Example sentences of "account for [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Accidents and external causes of injury among the children of the subgroup of unoccupied families account for nearly 60% of deaths , twice the proportion in the rest of the population .
2 Desulfovibrios account for approximately 66% of all colonic sulphate reducing bacteria , while Desulfobulbus spp. constitute about 16% .
3 Like Japan 's economic future , it does not depend on basic manufacturing : assembly costs account for just 5% of its sales .
4 The company admits that it is disappointed with its returns from Spain , which have so far produced sales which account for just 3% of its total European total : the company had expected 10–15% .
5 Our results confirm the constant prevalence of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine , which together account for over 60% of all phospholipis identified in human gastric mucosa .
6 Such contracts so far account for around 15% of most institutes ' funds .
7 Malignant bile duct strictures are mainly the result of cancer of the ampulla of Vater , pancreas , or bile duct and account for about 75% of patients presenting with extrahepatic bile duct obstruction .
8 Spider monkeys ( A teles geoffreyi ) on Barro Colorado Island eat leaves , which account for about 20% of their fresh weight intake and provide most of their protein , notable being the protein-rich young shoots of Poulsenia armata ( Moraceae ) and Ceiba pentandra ( Bombacaceae ) , which has 25.3% dry weight protein , and Cecropia leaves , especially their petioles , which have high mineral content .
9 Between them , the two account for almost 90% of Italy 's television audience .
10 Responses were received from 109 companies that , in total , account for almost 70% of the total R&D expenditure reported by companies in the 1992 R&D scoreboard .
11 Is it not the pride of the industry that although sales in Britain account for only 8% of the world total , British recordings account for 22% ?
12 LTOM has failed to entice private clients , who account for only 20% of its business but are the lifeblood of options markets overseas .
13 According to Dr Mobius , over 75% of the world 's population lives in such countries , which currently account for only 11% of the world 's GNP and less than 5% of the capitalisation of the world equity markets .
14 The illustrative programme of additional expenditure from January 1993 , set out in Appendix 1 of The Future of Our Qualification , does include programmes ‘ to enhance firms ' profitability ’ and ‘ to help firms translate audit regulation into a profitable opportunity ’ , but these activities account for only £210,000 of the total additional expenditure of almost £2m .
15 Women aged over 38 years account for only 3% of mothers , but carry 23% of all Down 's babies .
16 In theory it would be possible to significantly reduce the incidence of Down 's Syndrome , remembering that women aged 38 years or over account for only 3% of births , but 23% of Down 's births .
17 In Jersey City , where non-Hispanic whites account for only 35% of the population , a 34-year-old Wall Street anti-tax whizz-kid runs for mayor against the local machine .
18 At P&G , where 25% of its 2,300 brand varieties account for only 2% of sales , old brands like Puritan cooking oil and White Cloud toilet paper are being scrapped .
19 Mature medical students ( defined as over 23 ) account for only 2% of the medical school population .
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