Example sentences of "[noun] now [vb -s] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unleaded fuel now accounts for 46.7 per cent of all the petrol consumed in the EC , according to figures released by Eurostat , the Community 's statistics office . |
| 2 | UK business now accounts for some 30% of the European total . |
| 3 | The ‘ peripheral ’ workforce as a whole now accounts for 34 per cent of those in employment — 8.1 million people . |
| 4 | Private enterprise now accounts for half the economy and is expanding by 25% a year . |
| 5 | Traffic now accounts for 51 per cent of total nitrogen oxide emissions , compared to 31 per cent in 1980 . |
| 6 | However , Mr Barber reports that the number of people planning to retire to a home in France now accounts for some 50% of enquiries . |
| 7 | Nothing costs over £50 , prices start at £9 , and the line now accounts for 65 per cent of my overall sales . ’ |
| 8 | Rural land now accounts for 85 per cent of the country 's total land area of 10.597 million ha . |