Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] account for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not necessarily extravagant but devote themselves to appearance as to a very demanding goddess whose exigencies may account for that well-kempt , bad tempered look most of them adopt . |
| 2 | Such factors as incentives , motivation , perseverance , and the like may account for some of the proportion allocated to education ; and these factors may be partly the effects of education and partly its causes . |
| 3 | In the fourth and fifth years of secondary education , they suggested , the foundation subjects might account for some 75–85% of pupils ' time ( 30–40% of that devoted to the core subjects ) , leaving some 15–25% of time for other subjects , at the discretion of the school ( DES/Welsh Office , 1987 ) . |
| 4 | It is difficult to imagine how the variable work of only one mosaicist could account for such differences : an explanation which merely supposes one mosaicist applying a number of contrasting methods of laying ( Part 1 , sections 3.8 — 3.10 ) must be suspect . |
| 5 | The Bar Council 's equal opportunities programme will account for some 10% of total expenditure this year . |
| 6 | Absenteeism will account for some gaps , and temporary vacancies for inability to state a clerk 's name . |
| 7 | What other reasons might account for this urban rural wage differential , just generally higher er standard of living er just cost , just prices er yeah , the cost the cost of living may well be higher and as a result employers have to pay higher wages , |
| 8 | This structural and molecular homology may account for many of the functional similarities that exist between IP 3 Rs and RYRs . |
| 9 | Slight differences between the sequences of the specific binding sites found in the region of the IE-3 and gene 62 mRNA start sites may account for this functional inconsistency . |
| 10 | In other words , oil rigs should account for all materials both used and produced during operations — and everything should be brought on shore for safe disposal . |
| 11 | In other words , oil rigs should account for all materials both used and produced during operations — and everything should be brought on shore for safe disposal . |
| 12 | Widespread activation of T cells , with selective representation of particular V elements , is also a feature of some inflammatory joint diseases linked with infective agents and of Kawasaki disease , and superantigen effects could account for these associations . |
| 13 | Since the developing world is growing faster , it is almost certain that by the turn of the century industrial countries will account for less than half of global output . |
| 14 | The problem here is that while purse nets will account for all the rabbits leaving the netted holes — or those attempting to return via those holes — some rabbits will undoubtedly return to the warren via the unnetted holes . |
| 15 | Thus , the no-boundary proposal can account for all the complicated structure that we see around us . |
| 16 | War , disease or climatic change could account for such a throwback . |
| 17 | Rather than risk a clash between the Cha and Legislative Council models , China has opted to muddy the waters by indicating support for proposals unexpectedly advanced last month by Lo Tak-shing , of the New Hong Kong Alliance , for a ‘ bicameral ’ legislature , in which directly elected seats would account for half of a single house . |
| 18 | As the polar headgroups of the lipid bilayer will account for some 6 to 10 of this distance , the overall stalk length , from the base of domain 2 to the cell surface , is likely to be less than 10 . |
| 19 | Doubts were expressed about the authorship of the early ‘ St Jerome in the Wilderness ’ from São Paulo although the poor condition of the surface may account for some of the picture 's awkwardness . |
| 20 | As the severity of Crohn 's disease and linear growth velocity during the first two years of follow up among males and females were comparable , it is possible that varying demands on growth during normal puberty may account for these differences . |
| 21 | What conceivable genetic mechanism could account for this ? |
| 22 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
| 23 | Hence the focus is on local politics , on the ways in which these have changed and developed over the post-war period and on the concepts and theories used to account for such changes . |
| 24 | Greater specialization within some regional police forces may account for such a strong discrepancy . |
| 25 | Hi-Tec hopes North America , which lifted sales and profits by 20 per cent , and Europe will account for half of group turnover by early 1991 . |
| 26 | If all goes to plan , oil should account for some 50% of demand in 1990 and 38% in the year 2000 . |
| 27 | Those extra 1 million pensioners must account for many of the additional claimants . |
| 28 | The incidental carbohydrate in vegetables , nuts and other foods will account for most of your daily allowance . |
| 29 | Yet it is very hard to believe that this sort of explanation can account for more than a handful of hoards , if any . |
| 30 | Several factors may account for this observation . |