Example sentences of "to a survey [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | In reality it is , according to a survey conducted by swimwear company Slix , the garment women like buying least . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 ) . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | According to a survey cited by the FEER , over 83 per cent of China 's urban population believed that the state bureaucracy was corrupt . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | BRITAIN 'S shopkeepers are gloomier than at any time since the early 1980s , 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 | 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 . |
16 | ONE in 20 family doctors does not clean his thermometer between patients , a sure way to spread disease , according to a survey published today . |
17 | • 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 . |
18 | 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 ) . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | HOUSEHOLDERS face home contents insurance premium rises of up to 78pc , according to a survey published today by the Labour Party . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | IMPROVED orders have boosted confidence in economic recovery among manufacturers , according to a survey published today by the Confederation of British Industry . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | MOTHER knows best for men when it comes to knotting a tie , according to a survey published today . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Companies say the export outlook has stabilised , according to a survey carried out by Trade Indemnity , the credit insurance specialist with Export Times . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | According to a survey carried out by Brylcreem , 43% of British men say they have sensitive skin . |
30 | According to a survey carried out by the Bureau of National Affairs in 1986 , 36% of the responding organisations currently had a smoking policy , 2% were to implement one during 1986 and another 21% had such a policy under consideration [ 7 ] . |