Example sentences of "[conj] accord to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most systems also have some method of assigning scores which rank competing hypotheses according to how well they match the constraints , or according to their probability given the evidence . |
| 2 | In formal situations roles can clearly give people special rights , but even in conversation — where according to our definition unequal power is suspended — it is unlikely that knowledge of participants ' social office or status will be wholly forgotten . |
| 3 | Next let it be considered , that the following law seems to hold in our attainment of knowledge , that according to its desirableness , whether in point of excellence , or range , or intricacy , so is the subtlety of the evidence on which it is received . |
| 4 | His interest in the precedents is exhausted , for this purpose at least , once he is satisfied that according to his conception of law they establish only that mothers at the scene have a right to recover , and this is clear immediately and with no reflection about larger underlying principles whose nature is a matter of dispute . |
| 5 | Sir , It was interesting to note in FARMERS WEEKLY ( Machinery , July 12 ) that according to your report , the French plough maker Naud has spend the past two years investigating the potential of the UK market . |
| 6 | With the exception of items made in Srinagar ( Kashmir ) and Jaipur , Indian rugs are usually marketed under the name of the Persian weaving group whose design has been copied ( i.e. , as Indo Isfahans , Mirs or Bidjars , etc ) , rather than according to their place of origin . |
| 7 | Norwich 's nerve has n't failed them and according to their players , it wo n't . |
| 8 | I never thought it would work like this : having been a small child in the 50s when women dressed more or less identically and according to their age and class ( gymslip , good suit , housecoat , then cardigan and pinny ) , I used to think that it was beautifully liberating in the 60s and 70s when convention began to permit a woman of any age to dress in virtually any style , from hooker to schoolmarm . |
| 9 | They had to take many economic decisions in the course of each annual cycle , and according to their status and wealth they made different decisions from one another in various places and over the year . |
| 10 | Although it took her months to get over Cerdan 's death , Edith Piaf 's desire for other men finally conquered her grief and according to her sister , Momone , ‘ she went wild , she ate her heart out , she was jealous and possessive … she howled and she locked guys up ’ . |
| 11 | She 's fretting over Garry 's absence , and according to her doctor it 's important that he gets in touch with her without delay . ’ |
| 12 | Mrs Clark is said to be stable in the burns unit of Stoke Mandeville hospital tonight … and according to her son hoping to move back into a new caravan . |
| 13 | Mrs Clark is said to be stable in the burns unit of Stoke Mandeville hospital tonight … and according to her son hoping to move back into a new caravan . |
| 14 | But who should do the interpreting , and according to what principles ? |
| 15 | They will be known as City Technology Colleges , and they will be selective , though how and according to what criteria the pupils are to be chosen is not yet clear . |
| 16 | The last cheque written was cheque no. 000007 for £250 payable to Scorton C E School and according to your statement cashed on 29 January . |
| 17 | And according to my mother , nothing is an accident … ‘ |
| 18 | ‘ The boy was in London , a student at the university , and according to our immigration people he gave his name as Borgalini , his address care of a bank in Lima . |
| 19 | Both are out of print and according to his publisher ( the wacky John Muir of Todmorden ) are unlikely ever to see the light of day again . |
| 20 | He was the son of a World War One Army aviator and according to his Squadron Commander Jim Parsons ‘ he was an exceptional young man , very likeable but more aggressive than most ’ . |
| 21 | Furse set out to create a Service which would be ‘ a corps d'elite to which … the best type of man … will feel it an honour to belong ’ , and in time and according to his lights , he brought practice into line with theory and made good the boast that those whom England sent out to govern the colonial empire were her finest sons . |
| 22 | His father became a Protestant lecturer in England , and according to his son a Catholic mob stoned him to death . |
| 23 | The clothes were a prop and according to his club mates the money was made of carefully clipped strips of newspaper . |
| 24 | He 's about six foot two , short black hair , moustache , blue eyes and according to his record card he 's twenty seven and his name is John Banks and he lives at 36 Church Hill Road , Upper Tracey , and we think he 's been shot , I 'll be right over , stay where you are . |
| 25 | In a grammatical gender language , nouns are placed in classes not according to their meaning but according to their form — for example , the patterning of their inflectional endings — and the way they behave when it comes to the agreement of adjectives , articles and pronouns ( the technical term for this is ‘ concord ’ ) . |
| 26 | But according to your ability and initiative , you could well transfer to a production company or become a producer yourself . |
| 27 | Labour members were told of Mr Winmills decision in a letter , but according to his deputy , his leadership was to be challenged at the groups annual meeting on Saturday . |
| 28 | But according to his campaign manager Mr Brian Fisk , it 's all much closer to home than it was in 1966 . |
| 29 | They 've got a Hennessy , but according to his secretary he has n't been away from his desk for a week . |
| 30 | Paddy Ashdown , on the other hand , is said to be one of the fittest MPs at Westminster but according to his camp , ‘ he likes to keep his fitness regime out of the headlines ’ . |