Example sentences of "accord to [noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to studies by the Water Research Centre , PAHs leached from the insides of old London water mains are present at up to five times the EC limit of 0.2 ug/litre . |
| 2 | During 1990 average global temperatures were the highest since records began in the late 19th century , according to analyses by the Meteorological Office in the United Kingdom and by scientists from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) . |
| 3 | According to reports by the Soviet news agency Tass , fighting in Kabul itself abated on March 7 . |
| 4 | On Jan. 26 , according to reports by the Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) news agency , Israeli forces bombarded several villages in southern Lebanon , after a Hezbollah attack into the Israeli " security zone " in which one Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded . |
| 5 | According to reports by the Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and other non-governmental organizations , the annual deforestation rate has reached 80,000 hectares , threatening economic disaster , with rivers losing their depth and the sedimentation capacity of the Panama Canal severely reduced . |
| 6 | According to forecasts by the Paris-based OECD , the industrial countries ' economic think-tank , Austria 's GDP will fall by 0.4% in 1993 . |
| 7 | According to estimates by the Reserve Bank of India , GDP growth was expected to fall back to 5-6 per cent during 1989-90 . |
| 8 | According to estimates by the UN Commission , the UK would have to spend DM3,500 million a year to meet the new targets , or DM2,900 million more than it had planned . |
| 9 | Yet , according to calculations by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals , the two universities performed much as expected , given their subject mix . |
| 10 | Global warming is likely to produce significant changes in Britain 's wild flora , according to research by the environmental group , Plantlife . |
| 11 | Low-level radiation , widely regarded as harmless , may be a causal factor in leukaemia , according to research by the Medical Research Council . |
| 12 | British farmers are growing too few varieties of the main food crops , according to research by the Sustainable Agriculture , Food and Environment Alliance ( SAFE ) . |
| 13 | Timber companies could destroy Siberia 's forests within the next 40-50 years , according to research by the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis . |
| 14 | Nitrate fertilisers may make grassland more efficient at soaking up carbon dioxide , helping to offset some of the risks of global warming , according to research by the Institute of Terrestial Ecology . |
| 15 | Well-known brands of chocolate have been found to contain detectable levels of Lindane , a banned pesticide , according to research by the Women 's Environmental Network ( WEN ) . |
| 16 | Plants may respond to increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by conserving water , creating a drier world in the future , according to research by the National Environment Research Council . |
| 17 | High levels of industrial and traffic pollutants are to blame for widespread health problems in Kiev , Ukraine , according to research by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health . |
| 18 | Pollution linked to acid rain in the US may be declining according to research by the US Geological Survey . |
| 19 | As a result increasing numbers are relying on their GP for family planning services , according to research by the Family Planning Association . |