Example sentences of "[noun prp] account for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malaysia , Thailand , Indonesia and Bolivia account for 70 per cent of world output . |
| 2 | He said that Britain produces 3 per cent of man-made carbon dioxide emissions , the EC accounts for 13 per cent and " the United States accounts for 23 per cent … |
| 3 | OECD member countries of the DAC accounted for 91 per cent of all ODA . |
| 4 | Taiwan accounted for 29 per cent of aggregate demand in 1991 , and this will decrease to 26 per cent by 2000 , while South Korea will show strong growth through slower movement of the manufacturing base and increased engineering polymer penetration into automotive applications . |
| 5 | The latest available information , contained in the Hawker accounts for 1990 and based on an actuarial valuation at March 1989 , shows a surplus of £111m . |
| 6 | In the final , Ogawa accounted for another talented youngster , the 23-year-old Cuban , Francesco Moreno , who had earlier defeated the European champion , Rafael Kubacki , of Poland . |
| 7 | Erm most have , in fact most of which is er b er seventy four additional heads were put on in March , so we 've gone from seventeen twenty three to seventeen ninety seven erm and Mick accounted for most of those with forty four . |
| 8 | The south east of England accounted for 58 per cent of all voluntary liquidations with 8,115 up from 7,715 in 1991 . |
| 9 | This is demonstrated by NCB operating returns for the period 1976–7 to 1981–2 : North Nottinghamshire , North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire all recorded net surpluses , whereas South Wales , Scotland and Northeast England accounted for 90 per cent of all operating losses ( Monopolies and Mergers Commission , 1983 , p. 30 ) . |
| 10 | ( Last year , the HarperCollins imprints Fontana and Grafton accounted for 19 titles in the top 100 ; Transworld had 16 ) . |
| 11 | The development costs of Ariane accounted for 30 per cent of French space spending between 1974 and 1979 . |
| 12 | That worked well , certainly in France , where Alsace accounts for 45 per cent of white appellation contrôlée wine consumed . |
| 13 | Alumina accounted for 63 per cent of the value of exports . |
| 14 | But exports of cheap beef to west Africa account for less than half of one per cent of total EC beef production . |
| 15 | Clio accounted for 2.1 % of all new car registrations in Britain during 1992 and made an important contribution to the success of Renault UK , whose sales in 1992 grew by 15.14% . |
| 16 | In 1948 , for example , the UK accounted for 42 per cent of Western European exports . |
| 17 | For example , in 1953 the 100 largest manufacturing enterprises in the UK accounted for 25 per cent of the total net output ; in 1971 the corresponding figure was 40 per cent ’ . |
| 18 | The brandy market in Germany accounts for one quarter of spirits sales in that country . |
| 19 | DEC accounts for half MasPar 's sales ( Kalb would prefer it if that fell to 33% ) , and the firm is concerned that if DEC fails to position the ostensibly competing parallel lines clearly , potential customers will be confused . |
| 20 | Scarsdale ( Seels , Quigley , O'Brien ) won 3-0 against Derby and Millbank accounted for New Broadway Club 5-4 . |
| 21 | Although the UK and Europe account for two-thirds of sales of the business , growth in the USA , Far East and Japan in particular is seen as being very important . |
| 22 | TSL Holdings reached pre-negotiated agreement in principle with some of its major creditors to restructure its debt in a deal expected to result in an exchange of existing debt for a combination of new equity and long-term debt , and the agreement was reached in recognition that it would make the Chapter 11 filing ; Europe accounts for some 80% of sales . |
| 23 | Apple claims that Britain accounts for 35 per cent of the small computers sold in Europe , with Germany and France level at around 20 per cent . |
| 24 | By 1990 , industry observers expect Japan to account for 30 per cent of world sales of computer-related goods , compared with 11.2 per cent in December 1980 . |
| 25 | In each of these products , Europe accounted for more than half of the world 's output ; most of the rest came from the United States . |
| 26 | Manufacturers in Britain , the rest of Europe and the US accounted for 23 per cent , 37 per cent and 15 per cent . |
| 27 | A series of studies of such businessmen have been conducted by Nigerian scholars , and these are particularly significant given the fact that Nigeria accounts for one third of ‘ value added ’ in manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa as a whole ( excluding South Africa ) . |
| 28 | Asia accounts for 666 million illiterates , three-quarters of the world 's total . |
| 29 | The three schools of Eton , Harrow and Winchester accounted for twenty governors . |
| 30 | Geoffrey Hillcoat , Durham County Council group traffic manager for road safety , said incidents in Darlington accounted for more than half the total cycling accidents in County Durham last year . |