Example sentences of "accounted [prep] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM , which markets the Stratus line as its System/88 series , says sales of the boxes dipped by 56% in the third quarter , and accounted for just 7% of Stratus ' revenues for the same quarter . |
| 2 | In a study of the Panamanian rain forest tree , Tetragastris panamensis ( Burseraceae ) , visited by a wide range of animals , it was found that three mammal species accounted for over 97% of the seeds removed from the tree , the howler monkey ( Allouatta palliata ) alone being responsible for 74% . |
| 3 | In the first six months , oil burners accounted for over 11pc of total sales . |
| 4 | Books and magazines accounted for over £10,000 of the total this year . |
| 5 | On Barro Colorado Island , herbivory rates and defence mechanisms of young and mature leaves of 46 canopy species were observed throughout the year : leaf properties such as toughness , phenolic content , pubescence , water , fibre and protein contents accounted for over 70% of the variation in herbivory , with leaf toughness most highly correlated . |
| 6 | Oil accounted for over 60% of demand in 1983 but this proportion will fall to some 55% by the end of the century due to the faster rate of increase in demand for gas and coal . |
| 7 | Blair et al reported that circulating gastrin accounted for approximately 90% of acid secretion in response to eating . |
| 8 | Sun accounted for approximately 25% of the Japanese market in terms of both units and value of shipments for 1991 . |
| 9 | This , as well as characterising the symptomatology , showed that the condition accounted for nearly 5% of referrals to a gastroenterology clinic . |
| 10 | In 1979 manufacturing investment accounted for around 19% of GDFCF . |
| 11 | Until recently , government sales accounted for roughly 90% of O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt 's turnover of $10m a year . |
| 12 | Nuclear power accounted for only 1% of demand in 1983 yet there is no lack of enthusiasm for its development . |
| 13 | This may account for the fact that thesis citations in systematic botany accounted for only 5% of the total citations in a recent study ( Delendick ) . |
| 14 | SCO claims some 550,000 installations of its Unix-based products on Intel computers worldwide , and although its ODT business accounted for only 20% of its revenues in 1991 — ODT 1.0 was launched in 1990 — and 25% so far this year , it believes ODT sales will rocket to account for 60% of its sales by next year . |
| 15 | Modern paintings accounted for only 15% of Drouot 's business in 1992 and only twenty-five paintings , old or new , sold for more than FFr1 million . |
| 16 | To the question , ‘ Do you use headhunters regularly or on specific occasions only ? ’ , respondents admitting regular usage accounted for only 15% of the companies surveyed . |
| 17 | At that stage , the tigers accounted for only 19% of the money flowing into these countries . |
| 18 | By 1988 bank borrowing accounted for only 53% of their external financing ; debt equalled only 63% of their assets . |
| 19 | Finding that a third of the track and half the stations accounted for only 2% of traffic , he began a drastic programme of closures . |
| 20 | These items accounted for only £17m in 1991 : in 1992 they are put at £28m . |
| 21 | For children born in the late 1950s and early 1960s this could have accounted for perhaps 5% of cases ; as Gardner et al showed it does not explain the increased incidence in Seascale . |
| 22 | Livestock , in the form of beef cattle and sheep , accounted for about 90% of the income . |
| 23 | Retail sales accounted for about 30% of privately-held CompuAdd 's $524.4m turnover last year , but lost money ; sales per store averaged about $1.4m , against $36m per store generated by CompUSA Inc . |