Example sentences of "[vb mod] account for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It recognizes that pragmatics is essentially concerned with inference ( Thomason , 1977 ) : given a linguistic form uttered in a context , a pragmatic theory must account for the inference of presuppositions , implicatures , illocutionary force and other pragmatic implications . |
| 2 | The models must account for the absence of significant maser emission ( ) between the main and shifted features . |
| 3 | The effect on prostaglandin production might account for the increase in dyspepsia associated with NSAIDs in patients colonised with Helicobacter pylori and could also protect the mucosa from superficial injury induced by NSAIDs . |
| 4 | Finally , ethanol is a potent inhibitor of the IP 3 R , which might account for the ataxia associated with ethanol intoxication . |
| 5 | Although it may not be possible to achieve therapeutic effects in the colon with this formulation , small bowel luminal concentrationmay be higher , and might account for the reports of possible benefit in small numbers of patients with coeliac and Crohn 's disease . |
| 6 | The theories that have guided these insights into the mechanisms of psychotic and creative thought do not , of course , specify what it is about the brain that might account for the differences observed in schizophrenic and schizotypal individuals . |
| 7 | It might account for the recapture of Aberdeen South and Kincardine and Deeside , for Michael Forsyth 's survival in Stirling , and for the remarkable defence by Phil Gallie , a new candidate , of George Younger 's 182 majority in Ayr . |
| 8 | A similar metabolic defect in the ileum might account for the occurrence of ‘ pouchitis ’ in UC patients after colectomy . |
| 9 | Some toxins have been identified , and one makes the blood vessels more leaky , which might account for the production of urticaria . |
| 10 | Now we can examine how a cash basis might account for the minibus , more specifically how a government 's cash basis might . |
| 11 | Maybe they even try to swim against it which might account for the length of time that passes before they reach European waters . |
| 12 | This could account for the frequency with which food colourings have been identified as the source of adverse reactions . |
| 13 | Donald Goodenough , in his scholarly review of the very technical evidence on this issue comparing the recall of dreams by different personality types , comes to the conclusion that while repression may be responsible for the forgetting of some dreams , it is not feasible that it could account for the majority . |
| 14 | If a particular group is disproportionately represented in prison , are there other , independent variables that could account for the correlation ? |
| 15 | A feature on the noises made by muscles in action had several member of staff listening to their own thunder by covering their ears with their thumbs and tightening their hand into fists The magazine also revived all the explanation that could account for the Loch Ness monster , an overture to the silly season , though there was little evidence that there would be one this year . |
| 16 | Most scientists believe the infill to be lava , and though there are no features yet seen on the Moon that are definitely volcanic , floods of lava from fissures that are buried beneath their own lava are known on the Earth and could account for the mare infill on the Moon . |
| 17 | He concluded that his theory could account for the hallucinations . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Extended over vast periods of time , the same process could account for the production of all the various species of animals and plants . |
| 20 | She questioned him , trying to find out if he had an infection that could account for the temperature . |
| 21 | This could account for the weather sensitivity of some people who show either depression before a storm , or pains in joints and injuries . |
| 22 | As was suggested above , there were , within the internal development of psychoanalysis , new findings which necessitated a new conceptualization which could account for the compulsion to repeat unpleasurable experiences . |
| 23 | The best clues are almost certainly to be found by studying those aspects of brain function which , if they become deranged , could account for the symptoms of psychotic illness , and currently a considerable amount of research is in progress testing out various possibilities . |
| 24 | A comparatively cool Cytherean interior could account for the difference , though this raises the further question of how the Cytherean interior could be so much cooler than that of the Earth : has the tidal heating of the Earth 's interior by the Moon been important ( section 2.1.16 ) , or is the Cytherean interior depleted in the isotopes which can supply copious amounts of radioactive heat , namely , uranium , thorium and potassium ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Cold climates are said to affect blacks adversely because of their body fat deficiencies , weak ankles would account for the lack of black hockey players , etc . |
| 27 | If your actual intake is in excess of your estimate , that would account for the plateau effect that you are experiencing . |
| 28 | What the cracks were like and how they got there he did not say , but he did show that , if they existed , which was not unreasonable , they would account for the weakness of ordinary glass . |
| 29 | That would account for the fact that the drawings of Gesner 's costumes were so magnificent , so suited to his style and size . |
| 30 | Althusser actually says that an ideal explanation would map out the relations between different factors down to and including individuals , and thus outlines a programme for a perfect social theory which would account for the parts played by individuals in social organisation and change . |