by all accounts prepositional phrase2 •According to all available accounts or reports.[…]and also by all accounts of the surplus which shall from time to time be settled between the new company and the liquidators of the old company[…] — 1881 •According to everything that people have said.The reputation of the elder Baron, although by all accounts justly merited, was destined to be completely thrown into the shade by that of his son[…] — 1878