Example sentences of "but accord [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But according to a report Education and Single Sex Schools ( compiled by the union of Muslim organisations in the UK ) , quoted by Afshan Begum : |
| 2 | But according to a report by an observer from the US National Marine Fisheries Service , during a 6-week period in summer 1986 , a single Japanese squid vessel working in Alaskan waters killed 53 dolphins and porpoises and 14 fur seals by entanglement in its nets . |
| 3 | The years were not numbered in a linear succession but according to a particular pharaoh 's reign , each mounting the throne in the year 1 , and also according to the levy of taxes . |
| 4 | But according to a report in The Builder , some architects protested against the competition , while P. L. Hardwick wanted to limit it to British architects . |
| 5 | But according to a front-page splash in Le Nouveau Quotidien , quoting a Swiss-based intelligence newsletter , Revue de la Sécurité , he was really MI6 's Geneva station chief . |
| 6 | This is not always so , but according to a great many sportsmen , their overconcentration on sport , often as a result of the encouragement of teachers , led to a neglect of academic work with the consequence that examination results failed to convey accurately what they felt to be their actual capability . |
| 7 | The initials stand for Tax Exempt Special Savings Account , but according to a recent survey not everyone it seems is aware of a Tessa 's principal attraction — its tax free label . |
| 8 | Initially the currencies would coexist , but according to a radio report of May 22 , it would in future only be possible to pay in food shops with rubels , since " their basic function is to protect the internal market " . |
| 9 | One knows , but according to a concrete mode . |
| 10 | One appreciates , but according to a felt meaning . |
| 11 | Peat-based products that are not from SSSIs will continue to be stocked , but according to a spokeswoman the move is a part of an overall shift away from peat to substitutes . |
| 12 | But according to a Greenpeace scientist , the amount of cod and capelin taken by the seals is insufficient to account for any significant decline in cod numbers . |
| 13 | But according to a White House spokeswoman , the commission set up to work out the details has not yet completed its economic and environmental analyses . |
| 14 | They 've given some of the business to local estate agents … but according to a leaked Government document some estimates have been inaccurate . |