Example sentences of "[adv] account for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With sterling now at a considerably lower rate against the Deutschmark , French franc , the currencies of the Benelux countries and the dollar , which together account for more than 50 per cent of Scotland 's export trade , the impact will be significant . |
| 2 | Power stations and road traffic are the major sources of nitrogen oxide , together accounting for more than 80 per cent of the UK total . |
| 3 | The fastest growing sector of the X market was graphical user interface development technology , including cross platform tools and interface development tools , which together accounted for more than $81m . |
| 4 | Bairds of Hamilton and Hourstons of Ayr , which together accounted for more than 50 per cent of group turnover , were sold as going concerns to JT Morgan & Co ( Swansea ) and its associated company , Omnibreck Holdings , respectively . |
| 5 | Contemporary observers were quite clear that the modest decline in marriage around 1870 could not account for more than 10 per cent of the fall in births ( Yule 1906 ) . |
| 6 | As regards content , the convention established that , where practicable , a majority of European works should be screened ; as regards advertising , it established that advertisements should not account for more than 15 per cent of daily transmission time . |
| 7 | Holdings of unlisted shares must not account for more than 15 per cent of total investment . |
| 8 | Yet foreign banks still account for less than 3% of Italian banking assets . |
| 9 | While exchanges will show the fastest growth at 18% , commercial banks and capital markets still account for more than 75% of total spend . |
| 10 | Such enterprises now account for more than 60 per cent of industrial employment in countries as far apart as Ghana and Tanzania ; more than half of them are located in small towns and villages , and the extended family is their most important source of labour ; they contribute at least a quarter of total manufacturing output ; and typically they employ between one and ten workers . |
| 11 | Hence , Britain 's five biggest supermarket groups now account for more than 60 per cent of all grocery sales . |
| 12 | Own-label products now account for more than 20% of sales in some European supermarkets ( see chart ) . |
| 13 | The latest crime figures show that burglaries , theft and handling stolen goods now account for more than 90 per cent of the total . |
| 14 | Exports to the EFTA countries are also significant , now accounting for more than 10% of Grampian exports . |
| 15 | But such projects and a successful geothermal programme which now accounts for more than 10% of Kenya 's electricity will do little to reduce the oil dependence which helps keep Kenya and many other African countries caught in an energy trap . |
| 16 | Production now accounts for more than five per cent of the national pig kill . |
| 17 | However , there are more significant problems in that the same kinds of organizations and the same kinds of services are often accounted for differently although they are all adopting budgetary accounting . |