Example sentences of "account for a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 2 | Following the Seveso incident , strict EEC legislation has virtually eliminated the possibility of similar accidents which account for a relatively small component of overall exposure . |
| 3 | Such bids are regularly submitted but only account for a very small amount of stock allotted . |
| 4 | The four broad types I have mentioned account for a very large proportion of governmental activity , but each could be divided up into a number of smaller functions . |
| 5 | Launch failures account for a very high proportion of gliding accidents , making cable break practice a very important aspect of glider training . |
| 6 | As Tables 5 and 6 , above , demonstrate , each period surveyed shows a broadly similar pattern of usage , with modern material forming a high proportion of all items of known date issued , and with material published in the decade prior to each survey accounting for a particularly high proportion of all dated issues supplied . |
| 7 | Some moves have been made to deregulate the private rented sector , but this still accounts for a relatively insignificant part of the housing stock . |
| 8 | Manufacturing accounts for a relatively small proportion of employment in rural areas , and in the more remote regions it has been estimated that this can be as low as 10–20 per cent ( Gilg 1976 ) . |
| 9 | Furthermore , we will assume that the sector to which we are referring accounts for a sufficiently small part of consumer expenditure that income effects are unimportant . |
| 10 | However , nurses were very badly paid , which may in part account for a seemingly low take-up of non-compulsory pension scheme provision for nurses ( Maggs , 1983 , p.131 ) . |
| 11 | Following the trends further , we find that over the decade 1961–71 manufacturing employment began to decline absolutely ( employment in 1971 was 95 per cent of the 1961 level ) , while the faster-growing non-industrial sectors accounted for a substantially increasing proportion of the workforce . |
| 12 | As late as the 1980s foreign trade accounted for a relatively small proportion of Soviet national income , the Soviet currency was not freely convertible , and the movement of people and information across Soviet borders was closely regulated and very limited . |
| 13 | In northern India , Brahmins and other high castes accounted for a relatively large proportion of the population . |