaining the determinate sentence which would otherwise be appropriate according to the judges ' tariff . |
| 10 | In September the government announced a ceiling of 5.5 per cent for wage increases in 1991 ; according to the employers ' organization , the Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales ( Spanish Confederation of Employers ' Organizations — CEOE ) , wages rose by 9 per cent in 1990 — well above the level of inflation . |
| 11 | … . The best system in my opinion is not therefore full integration but a kind of core course with extensions varying according to the students ' other studies . |
| 12 | It was made with a slit for the blade to pass , like the slits at the back in angels ' tunics for their wings , and was changed according to the seasons ' calendar . |
| 13 | According to the buyers ' guide produced by estate agents Savills , who specialise in such properties , the price of prime properties in Yorkshire has risen by more than 130 per cent over the last three years . |
| 14 | According to the pilots ' statements and other available evidence the aircraft departed from Keflavik , Iceland , at 0924 hours , for a flight to Goose Bay . |
| 15 | 6 Individual voters are rational and informed ; they have an appreciation of their own best interests ; and so they give the parties programatic support and vote according to the parties ' past or prospective action in office in the light of their own knowledge and interests . |
| 16 | If no candidate wins more than half the first preference votes , the candidate with the fewest first preference votes is excluded , and his or her votes are transferred to the remaining candidates , according to the voters ' second preferences . |
| 17 | Both tests were also carried out according to the manufacturers ' instructions . |
| 18 | The ‘ cure ’ for over-indulging at the office Christmas party is also much cheaper , according to the Consumers ' Association Which ? magazine . |
| 19 | Advice on energy conservation provided by British gas and electricity companies is " hopelessly inadequate " , according to the Consumers ' Association . |
| 20 | The difficult part about this one is that people all have odd shaped heads , now and you find that if you put them on too high they squidge off like that , and you 've got to think of bandaging an egg basically , if you had an egg with a little hole in one end and you 've got to put a bandage round you 'd have to put it very carefully round the widest bit would n't you for it to stay firm and that 's the secret , everyone 's heads different and as you put it round you 've got to see where you can get it , where , sometimes it 's over the ears , sometimes it 's above the ears according to the peoples ' shaped , different shaped heads everyone 's different , anything else ? |