Example sentences of "[conj] accord to the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | US senator Larry Pressler said on Dec. 1 that according to the US Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) Pakistan had the components to build at least seven nuclear bombs . |
| 2 | For example there were 367 recorded deaths of buzzards over a ten year period , although according to the RSPB the real figure is likely to be ten times that number . |
| 3 | Everyone knows that both sexes work with horses , and according to the Oxford English Dictionary the word ‘ He ’ is generic , is she saying that the Oxford English Dictionary is wrong ? |
| 4 | Valuations were a matter of fact and expert opinion , and according to the Lord President ( Clyde ) in Duke of Portland v Woods Trustees [ 1926 ] , a true valuation could be made only after employing more than one measure , each legitimate but none necessarily conclusive by itself . |
| 5 | The demands made by the rebels provide the clearest guide to their grievances , and according to the Anonimalle Chronicle those put forward by the Essex men at Mile End on 14 June were that they should be allowed to seize and punish traitors , and that no man should be made a serf nor do homage or any type of service to a lord in return for land ; instead they should hold it at a rent of 4d. an acre . |
| 6 | And according to the Corry Group which sponsored the sculpture local householders have been going batty to buy the bricks for inclusion in new buildings and restored properties . |
| 7 | The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit . |
| 8 | Thus in Norway , employers see it as a mechanism providing for industrial peace , whereas according to the CGT in France it is a form of class struggle ( Schregle , 1981 ) . |
| 9 | In the strict or dictionary sense The Lord of the Rings evades that concept totally , for according to the OED ‘ defeatism ’ is a straight borrowing from French défaitisme , recorded in English for the first time in 1918 and meaning ‘ Conduct tending to bring about acceptance of defeat , esp . |