Example sentences of "could account for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it 's being run for the short-term , they reckon , that could account for a lot of its recent pragmatism . |
| 2 | But no amount of tuition could account for a moment of sublime individual flair . |
| 3 | This could account for the frequency with which food colourings have been identified as the source of adverse reactions . |
| 4 | An enhanced generation of either omega-3 or omega-6 derived prostaglandins possessing cytoprotective properties could account for the protection against acid-induced duodenal lesions in rats fed the polyunsaturated fatty acid diets , though this can not be confirmed with the present data . |
| 5 | Extended over vast periods of time , the same process could account for the production of all the various species of animals and plants . |
| 6 | When in 1859 Charles Darwin published The Origins of Species , he had no intention of implying that random mutation of genes and natural selection could account for the emergence of life on earth ; but it was inevitable that some of his followers would try to project his hypothesis backwards , and speculate that life might somehow have been generated spontaneously in gaseous , primeval slime . |