Example sentences of "according to any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Age may be classified according to any set of categories deemed useful for the purpose in hand . |
| 2 | They might be sorted according to any combination of these , such as things which are ‘ green and made of metal ’ , but such sophisticated sorting is seldom within the range of the very young child . |
| 3 | The danger is that the question of methodology can easily be turned to dogma according to any premises . |
| 4 | Americans knew far too much about the reality of strikes to accept a film in which , in the words of James Shelley Hamilton , ‘ the trouble arises not from working conditions but from a professional trouble-maker and is solved not according to any principles but by an act of sheer moronic terrorism ’ . |
| 5 | Invariably the cases studied had been referred for a variety of concerns and worries about the children but there was no unequivocal evidence that the children were abused according to any definition . |
| 6 | They were not , however , modified according to any consistent principle , but by a variety of ad hoc remedies . |
| 7 | Unlike other speakers in the debates , he made no attempt to justify the classification according to any degrees of heinousness or dreadfulness , claiming instead that the categories had been based upon : |
| 8 | Awarded by universities according to any criteria they wish , honorary degrees are usually given as a mark of respect , congratulation or gratitude . |
| 9 | The message is loud and clear ; according to any measurement that we care to take , the Conservative Government 's record on the coal industry is significantly better than that of Labour . |
| 10 | In a computerised catalogue , on the other hand , you can in principle search according to any aspect of a record about a book . |
| 11 | It was also open to the Revenue to apportion the tax among several beneficiaries according to any method they thought fit . |