Example sentences of "[conj] accord to the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inspector Brian Jaggs , of Braintree police , said yesterday that according to the alarm company the only way the £8,000 car could have been taken was to be physically removed by trailer , and it was likely it was stolen to order . |
| 2 | He quotes Kettle ( 1982 ) who argued that according to the Home Office , 50 per cent of the population of Ashford remand centre were black , and for Brixton and Aylesbury prisons , remand prisoners were between 25 per cent and 35 per cent black . |
| 3 | This is despite the fact that according to the law report the police officers did not know to which specific pits the pickets were travelling and that some of the evidence of violence on which the police officers relied was that which they had gathered from press and television reports . |
| 4 | Note also that according to the organization chart , A is the designated manager of B , B of C , and C of D. |
| 5 | It finds that according to the dictionary definitions there is a link between ’ ate ’ and ’ fork ’ in that they both have the phrase ’ taking up ’ in common . |
| 6 | Although according to the Manpower Services Commission 2 out 3 people get jobs after the Youth Training Scheme , this varies again between schemes and between regions . |
| 7 | Standards for exposure to benzene are expected by the UK government to be set in 1993 : a level of 3 ppb is under consideration , although according to the World Health Organization there is " no known safe threshold dose " . |
| 8 | ( Also , the particle theory of light went out of favor during the nineteenth century ; it seemed that everything could be explained by the wave theory , and according to the wave theory , it was not clear that light would be affected by gravity at all . ) |
| 9 | And according to The Boy Nigel down in the yard , he is probably right . |
| 10 | And according to the Caesarean Support Network , ‘ Natural birth following Caesarean section is highly unlikely . ’ |
| 11 | But the chances are you 'll be heading for the hills next weekend , and according to the Countryside Commission for Scotland , almost 100,000 of you will be doing so in Scotland ! |
| 12 | The back of Tutankhamun 's throne was covered in sheet gold , and according to the Bible King Solomon 's ( 970–933 B.C. ) , mounted on a dais with six steps , was sheathed in ivory overlaid by gold . |
| 13 | Concealment of an eye operation is one of the worst deceptions and according to the show rules is to be prosecuted as a breeding violation. 5 . |
| 14 | William of Jumièges ' statement that he later offered the æthelings a share of England is very difficult to credit ; it may owe something to Dudo 's story of the offer made to Rollo , or result from confusion with the events of 1041 , when Edward returned to England at Harthacnut 's invitation and according to the Chronicle C text was sworn in as king . |
| 15 | Boycott was asked for ‘ constructive questions ’ but according to the chairman Brian Walsh , ‘ he had none or declined to ask any ’ at which point the former England opener left . |
| 16 | But according to the Development Set , what is needed is not equitable distribution of the material resources between and within nations — no siree , nothing so mundane as that . |
| 17 | But according to the recruitment agencies that is not the norm . |
| 18 | But according to the Evening Standard , yesterday 's Play-Off Final was Hoddle 's last match for Swindon before joining Chelsea . |
| 19 | So I 'm telling you Mr that I 'm not unemployed because according to the Government figures I am not . |