Example sentences of "[pron] account for [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand perfectly well why that should be so , as the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) made clear in the Second Reading debate his support for the higher education reforms , which account for quite a large part of the bulk of the latter part of the Bill . |
| 2 | The latest move comes at a time when ICI 's £1.2bn a year pharmaceutical division , which accounts for around a fifth of group trading profits , is set to emerge from a relatively fallow period . |
| 3 | It is early days yet and the first division contains only nine teams ( next season the number will be upped to 11 ) which accounts for only a small percentage of Ireland 's playing strength . |
| 4 | But Keebler , the troubled biscuits and snack maker , which accounts for about a third of UB sales , has been caught short by price competition in a recession-stricken US market . |
| 5 | European turnover was $100m for the year , which accounted for nearly a third of Sequent 's total sales . |
| 6 | Motor vehicles , which accounted for almost a third of the UK trade deficit in 1988 , are closing the gap — thanks partly to the Sunderland factory established by Nissan . |
| 7 | Out of the married women sector , who accounted for about a third of abortions in 1980 , about 3% were because of Reason Four . |
| 8 | They account for over a third of the western world 's output of mechanical engineering products and should , says the bulletin , maintain this position . |
| 9 | The company claims that servers will account for $1,000m of its business by the end of the year — they account for around a third of Sun 's revenue now . |
| 10 | The company claims that servers will account for $1bn of its business by the end of the year — they account for around a third of Sun 's revenue now . |
| 11 | Although the Orcs and Goblins were beaten they accounted for only a small part of Skarsnik 's horde . |
| 12 | NEUE MITTE is in the centre of the town of Oberhausen ( population 225,000 ) , which is itself in the state of North Rhine Westphalia , the largest of the German states both in population ( 17.5 million ) and economic power , where it accounts for over a quarter of Germany 's gross national product . |
| 13 | This means that it accounts for perhaps a third of the sales of ICI Chemicals & Polymers — about the same proportion as does the latter in the whole of ICI . |
| 14 | After all , ’ she added as he looked back at her impassively , ‘ it accounts for only a fraction of your business interests . |
| 15 | Although late rebleeding often occurred and resulted in readmission to hospital , it accounted for only a minority of deaths . |