Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] account for [art] " in BNC.

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1 The need to include stock market volatility in the pricing equation for index futures may account for the apparent mispricings indicated by the no-arbitrage condition , particularly when the market is volatile , when the general equilibrium model would not indicate a mispricing .
2 Control of this kind may account for the observed differences between transcript concentrations of complex I and complex III genes .
3 England 's disappointment may account for a sour note in the Daily Telegraph .
4 The differences in binding characteristics of the DNA binding domains of the homologous VZV 140k and HSV-1 Vmw175 IE proteins may account for the subtle differences in their regulatory activities in transfection assays and during virus growth in tissue culture .
5 It is logical to ask whether attenuation of soft X-rays in such a wind might account for the dividing line .
6 In what follows my main purposes are : ( 1 ) to demonstrate the patterns of simplification that can be traced by comparing our inner-city data with that of the city-wide random sample ‘ doorstep ’ survey and the outer-city community studies ; and ( 2 ) to consider how far a theory of strong and weak ties can account for the maintenance of complex patterns and the development of simpler ones .
7 But researchers have re-assessed data from both urban and rural sites around the world and concluded that the heat island effect can account for no more than 10 per cent of the measured temperature rise .
8 Poor typing skills might account for the jumping capitals but the shift of the machine could be at fault .
9 I date say a cheap day return from British Rail might account for a lot of it , but the rest is speculation .
10 The cost of design work may account for a significant proportion of the capital cost of a project .
11 This hypergastrinaemia may account for the increased acid secretion seen in some duodenal ulcer patients and may be one mechanism whereby H pylori contributes to the ulcer diathesis .
12 The models must account for the absence of significant maser emission ( ) between the main and shifted features .
13 Care must be taken in interpreting Fig. 3 b because the CTD stations at the eastern end were not worked in the same location ( Fig. 1 ) , and some effect from the different topography might account for the eddy-like structure seen between 15–28°W .
14 Many new circumstances might account for the new relationship — the movement of married women into the work-force , unprecedented economic security , the decline of religious feeling .
15 To investigate system development teams as social units and to provide a re-appraisal of the predominant organisational models used to account for the management of system development teams .
16 Interest earned on the proceeds of last year 's £572m rights issue will account for a sizeable slice .
17 Charged solitons moving along the polymer chains could account for the greatly improved conductivity , but , there is a catch that makes their importance questionable .
18 It would appear unlikely that a difference of two water molecules could account for the large destabilisation observed and it is therefore probable that minor groove hydration is not the singularly most important destabilising effect the sequence currently under investigation .
19 Even on small contracts , plant costs may account for a significant proportion of total costs .
20 This difference may account for the fact that although there is now a great deal of empirical evidence linking monetary or aggregate demand shocks to real output fluctuations — evidence which we shall discuss in later chapters — the evidence that unexpected price changes affect output is much weaker ( see , for example , Fair , 1979 )
21 Now we can examine how a cash basis might account for the minibus , more specifically how a government 's cash basis might .
22 Extended over vast periods of time , the same process could account for the production of all the various species of animals and plants .
23 The way the costs break down is affected by the region as well as the type of school : in rural areas , for instance , transport costs will account for a higher proportion of spending than in metropolitan areas ( CIPFA , 1990 , Tables 1 , 2 and 3 .
24 ‘ Not many of the men connected with this place can account for every hour of that afternoon , though the women can .
25 And similar explanations can account for a lot of the variation found in human societies ( Goody , 1976 ) .
26 TWO problems limit the interpretation of recent experiments supporting Darwin 's suggestion that female choice for ornate males may account for the evolution of long tails in birds .
27 This , with or without an increased absorption of faecal secondary bile acids may account for the differences observed in both faecal and biliary bile acids .
28 These peripheral pharmacokinetic changes could account for the beneficial motor effects of Ro 40-7592 administered with levodopa .
29 When in 1859 Charles Darwin published The Origins of Species , he had no intention of implying that random mutation of genes and natural selection could account for the emergence of life on earth ; but it was inevitable that some of his followers would try to project his hypothesis backwards , and speculate that life might somehow have been generated spontaneously in gaseous , primeval slime .
30 Since the virus can spread through blood , transfusions could account for the 25 per cent of AIDS victims who are not gay .
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