Example sentences of "account [prep] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a non-physicist I have often wondered if the difference in photon energy ( E' — E = hf' — hf ) of the shifted and unshifted light could be wholly accounted for by the effect of the surface velocity ( v ) acting together with the particle equivalent mass of the photon . |
| 2 | While it is a premium to the market , it should be more than accounted for by the property . |
| 3 | More than 60 per cent of Indian exports are accounted for by the two Tata outfits , Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS ) and Tata Unisys Ltd , which employ around 1,500 professionals in Bombay and Bangalore . |
| 4 | Part of the fall is accounted for by the pattern of transactions between Britain and the EC , but part must also reflect the cost of British borrowing from overseas investors . |
| 5 | Another third is accounted for by the goods shipped by foreign firms in America to their home country . |
| 6 | In fact the reduction in home trade is far bigger than the reduction paid out exports , and this is accounted for by the ten million reduction paid out now would give a right big fillip to trade . |
| 7 | By the time of Edward I the major part of the Forest revenues was being raised and accounted for by the sheriffs . |
| 8 | This is accounted for by the rather different procedure adopted in child sexual abuse investigations when there is an urgent need to protect the suspected victim and her or his evidence from outside pressure which may well emanate from the victim 's family . |
| 9 | This lower use of hospital inpatient facilities was not accounted for by the older age of the people in residential homes although fewer of all those aged 85 or more had spent time in hospital — 64 per cent against 80 per cent of those under 85 . |
| 10 | Although the parish register was badly damaged by fire , there still exists the Bishop 's transcript of that register in which Leapor 's baptism is recorded on 16 March 1721 ( the apparent discrepancy is accounted for by the change from old to new style calendars in 1752 ) . |
| 11 | This can partly be accounted for by the social milieu in which many of them are set , that stereotypically ‘ Cowardian ’ world of elegant hotel bedrooms where the cocktail shaker is always within reach . |
| 12 | ‘ The decline and discontinuance of the use of the surfboard as civilization advances , ’ wrote Hiram Bingham , ‘ may be accounted for by the increase in modesty , industry and religion , without supposing as some have affected to believe , that missionaries have caused oppressive enactments against it . ’ |
| 13 | However , this study demonstrated that the increased prevalence of macrovascular complications was not accounted for by the increased frequency of cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension . |
| 14 | Platelet aggregation induced by endoperoxides appeared to be greater than that which could be accounted for by the endoperoxides alone , and Hamberg et al ( 1975 ) were able to demonstrate that in platelets endoperoxides are further metabolised to a very unstable compound , thromboxane A 2 . |
| 15 | Residuals can tell us about the general level of variability of data over and above that accounted for by the fit ; we can judge atypical behaviour against this variability , as measured , for example , by the midspread of the residuals . |
| 16 | The bulk , the Scaevolan cases , seem to be most readily accounted for by the textual transmission of his works . |
| 17 | Although these figures suggest some recent increase , as des Forges and Harber record only about 40 for the period 1950 to 1960 , this would easily be accounted for by the great increase in regular observations at the coast . |
| 18 | £30 million of the board 's money is accounted for by the CERN subscription , and a further £10 million goes on salaries and maintenance , leaving only £5 million for capital investment in vital equipment tailor-made for experiments at CERN and other laboratories . |
| 19 | It is argued that this difference may be partially accounted for by the higher standard of living in Sri Lanka , but also that the motives and social composition of offenders in normal times were such that depressed economic conditions did not necessarily lead to substantial increases in criminal activities . |
| 20 | A large proportion of this increase was also accounted for by the new offence of failing to send children to school , which in 1920 accounted for nearly one-quarter of all criminal cases . |
| 21 | Some of the difference may be accounted for by the greater number of court sites and judicial officials in proportion to population and area in Sri Lanka than in India . |
| 22 | The increased sensitivity of cattle stealing to hardship may be largely accounted for by the fact that at this time more cattle stealing was carried out casually , mostly for immediate consumption as beef . |
| 23 | Part of that increase is doubtless accounted for by the contempt with which banks have treated many of their customers . |
| 24 | Throughout the 1980s , it battled to achieve two crucial , strategic shifts : to reduce its dependence on bulk , low-margin , commodity chemicals which tend to swing wildly with the economic cycle — in favour of high value-added , high-margin ‘ effect ’ chemicals ; and to cut the share of sales accounted for by the UK . |
| 25 | During their absence , any discrepancies must be followed up and accounted for by the replacement or supervisor . |
| 26 | Table 9.2 ( columns 1 and 2 ) indicates that the share of UK GDP accounted for by the South East , the South West , East Anglia , the East Midlands and Northern Ireland increased between 1978 and 1988 . |
| 27 | If this theory is right , then the presence of tigers in Siberia today is accounted for by the fact that when the ice relented and moved northward again , the tiger , complete with its new stripes , followed in search of fresh fields and new sources of prey . |
| 28 | Although at first sight , therefore , it seems that there was a strong age-related gradient in the overall net income of elderly people , the effect was largely accounted for by the dissolution of married-couple households when husbands died , leaving widows significantly worse off not only than married couples , but also than men living on their own . |
| 29 | Similarly , the poorer progress of Bangladeshi children could in part be accounted for by the fact that Bangladeshi communities suffer from the effects of poor housing , poverty and high rates of unemployment ( House of Commons Home Affairs Committee , 1986 ) . |
| 30 | Although much of its growth may be accounted for by the rapid increase in headhunting in financial services in the mid-1980s , the firm 's capability and success in this market stemmed from its secure reputation established over the preceding decade . |