Example sentences of "according to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The books had also been classified and marked according to readability bands from 1–5 to help pupils to choose their books themselves . |
| 2 | Street pedlars , who buy from wholesalers according to availability and cost , and those who make up or cook foodstuffs for sale , would fit into this group . |
| 3 | According to Snodgrass they occur in all winged insects but are much modified in the Ephemeroptera and Odonata , presumably because these insects do not flex the wings over the abdomen at rest . |
| 4 | According to Aviation Week & Space Technology , a Russian design team headed by Stonily Kashafotdinov , who played a key role in the design of the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter , has a completed basic engineering work and wind-tunnel testing for a piston-engined Unlimited air racer which will have supersonic capability . |
| 5 | According to aviation officials the A-300 should have been 1,500 feet higher at the point where it crashed into a jagged mountain face . |
| 6 | Evidence commonly cited in support of this analysis is the close agreement found between persons who are asked to rank-order according to prestige a list of occupations . |
| 7 | Hyperlipidaemia and obesity are important contributors to the coronary heart disease epidemic in western countries , so a low-risk group was defined according to plasma ApoB level and BMI . |
| 8 | According to law-enforcement and intelligence sources , the Pan Am baggage area in Frankfurt was a key to the operation . |
| 9 | Depending on the presence of soil moisture , they are absent from very dry ground and vary in structure according to wetness . |
| 10 | According to Home Office statistics , probation practice is more efficient and no less effective than imprisonment . |
| 11 | But , according to Home Office memos shown both to New Scientist and to Computing magazine , ‘ the computer systems might be linked to form a distributed network encompassing the whole country ’ , with the centre of the network located at the Home Office ADP unit in Merseyside . |
| 12 | The intention , according to Home Office memos , is to hold these names on microcomputers so that all travellers carrying machine-readable passports can be automatically checked against the list by the terminal , as it reads the passport . |
| 13 | According to Home Office figures released last night , Merseyside showed a 9.3pc fall in car crime against a national average of a 2.6pc drop , itself a three year best . |
| 14 | According to Home Office figures , Merseyside showed a 9.3pc fall in car crime against the national average of a 2.5pc drop . |
| 15 | According to election analyst David Butler : ‘ Snippets from speeches formed the staple of reporting , even in the tabloids . ’ |
| 16 | Walesa made three suggestions : ( i ) a coalition of post-Solidarity parties ; ( ii ) a coalition of the seven leading parties ( including ex-Communists ) , with portfolios distributed according to election results ; or ( iii ) a government whose members would renounce party political allegiance . |
| 17 | It was based upon successful legislation in 21 of the country 's 50 states and , according to public opinion surveys , was supported by 90 per cent of the public , 90 per cent of police officers and 87 per cent of handgun owners . |
| 18 | According to myth , Cronus was placed in the heavens , where he may be seen as the planet SATURN . |
| 19 | According to PC Week , while the Macintosh will use Jot , Newton may not take advantage of the ink standard . |
| 20 | Intel Corp is convinced by the research that suggests that half of all personal computers could include multimedia capability by 1996 , and according to PC Week , and as part of its campaign to keep the iAPX-86 clone fabricators at bay , the company is working on a new version of the 80486 that will incorporate its Digital Video Interactive technology on chip , enabling users to tap full-motion video capabilities without additional add-in chips or boards . |
| 21 | Microsoft Corp is kicking around the idea of moving portions of Windows to Unix with companies like Insignia Software Inc , according to PC Week . |
| 22 | According to PC Week , the Alpha desktop workstation will include three Turbochannel expansion slots , 16Mb to 128Mb of memory , integrated Ethernet , ISDN and a SCSI controller and is expected to begin at about $18,000 ; the Alpha data centre system , with one to six processors to generate performance ranging from 175 to 900 SPECmarks , offers input-output at 100Mbytes to 400Mbytes per second through a multichannel Futurebus+ and as much as 14Gb of memory , priced at some $200,000 and up . |
| 23 | An undisclosed part of IBM Corp 's settlement with Microsoft Corp gives IBM rights to put Windows NT on the RS/6000 , according to PC Week , and Microsoft is urging IBM to do so . |
| 24 | The group activities ensure that each phase of the ceremony is performed according to tradition . |
| 25 | According to tradition , it was founded by Joshua at the time of the miraculous crossing of the river , and twelve sacred stones were set up there to commemorate the event ( Josh. |
| 26 | To the right of the altar is the ancient well-head into which , according to tradition , San Calimero was thrown by pagan priests after having been stoned . |
| 27 | According to tradition , if Prague is threatened , Roland will go and fetch St Wenceslas who will march with his army and save the town . |
| 28 | According to tradition , the birthday of Rome was on the festival of Parilia , 21 April . |
| 29 | Chapter 3 of Merryweather 's Lives and Anecdotes of Misers is headed ‘ Traditionary Recollections of John Overs , the Southwark Miser ’ ; Overs , according to tradition , amassed a huge fortune by running a ferry service between Southwark and the City of London ‘ before any bridge was builded ’ . |
| 30 | That may have been the occasion on which , according to tradition , Betsy went to her quarters and changed her clothes as disaster threatened , her fear of the elements being less than her horror of being washed ashore in less than spotless undergarments . |