Example sentences of "may partly account for the " in BNC.

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1 This may partly account for the secrecy and guilt that surrounds the family if their relative is understood to have taken his own life .
2 Unlike the ECSC , the whole concept had been modelled as a body in which Britain might participate : this may partly account for the diluted supranational element .
3 Incomplete recording may partly account for the low rates of sickness absence among those in the highest grades , but it is unlikely to explain the large differences between other grades .
4 It is obscured to some extent by the heavily didactic purpose of Masterman Ready and this may partly account for the fact that young readers have always claimed the adult novel , Mr Midshipman Easy , as their own , even though it must always have made considerable demands on their reading skills and their understanding .
5 Methodological differences may partly account for the discrepancy between these studies .
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