Example sentences of "according [prep] their [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to their former captain and hooker , Douglas Livingstone , McPherson 's influence both on and off the field has been a major factor in what has been a very successful season . |
| 2 | Although psychics describe the aura differently ( according to their own level of psychic perception ) , it is generally agreed that the aura is composed of at least three layers or levels . |
| 3 | Magyars , Roumanians , Serbs , Bulgars , Arnauts ( Albanians ) , Greeks and Turks will then finally be in a position to settle their own mutual disputes without the intervention of foreign powers , to settle among themselves the bounds of their individual national territories , to manage their internal affairs according to their own judgement . |
| 4 | The positive part of soft conventionalism instructs judges to decide according to their own interpretation of the concrete requirements of legislation and precedent , even though this may be controversial , and this advice is not irrelevant in hard cases . |
| 5 | And when you 're starting to talk like that , everyone is discussing it according to their own experience or the last lesson they taught when this came up . |
| 6 | ‘ Persons in my position customarily wed , not according to their own choosing — but in accordance with the wishes or indeed the ambitions of their elders . |
| 7 | A major challenge in the management of electronic records is to bridge the technical divides in how the information is stored and ‘ re integrate ’ information to present the user with the ability to search for information according to their own agenda , not the organisation 's technical architecture . |
| 8 | How can the Conservatives make such eloquent speeches about the Royal Navy when , in their 13 years in office , they have , according to their own planning , halved that part of its fleet ? |