Example sentences of "to [art] survey [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 In fact of the 76 district planning authorities responding to the survey referred to earlier only 10 did so , the following being examples of where odour emission was so regarded , i.e. where a proposed residential development would have :
2 According to a survey conducted for the BBC in April 1974 by Professor Richard Rose , sixty-nine per cent of the people of Northern Ireland thought that the executive should be given a chance to govern but this finding was contradicted by the results of a general election two months earlier and may reflect the general tendency of survey respondents to make statements in response to poll questions which are more moderate than their real views .
3 In reality it is , according to a survey conducted by swimwear company Slix , the garment women like buying least .
4 Britain has been responsible for 52 per cent of all inventions worldwide in the past 30 years , according to a survey conducted by the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry .
5 Payments to farmers and landowners to open up out-of-bounds areas were unnecessary , because many were already public rights of way , according to a survey conducted by members of the Ramblers ' Association .
6 In England in 1985 , according to a survey conducted for the DES , there were approximately 43,500 students in further education with special educational needs , as defined in the Warnock Report .
7 Throughout Brazil death squads operating against " marginal " members of society in the first half of 1989 killed at least 82 street children and adolescents , according to a survey conducted by IBASE , an independent research institute , and the National Street Children 's Movement welfare organization .
8 The number of meals served by contract caterers in the UK increased from 609 million to almost 655 million , according to a survey conducted by the BHA .
9 Membership of most of the UK 's conservation and environment organisations is expanding at an unprecedented rate , according to a survey conducted by BBC Wildlife .
10 There is growing public demand for increased information on food labels according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food ( MAFF ) .
11 Cowslips , bluebells , water lilies , snowdrops and wood anemones are among the common flowers being threatened by amateur gardeners , according to a survey conducted by Gardening Which ? , a journal of the Consumer 's Association .
12 According to a survey cited by the FEER , over 83 per cent of China 's urban population believed that the state bureaucracy was corrupt .
13 One person in three would like blasphemy scrapped as an offence — but an equal proportion want it extended to cover all religions , not just Christianity , according to a survey published yesterday .
14 BRITAIN 'S shopkeepers are gloomier than at any time since the early 1980s , according to a survey published yesterday .
15 BRITAIN 'S shopkeepers are gloomier than at any time since the early 1980s , according to a survey published yesterday .
16 ALMOST nine out of ten British businesses believe Britain should become a full member of the European Monetary System , but they are deeply divided about the timing , according to a survey published yesterday .
17 ONE in 20 family doctors does not clean his thermometer between patients , a sure way to spread disease , according to a survey published today .
18 • Starlings , house sparrows and blue tits are the three commonest birds found in the gardens in the UK according to a survey published by the Young Ornithologists Club .
19 Illegal application of pesticides are still killing hundreds of animals every year , according to a survey published by the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ( MAFF ) .
20 Waste dumps are causing pollution in more than 30 Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) in Britain , according to a survey published by Friends of the Earth .
21 HOUSEHOLDERS face home contents insurance premium rises of up to 78pc , according to a survey published today by the Labour Party .
22 BUSINESS confidence in the European Community fell to its lowest level for a decade last year , according to a survey published yesterday in Brussels by the European Commission .
23 EMPLOYERS are taking a more compassionate attitude towards redundant workers in the face of soaring unemployment , according to a survey published today by the Institute of Directors and Pauline Hyde & Associates .
24 IMPROVED orders have boosted confidence in economic recovery among manufacturers , according to a survey published today by the Confederation of British Industry .
25 FIRED by a 20 per cent surge in oil production , the Scottish economy is expected to grow this year by more than three times the UK average , according to a survey published today by the Stirling-based Mackay Consultants .
26 MOTHER knows best for men when it comes to knotting a tie , according to a survey published today .
27 THE BRITISH teenager is happy at home and one in three do not want to leave the parental nest ever , according to a survey carried out by The Indy this week .
28 Companies say the export outlook has stabilised , according to a survey carried out by Trade Indemnity , the credit insurance specialist with Export Times .
29 ONE ESSEX stretch of the M25 is more prone to traffic hold-ups than any other section on the whole of the London orbital route , according to a survey carried out by the Automobile Association .
30 According to a survey carried out by Brylcreem , 43% of British men say they have sensitive skin .
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