Example sentences of "account [prep] less than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other costs seem equally hard to cut ( staff costs account for less than a third of the total ) . |
| 2 | Now it accounts for less than a quarter . |
| 3 | Overall it would appear to have accounted for less than a tenth of the income of spiritualities ; in seven Norfolk parishes in 1658 the glebe varied from one-eighth to two-thirds of the living , though the average scarcely exceeded a quarter ; acreages ranged from one to fifty-two with a median of twenty-four in these and three other parishes . |
| 4 | Similarly in the British regional heart study age , smoking , systolic blood pressure , and serum cholesterol concentration accounted for less than a sixth of the 1.5 fold social class differences in coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality . |
| 5 | In the Alameda country study age , sex , race , socioeconomic factors ( income , education , employment ) , health status , health related behaviours ( smoking , alcohol consumption , physical activity , body mass index , and sleep patterns ) , access to medical care , social support , and psychological factors accounted for less than a sixth of the 1.7-fold difference in mortality from all causes between poor and more affluent areas . |
| 6 | By the early 1970s rice accounted for less than a third of production by value , with the biggest increase showing in market gardening and animal-based products . |