Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] accord to [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 American troops were deployed more or less according to a plan , Operation 90–1002 , developed in the early-1980s to contain a southward thrust by the Soviet Union .
2 Cut the salmon into thinnish steaks , arrange them in one layer in a well-buttered baking dish , sprinkle them with salt and seasonings , add about I oz. of fresh butter , cut in pieces , for every pound of salmon , cover the dish with buttered paper and a lid , and put to cook in the centre of a moderately heated oven , gas no. 3 , 330 F. In 45 to 50 minutes — a little more or less according to the thickness of the steaks — the salmon will be cooked .
3 The remainder , together with the open arable field , he divided into small squarish fields of eight to twelve acres each ( sometimes more or less according to the convenience of the farmers ) and parcelled out as farms among his tenants .
4 ‘ A judicial view of modern legislation ’ is a title ingeniously contrived to embrace little or much according to the predilection of the speaker and the patience of his audience .
5 Relationships with that partner may be judged successful or otherwise according to the ways in which they duplicate , replace or compensate for parental relationships .
6 On the contrary , all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe .
7 Speaking of ex united players , how much was Cuntona valued at and also according to the sun today ( come on Sean there 's no excuse for buying the Torygraph the Sun 's only 20P ! ! )
8 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 .
9 First , they will be required to distribute most ( possibly around three-quarters ) of these funds ( the ‘ aggregated schools budget ’ ) between schools strictly and even-handedly according to a formula , to be devised by each LEA but requiring approval by the DES .
10 The patients were classified in two ways : firstly into four groups based on their most prominent presenting symptom , and secondly according to the presence or absence of neurological deficit .
11 They also tend to ‘ use up ’ remedies quickly which may need repeating several times an hour at first but always according to the changes in the symptom picture .
12 How far local authorities , via their central training departments or LGTBs or any similar groups , can be of value , will obviously vary according to what is on offer , but also according to the facilities that the library department is able to take up .
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