Example sentences of "account [prep] only about " in BNC.
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| 1 | We believe that book clubs and other mail order outlets account for only about 10% of the total sales of the books which are the cause of concern . |
| 2 | May and June are the driest months , together accounting for only about 10% of the annual rainfall , while more than 12% falls in December alone . |
| 3 | They stress , however , that this is just an overall industry average and that , as market share accounts for only about 14 per cent of the dispersion of ROI among businesses , other factors need to be considered . |
| 4 | Net immigration during the 1880s accounted for only about 17,000 of the total increase of about 49,000 , and during the last decade of the century all the net gain of about 24,000 people was accounted for by natural growth . |
| 5 | With turnover of £117m last year , the company accounted for only about 5% of Thorn EMI sales , but Data Sciences is number two in the UK computer services league . |