Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] account for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decline in world interest rates , the slight improvement in commodity prices and the relative weakness of the dollar ( the unit in which nearly all debts were denominated ) meant that the total burden of interest and capital payments now represented about 26 per cent of total export revenues for the 20 most severely indebted middle-income countries which between them accounted for 44 per cent of world debt ; this compared with a debt service ratio of nearly 50 per cent in 1983 . |
| 2 | Senior officials representing the five permanent members of the UN Security Council ( China , France , the Soviet Union , the United Kingdom and the United States ) which between them accounted for 85 per cent of international arms exports , agreed at a meeting in Paris on July 8-9 to establish a weapons-free zone in the Middle East and to endorse an international arms register [ see also p. 38321 ] . |
| 3 | Political uncertainties in the Soviet Union and South Africa , which between them accounted for 55 per cent of the world 's gold supplies , helped bring the price of gold in February 1990 to $425 an ounce . |
| 4 | The rector of Weston-Longville in Norfolk was well placed to appreciate the contrast between the six-figure income of Prinny at Carlton House , the building of which accounted for much of his debt , and the nine pounds annual wage he paid his servant Ben Leggatt . |
| 5 | Somewhat surprisingly , there is little evidence to suggest that a city 's industrial structure in itself accounts for poor urban performance ( Fothergill and Gudgin , 1982 ) . |