Example sentences of "[noun pl] account for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly in simple population terms the older age groups account for a disproportionate amount of health care expenditure . |
| 2 | Tourists from other countries account for a great deal of revenue to some large hotels and therefore a watchful eye is kept on the figure , so that advertising campaigns can be planned to attract foreign visitors . |
| 3 | Housing costs account for a large proportion of the RPI , and mortgage interest rates play a significant part in housing costs . |
| 4 | Right , I mean the exceptions to , to the sort of , that general sort of rule of thumb are enterprises where variable costs account for a large proportion of total costs , things like egg production , pig production , they tend to be very short run supply elasticities tend to be very high in those type of enterprises , primarily because most of the costs , alright , are tied up in , in variable costs . |
| 5 | Non-ferrous metals account for a large part of our overseas expenditure on raw materials . |
| 6 | Shoplifters Thefts account for a large proportion of lost profits . |
| 7 | Since elderly patients account for a large proportion of the increased prescribing seen in the past decade , any comparisons between data should take account of the age profile of practice populations . |
| 8 | However , it will be evident from the figures that sole practitioners account for a disproportionate percentage of the responses in relation to the percentage of firms in private practice as a whole which they constitute ( 63% and 37% respectively ) . |
| 9 | The latest published figures on the origins of TB infection in confirmed herd breakdowns in Great Britain show that south-west England has a much higher incidence of breakdowns and badgers account for a high proportion of them . |
| 10 | Widowed lone mothers account for a small and declining number of lone parent families . |
| 11 | Every year a number of trailers are rolled over on our roads and trailer accidents account for a great deal of glider repairs . |
| 12 | Parts and components account for a growing share of Japan 's exports ; 28% of total exports and 36% of machinery exports in 1992 compared with 19% and 28% respectively in 1981 . |
| 13 | As the social services account for a substantial part of public spending , cuts affected a wide range of services . |
| 14 | Official documents account for a large proportion of the primary sources . |