Example sentences of "[modal v] account for [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 , |
| 2 | It left open the question of whose money had paid for the House of Fraser but made clear that nothing in the career of Mr Mohamed Al Fayed could account for such new-found wealth . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Resentment at the younger Despenser 's dominance at court , and his own links with the marchers who formed the core of the opposition — his daughter Elizabeth married the son and heir of Roger Mortimer , eighth Baron of Wigmore [ q.v. ] , in 1316 — may account for this dramatic change of sides . |